- Does the MCE program apply to me?
Since the end of 2019, all of France’s retirement pension schemes began using the Shared Verification of Existence (MCE) program for pensioners residing abroad. It was extended in 2022 to residents of New-Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna.
From now on, if you are in one of these cases, you are only required to prove your existence once (and only once) a year in order to continue drawing all of your pensions, however many different French pension schemes are actually paying you a pension.
Please refer to our informational guide entitled Certificate of existence/ certificate of life (MCE).
- When and how will I receive my certificate of life?
It will take a year for all of the certificate of existence requests to be sent out.
You will receive:
- Either an email alert, letting you know that a document you need to have filled out has been uploaded to your personal account on info-retraite.fr, (or lassuranceretraite.fr, agirc-arrco.fr, retraitesolidarité.caissedesdepots.fr, si vous bénéficiez d’une pension de l’un de ces organismes),
- Or a letter containing this document for you to have filled out.
Please refer to our informational guide entitled Certificate of existence/ certificate of life (MCE).
- What steps do I need to take?
You will need to have your certificate of life filled out and signed
By the French consulate or by a recognized authority in your place of residence.
- This document pertains only to you (personal bar code),
- The old certificate of life models are no longer accepted.
You will then need to return your certificate of life
- Either by uploading a picture or scan of it to your personal account on info-retraite.fr, ( or lassuranceretraite.fr, agirc-arrco.fr, retraitesolidarité.caissedesdepots.fr, si vous bénéficiez d’une pension de l’un de ces organismes), en le scannant,
- Or by standard mail, only to the following dedicated address:
Centre de traitement
Certificat de vie
CS 13999 ESVRES
37321 TOURS CEDEX 9
Do not submit anything to CRPN – Do not send your questions to CRPN
Under MCE program rules, CRPN will not process any documents we receive directly (by email or standard letter) as part of this program: rather, we will send them over to the dedicated address (see above). CRPN will make no use of their content.
Please refer to our informational guide entitled Certificate of existence/ certificate of life (MCE).
- Do I need to submit any documents to CRPN?
Under MCE program rules, CRPN will not process any documents we receive directly (by email or standard letter) as part of this program: rather, we will send them over to the dedicated address (see above). CRPN will make no use of their content.
Do not submit anything to CRPN – Do not send your questions to CRPN
Please refer to our informational guide entitled Certificate of existence/ certificate of life (MCE).
- Can my pension be suspended?
If your certificate of life is not submitted, you will be notified of the suspension of your pension payments.
As soon as you have sent the correctly completed document to MCE, you will begin receiving your pension again along with any arrears.
To view the rules for submitting this document, please refer to the question “What steps do I need to take?”
Please refer to our informational guide entitled Certificate of existence/ certificate of life (MCE).