Chapter I: General provisions.

In addition to measures designed to facilitate their redeployment or conversion, persons who are fit for work and seeking employment are entitled to a replacement income under the conditions set out in this Title.

Replacement income takes the form of: 1° An insurance allowance, as provided for in Chapter II of this Title; 2° Solidarity allowances, as provided for in Chapter III; 3° An allowance for self-employed workers and other allowances and indemnities governed by special schemes, as provided for in Chapter IV.

The condition of seeking employment required to benefit from a replacement income is met if the persons concerned are registered as jobseekers and carry out, on their own initiative or at the suggestion of one of the organisations mentioned in article L. 5311-2, positive and repeated acts with a view to finding a job or setting up, taking over or developing a business. A decree of the Conseil d’Etat shall…

Replacement income ceases to be paid : 1° Recipients who have reached the age specified in article L. 161-17-2 of the Social Security Code and who can prove that they have completed the insurance period, defined in the second paragraph of article L. 351-1 of the Social Security Code, required for entitlement to a full-rate old-age pension; 2° Recipients reaching the age stipulated in 1° of article L. 351-8 of…