A personal activity account is opened for any person aged sixteen or over in one of the following situations:
1° A person in employment, including those holding a French employment contract and working abroad;
2° A person seeking employment or supported in a vocational guidance and integration project;
3° Person admitted to an establishment or service providing assistance through work mentioned in a of 5° of I of article L. 312-1 of the Code de l’Action Sociale et des Familles (Social Action and Family Code);
4° A person who has asserted all their pension rights.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this article, a personal activity account is opened from the age of fifteen for young people who sign an apprenticeship contract on the basis of the second paragraph of article L. 6222-1 of this code.
People who are at least sixteen years old but do not fall into the situations mentioned in 1° to 3° of this article may open a personal activity account in order to benefit from the citizen commitment account and to access the online services mentioned in article L. 5151-6.
The account is closed on the date of the person’s death. When its holder fulfils one of the conditions mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 5421-4, the personal training account ceases to be funded, except in application of article L. 5151-9.