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The office of Labour Minister Olivier Dussopt indicates that the 31 implementing texts of the pension reform will be published before September 1, the date of entry into force of the reform. "There is a form of priority" to first publish the texts "that condition the age of departure," he stresses.

The 31 implementing texts of the pension reform will be published before September 1, the date of entry into force of the reform, said Wednesday the office of the Minister of Labour Olivier Dussopt. "There is no delay, we will be there," said Olivier Dussopt's office in a telephone briefing. "There is a form of priority" to first publish the texts "which condition the age of departure", and those "which give new rights" such as the increase to 85% of the Smic (1,200 euros gross) of the minimum pension for all those who have contributed a full career (43 years), said the same source.

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Unions watch over the grain

The government and the administration are under pressure to put to music a reform rejected by the unions and a large part of the public. The unions are keeping an eye on the grain and will not fail to rush into the slightest legal breach when the decrees are published. For the moment, two draft decrees have already been drafted by the services of the ministry, and are currently subject to consultation, including with the National Old-Age Insurance Fund, according to Olivier Dussopt's office.

One of these two decrees, which concerns the application of the reform to civil servants, has been submitted to the Council of State for its opinion. Other decrees, the number of which is not yet known, will follow this path to obtain maximum legal security.

The revaluation of the minimum pension effective from 1 September

On the delicate subject of the revaluation of the minimum pension, it will be effective from September 1 for all people retiring from this date, said the cabinet of Olivier Dussopt.

For all people who are already retired, but who must benefit (1.8 million people), "the majority" will receive a revalued pension as soon as their pension is paid in early October, according to the ministry. For the others, their pensions will be revalued "in the months that follow, with retroactivity" to the first of September. In general, "no person" currently retired will have to return to work when the detailed rules of the game of the reform have been set, assured the office of the Minister of Labour.