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CPF: mandatory flat-rate participation increases Published January 9, 2026 - Updated April 2, 2026 - Service Public / Legal and Administrative Information Department (Prime Minister)
Are you considering taking training for professional development and want to use your Personal Training Account (CPF)? The mandatory employee financial contribution is increasing from April 2. Service Public provides the details.
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Every person has a Personal Training Account (CPF) from the moment they enter the job market until retirement.
A decree from March 30, 2026 raises the amount to 150 €. This increase applies to any request to subscribe to CPF-eligible training action occurring from April 2, 2026 onwards.
A decree from April 29, 2024 established new obligations for CPF use effective May 2, 2024: the implementation of a mandatory flat-rate contribution of 100 € (adjusted annually on January 1 according to inflation). As of January 1, 2026, the amount was set at 103.20 €.
Who is affected by the mandatory flat-rate contribution?
Active individuals wishing to finance training with their CPF must pay the mandatory flat-rate contribution.
However, it does not apply in certain cases:
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if you are unemployed;
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when your training is supplemented by your employer;
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when you wish to use all or part of the points from your occupational prevention account (C2P);
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if you are entitled to an AT-MP supplement (coverage due to permanent disability for victims of workplace accidents or occupational disease).
The 2026 Finance Law has implemented other measures concerning CPF use. Financing a skills assessment by CPF (private sector) is capped at 1,600 € (capping on annual CPF rights only).
And you must not have benefited from financing for a skills assessment (by France Travail, the State, a region, a competency operator) in the past 5 years.
If the CPF does not cover the total cost, other stakeholders can supplement the financing (yourself, your employer, your competency operator, the regional council, the departmental council, your municipality, France Travail, etc.). Ancillary costs related to training (mobility, transport, meals) are excluded from coverage.
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