As from 22 December 2006, no collective agreement or arrangement providing for the possibility of compulsory retirement of an employee at an age lower than that set out in 1° of article L. 351-8 of the Social Security Code may be signed or extended.
Agreements concluded and extended prior to 22 December 2006, determining compensation in terms of employment or vocational training and setting an age lower than that mentioned in the same 1°, provided that the employee is entitled to a full-rate old-age pension and that this age is not lower than that set in the first paragraph of article L. 351-1 of the same code, cease to have effect on 31 December 2009.