The association referred to in article L. 5214-1 determines the annual amount of permanent expenses incurred as a result of the disability referred to in 6° of article R. 5213-42 or 5° of article R. 5213-44, in application of the calculation methods set by joint order of the ministers responsible for employment and disabled persons.
Recognition of severe disability is granted as follows:
1° For employees, when the amount determined by the association is greater than or equal to 20% of the product of the minimum hourly growth wage multiplied by a number of hours corresponding, on an annual basis, either to the collective working time applicable in the establishment, or to the working time stipulated in the contract in the case of part-time work, within the limit of a period corresponding to the application, on an annual basis, of the legal working time set out in article L. 3121-27;
2° For beneficiaries of the employment obligation who are self-employed, when the amount determined by the association is greater than or equal to 20% of the product of the minimum hourly growth wage multiplied by a number of hours corresponding to the application, on an annual basis, of the legal working hours set out in article L. 3121-27.