The Minister of Public Accounts Gabriel Attal announced Thursday that non-pension allowances can no longer be paid from 2024 to non-European bank accounts, with the aim of combating fraud.

"The question of fraud in social benefits which are paid to people who do not reside in our territory regularly feeds a certain number of studies, articles, and rightly scandalizes our fellow citizens", launched the Minister before the 'National Assembly.

"No more social benefits outside retirement"

From 2024, “no more social allowances other than pensions can be paid into a non-French or non-European account” (outside the SEPA zone), he indicated, presenting a government amendment to this effect to the draft social security budget (PLFSS).

This will apply in particular to the ASPA (solidarity allowance for the elderly), family benefits, the RSA or the supplementary disability allowance.

Another government amendment provides for the imposition of management fees on fraudsters, whether this concerns social security contributions or benefits, in order "to make the financing of detection and recovery operations based on them rather than on employees and companies. these frauds.

“Fraud is simply stealing”

Gabriel Attal intends to send through this draft budget “a message of firmness with regard to all fraudsters, whether it is fraud in contributions or fraud in benefits”.

Because “to defraud is to steal, quite simply”.

The text provides in this area to fight in particular against the “abuse” of work stoppages by regulating teleconsultation.

Only sick leave prescribed by the attending physician or by a physician already consulted within the last twelve months will be covered.

“The aim here is to regulate only 1% of sick leave;

it is not a question of weakening access to care in rural areas, since 80% of the stops prescribed by teleconsultation benefit policyholders in urban areas”, underlined Gabriel Attal.

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