Key Benefits:
The Prime Minister,
On the report of the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, the Minister of State, Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, and the Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs,
Considering Book II of the Social Security Code, including articles L. 241-3 and D. 242-17;
In view of Book VII of the Rural Code;
Considering the amended Decree No. 50-444 of 20 April 1950 on the financing of agricultural social insurance, in particular articles 2 and 5;
In view of the amended Decree No. 54-1229 of 6 December 1954 concerning the operation and financing of the agricultural social insurance regime applicable in the departments of Upper Rhine, Lower Rhine and Moselle, including articles 5 and 6;
In light of amended Decree No. 73-523 of 8 June 1973 setting out the modalities for calculating the contribution of the compulsory insurance scheme for agricultural workers against occupational accidents and diseases;
In view of Decree No. 73-802 of 9 August 1973 on the recovery of insurance contributions from workers in agriculture against occupational accidents and diseases;
In view of the amended Decree No. 76-1282 of 29 December 1976 on the collection by the agricultural social mutuality funds of seated contributions on wages;
Having regard to the advice of the Board of Directors of the National Health Insurance Fund for Employees dated 26 October 2004;
Having regard to the advice of the Board of Directors of the National Pension Insurance Fund of Employees on 3 November 2004;
Considering the advice of the Board of Directors of the National Family Allowance Fund dated 2 November 2004;
Having regard to the advice of the Board of Directors of the Central Agency for Social Security Organizations dated 29 October 2004;
Considering the opinion of the organizations signatories to the collective agreement of 14 March 1947 of 18 October 2004;
Having regard to the advice of the Council of the National Health Insurance Union dated 16 November 2004;
In view of the opinion of the Board of Occupational Accidents and Diseases of the National Health Insurance Fund of Employee Workers dated 19 November 2004,
Decrete:
The contributions due within the limits of the social security ceiling are, subject to the application of the provisions of the 1st of Article R. 243-6 of the Social Security Code, the last paragraph of Article 1 of the above-mentioned Decree of 29 December 1976 and the annual regularization, calculated at each pay term up to the following amounts:
7 548 EUR if the remuneration or gains are paid per quarter;
2 516 EUR if pay or earnings are paid per month;
1 258 EUR if the remuneration or gains are paid by fifteen years;
581 EUR if remuneration or earnings are paid per week;
116 EUR if remuneration or gains are paid per day;
EUR 15 if pay or earnings are paid per hour for a working period of less than five hours,
for pay or gains paid from 1 January to 31 December 2005.
The Minister of State, Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare and the Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs are responsible for the execution of this decree, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
Done in Paris, November 26, 2004.
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
By the Prime Minister:
Minister of Health
and Social Welfare
Philippe Douste-Blazy
Minister of State, Minister of Economy,
finance and industry,
Nicolas Sarkozy
Minister of Agriculture, Food,
and Rural Affairs,
Hervé Gaymard
