Leave for Temporary Disability Attributable to Service (Citis)

Verified 08 August 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

If you are a public servant, a victim of travel or an occupational disease and are unable to perform your duties, you may be placed on temporary service disability leave (Citis). We explain the rules applicable to this leave.

These rules vary depending on whether you are the victim of a work (or travel) accident or an occupational disease and whether you are a holder or trainee.

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In what cases is a civil servant placed in Citis?

You are placed on temporary service disability leave (Citis) when you are accident victim recognized as attributable to service, commonly referred to as accident at work.

This is an accident that occurred, whatever the cause, during working time and in the workplace, in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of your functions or in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of an activity which constitutes the normal extension of your functions, in the absence of personal fault or any other special circumstance that would not link the accident to the service.

When the accident occurs during working time and at the workplace, you do not have to prove the causal link between the accident and the service.

Accidents at work occurring in the course of or in connection with the performance of an activity which constitutes the normal extension of your duties are accidents which occur when you are in training or meeting outside your duty station or when you are on assignment on behalf of your employer administration.

It also concerns accidents which occur to trade union representatives when they exercise trade union activity within the framework of a trade union mandate.

Accidents that occur while you are teleworking are work-related accidents if they occur during teleworking hours and in the course of your duties.

You are also placed in Citis when you are the victim of a travel accident recognized as attributable to service.

This is an accident on the usual route between your residence and your workplace or restaurant, during the normal time to complete this route, except where a personal event or any other special circumstance unrelated in particular to the necessities of everyday life may detach the accident from service.

In order to be recognized as attributable to the service, the journey accident must occur on thenormal route between your residence and your workplace or restaurant and in a normal time in relation to your working hours and modes of transport that you use.

This route must not be diverted except in the case of everyday necessities (for example, dropping off and taking back children at a nanny, nursery or school).

An accident occurring during periods of interruption of the journey (for example, within the nursery) does not constitute a journey accident.

An accident that occurs while you are working from home can be recognized as a commuting accident in the following situations:

  • Travel between your home and your telework location if different
  • Journey between your telework location and the service, in the event of a temporary exceptional return to your assignment department on a telework day
  • Journey between your teleworking location and your usual dining location.

You must prove the causal link between the accident and the service.

How to request Citis?

Accident declaration

To obtain a Citis, you must send an employer to your administration by any means accident report service or travel accident.

The declaration shall contain the following documents:

  • Accident Reporting Form specifying the circumstances of the work-related or commuting accident (the place, time and activity in which the accident occurred, the manner in which it occurred) and the injuries caused by the accident
  • A medical certificate issued by a physician indicating the nature and location of the injuries resulting from the accident and the probable duration of the resulting incapacity for work.
Deadline for submission of the accident report

You must submit the accident report form in the 15 days according to the date of the accident.

When the injuries are medically confirmed within 2 years of the accident, the medical certificate must be sent within 15 days of the date of this finding.

You must have your condition checked by a doctor of your choice who establishes a medical certificate--occupational disease.

You must send Part 1 of this certificate to your employer administration within 48 hours following the date of establishment and keep vouchers 2 and 3.

If the accident results in a work stoppage, you must also forward the 4e flap notice of work stoppage.

If your work stoppage is renewed, you must send your extension to your administration within the same period of 48 hours following the establishment of the work stoppage.

In the event that your work stoppage is sent beyond 48 hours, the remuneration due to you between the date of establishment of the work stoppage and the date of its transmission is reduced by half.

Warning  

In the event of non-compliance with the transmission deadlines the declaration of an accident or work stoppage, the request for support of the accident in the context of a Citis est rejected.

Remuneration items affected by the reduction

In the event that your work stoppage is sent beyond 48 hours, the remuneration due to you between the date of establishment of the work stoppage and the date of its transmission is reduced by half.

Halving your pay is for your gross index processing and your bonuses and allowances.

However, the following compensation items continue to be paid to you in full:

  • Residence allowance
  • Family Treatment Supplement
  • Partial support for the price of public transport tickets used for commuting between home and work
  • Benefits in kind
  • Reimbursement of expenses
  • Premiums and allowances related to change of residence, first-time assignment, geographical mobility and restructuring
  • Premiums and allowances related to the organization of work
  • Teaching or jury allowances and other allowances not directly related to employment
  • Part or all of the premiums and allowances whose modulation depends on the results and the manner of service
  • Exceptional or occasional payments of premiums and allowances corresponding to a single chargeable event.
Review of your application by the administration

Your employer's administration rules on the imputability to the service of your accident, that is to say that it examine whether the link between the accident and the service is established.

It must make a decision in the delay of 1 month from the date on which they receive your accident report and medical certificate.

Your employer administration may submit you to a medical expertise by a licensed physician to check the link between the accident and the service when particular circumstances appear to detach the accident from the service.

Your administration may also conduct a administrative inquiry to verify the accuracy of the facts and circumstances that led to the accident.

The opinion of the medical advice is collected when the link between the accident and the service is not clearly established due to personal fault on your part or any other particular circumstance.

Your administration informs you when an examination by a licensed physician, an administrative investigation or the advice of the medical board is necessary.

In this case, the one-month period to decide whether your accident is attributable to the service is extended by 3 months.

In the absence of a decision by the administration at the end of the period of 1 or 4 months, you are temporarily placed in Citis for the period indicated on the medical certificate.

At the end of the examination of your application, your administration decides on the imputability to the service of your accident.

If this link between the service and your accident is found, you are placed in Citis for the duration of your work stoppage.

If the link between the accident and the service is not established, the administration withdraws its decision on provisional placement in Citis. In this case, you must reimburse the remuneration wrongly received and the medical expenses borne by your administration.

Please note

To get the extension of your leave, you must send a new medical certificate to your administration within 48 hours of its establishment.

How long is the Citis?

The Citis has no maximum duration.

It is extended until you are fit to return to service or until you retire for disability.

If Citis' application is made during a sick leave, long illness or long-lasting, 1re Citis period from 1er the day of that initial leave.

How is Citis paid?

The conditions of pay during the Citis vary according to your public service (State - FPE, Territorial - FPT, Hospital - FPH).

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EPF

You keep all of your index treatment.

If you perceive the residence allowance and one family treatment supplement, they also continue to be paid to you in full.

You also keep your premiums and allowances, except for the following premiums and allowances that cease to be paid:

  • Specific allowances that pay subjections which cease to be paid if you are replaced
  • Premiums and allowances which are in the nature of reimbursement of expenses
  • Premiums related to the organization and the exceeding of the work cycle.

You are also entitled to reimbursement of medical fees and expenses directly caused by the accident.

FPT

You keep all of your index treatment.

If you perceive the residence allowance and one family treatment supplement, they also continue to be paid to you in full.

The conditions for maintaining or suspending premiums and allowances are determined by deliberation of your employer community.

You are also entitled to reimbursement of medical fees and expenses directly caused by the accident.

FPH

You keep all of your index treatment.

If you perceive the residence allowance and one family treatment supplement, they also continue to be paid to you in full.

The service premium continues to be paid unless you are absent for a full year.

You are also entitled to reimbursement of medical fees and expenses directly caused by the accident.

FYI  

The fees and other medical expenses resulting from the examinations requested by your administration, the fees of a licensed doctor and any transportation costs to attend these examinations are supported by your administration. Transport costs are covered on presentation of supporting documents to verify that they are necessary and in connection with the medical examinations carried out.

What are the grievor's obligations during the Citis?

During your Citis, you must submit to medical examinations requested by your administration:

  • Your administration may have your examination performed by a licensed doctor at any time
  • If your Citis lasts more than 6 months, your administration shall require an examination to be carried out at least once a year.

You and your administration may refer the matter to the medical board for advice if you dispute the findings of the licensed physician.

If you refuse to undergo a medical examination, your remuneration is no longer paid until you complete the examination.

During your leave, you must cease all paid work (except medically ordered and controlled activities for rehabilitation to employment).

In case of non-compliance with this obligation, your remuneration is no longer paid and you must reimburse the remuneration wrongly received and the medical expenses borne by your administration.

Your remuneration is restored from the day you cease any unauthorized paid activity.

You must also respect the following obligations :

  • Inform your administration of any change of residence
  • Inform your administration of any absence from your home of more than 2 weeks (except in case of hospitalization) and indicate your dates and places of stay

Failure to comply with these obligations may result in the interruption of payment of your remuneration.

What are the effects of Citis on the incumbent's career?

Time spent in Citis is no effect on your rights to advancement (step and grade) and at internal promotion.

It is also no effect on your retirement.

Time spent in Citis does not reduce your entitlement to other leave, including:

Reminder

If you cannot benefit from your annual leave due to your Citis, part of your annual leave may be postponed.

The periods during which you are in Citis do not give you not entitled to RTT.

During your Citis, you can apply for a training or a skills assessment or to practice an activity that promotes your rehabilitation or professional retraining. Your request is subject to a favorable medical opinion.

What happens at the end of leave for temporary disability attributable to service?

When you are cured or the lesions resulting from your accident are stabilized, you must transmit to your administration a final medical certificate of healing or consolidation.

Stabilization of your health can take different forms:

  • Complete recovery with return to pre-accident health
  • Consolidation or partial healing with sequelae related to the accident
  • Permanent inability to continue all functions.

You must have your state of health verified by your doctor who draws up the final medical certificate specifying your situation.

If you are fit to resume your duties, you are reinstated in your job or reassigned to a job corresponding to your grade.

If you are a public servant, your job may have been declared vacant if you have been in Citis for more than 12 consecutive months and you may have been replaced by another agent.

If you are a public servant or a hospital worker, if there is no vacancy corresponding to your grade, you will be reinstated in excess. This excess number is absorbed at 1re vacancy of your rank.

Your workstation can be adapted to your health condition if necessary.

If you keep sequelae of your accident, you can claim thetemporary invalidity allowance (Ati), which can be combined with your index treatment, if you have a permanent disability of at least 10%.

If you are unfit to return to duty, you can benefit from a period of preparation for reclassification or be directly reclassified to a job compatible with your health.

If you are definitively recognized unfit in the exercise of any job, you can be put to the disability pension regardless of your age and regardless of your number of quarters of pension insurance.

In case of relapse

If your condition changes after the date of healing or consolidation of your injury and requires medical treatment, you can be placed in Citis again.

You must report your relapse within one month of medical finding the jurisdiction in which you are posted on the date of your return.

You must report the relapse within one month of the medical finding.

The report of relapse is made using the same form that the initial accident report.

The form must be accompanied by a medical certificate indicating the nature and location of the injuries and the probable duration of the incapacity for work.

The administration examines your request for leave under the same conditions as when you initially requested leave.

Retirement for disability

If you have been retired due to disability, you can ask the administration that ordered your removal from the executive board to be reimbursed for the medical fees and expenses directly incurred by the accident that led to your removal.

You can also claim reimbursement of medical fees and expenses directly caused by the accident in case of relapse.

In what cases is a civil servant placed in Citis?

You are placed on temporary service disability leave (Citis) when you are accident victim recognized as attributable to service, commonly referred to as accident at work.

This is an accident that occurred, whatever the cause, during working time and in the workplace, in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of your functions or in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of an activity which constitutes the normal extension of your functions, in the absence of personal fault or any other special circumstance that would not link the accident to the service.

When the accident occurs during working time and at the workplace, you do not have to prove the causal link between the accident and the service.

Accidents at work occurring in the course of or in connection with the performance of an activity which constitutes the normal extension of your duties are accidents which occur when you are in training or meeting outside your duty station or when you are on assignment on behalf of your employer administration.

It also concerns accidents which occur to trade union representatives when they exercise trade union activity within the framework of a trade union mandate.

Accidents that occur while you are teleworking are work-related accidents if they occur during teleworking hours and in the course of your duties.

You are also placed in Citis when you are the victim of a travel accident recognized as attributable to service.

This is an accident on the usual route between your residence and your workplace or restaurant, during the normal time to complete this route, except where a personal event or any other special circumstance unrelated in particular to the necessities of everyday life may detach the accident from service.

In order to be recognized as attributable to the service, the journey accident must occur on thenormal route between your residence and your workplace or restaurant and in a normal time in relation to your working hours and modes of transport that you use.

This route must not be diverted except in the case of everyday necessities (for example, dropping off and taking back children at a nanny, nursery or school).

An accident occurring during periods of interruption of the journey (for example, within the nursery) does not constitute a journey accident.

An accident that occurs while you are working from home can be recognized as a commuting accident in the following situations:

  • Travel between your home and your telework location if different
  • Journey between your telework location and the service, in the event of a temporary exceptional return to your assignment department on a telework day
  • Journey between your teleworking location and your usual dining location.

You must prove the causal link between the accident and the service.

How to request Citis?

Accident declaration

To obtain a Citis, you must send an employer to your administration by any means accident report service or travel accident.

The declaration shall contain the following documents:

  • Accident Reporting Form specifying the circumstances of the work-related or commuting accident (the place, time and activity in which the accident occurred, the manner in which it occurred) and the injuries caused by the accident
  • A medical certificate issued by a physician indicating the nature and location of the injuries resulting from the accident and the probable duration of the resulting incapacity for work.
Deadline for submission of the accident report

You must submit the accident report form in the 15 days according to the date of the accident.

When the injuries are medically confirmed within 2 years of the accident, the medical certificate must be sent within 15 days of the date of this finding.

You must have your condition checked by a doctor of your choice who establishes a medical certificate--occupational disease.

You must send Part 1 of this certificate to your employer administration within 48 hours following the date of establishment and keep vouchers 2 and 3.

If the accident results in a work stoppage, you must also forward the 4e flap notice of work stoppage.

If your work stoppage is renewed, you must send your extension to your administration within the same period of 48 hours following the establishment of the work stoppage.

In the event that your work stoppage is sent beyond 48 hours, the remuneration due to you between the date of establishment of the work stoppage and the date of its transmission is reduced by half.

Warning  

In the event of non-compliance with the transmission deadlines the declaration of an accident or work stoppage, the request for support of the accident in the context of a Citis est rejected.

Remuneration items affected by the reduction

In the event that your work stoppage is sent beyond 48 hours, the remuneration due to you between the date of establishment of the work stoppage and the date of its transmission is reduced by half.

Halving your pay is for your gross index processing and your bonuses and allowances.

However, the following compensation items continue to be paid to you in full:

  • Residence allowance
  • Family Treatment Supplement
  • Partial support for the price of public transport tickets used for commuting between home and work
  • Benefits in kind
  • Reimbursement of expenses
  • Premiums and allowances related to change of residence, first-time assignment, geographical mobility and restructuring
  • Premiums and allowances related to the organization of work
  • Teaching or jury allowances and other allowances not directly related to employment
  • Part or all of the premiums and allowances whose modulation depends on the results and the manner of service
  • Exceptional or occasional payments of premiums and allowances corresponding to a single chargeable event.
Review of your application by the administration

Your employer's administration rules on the imputability to the service of your accident, that is to say that it examine whether the link between the accident and the service is established.

It must make a decision in the delay of 1 month from the date on which they receive your accident report and medical certificate.

Your employer administration may submit you to a medical expertise by a licensed physician to check the link between the accident and the service when particular circumstances appear to detach the accident from the service.

Your administration may also conduct a administrative inquiry to verify the accuracy of the facts and circumstances that led to the accident.

The opinion of the medical advice is collected when the link between the accident and the service is not clearly established due to personal fault on your part or any other particular circumstance.

Your administration informs you when an examination by a licensed physician, an administrative investigation or the advice of the medical board is necessary.

In this case, the one-month period to decide whether your accident is attributable to the service is extended by 3 months.

In the absence of a decision by the administration at the end of the period of 1 or 4 months, you are temporarily placed in Citis for the period indicated on the medical certificate.

At the end of the examination of your application, your administration decides on the imputability to the service of your accident.

If this link between the service and your accident is found, you are placed in Citis for the duration of your work stoppage.

If the link between the accident and the service is not established, the administration withdraws its decision on provisional placement in Citis. In this case, you must reimburse the remuneration wrongly received and the medical expenses borne by your administration.

Please note

To get the extension of your leave, you must send a new medical certificate to your administration within 48 hours of its establishment.

How long is the Citis?

The duration of the Citis depends on your public service (state - FPE, territorial - FPT, hospital - FPH).

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EPF

The duration of the Citis is limited to 5 years.

If Citis' request is made during regular, long-term or extended sick leave, the 1re Citis period from 1er the day of that initial leave.

At the end of the 5-year period, if you are temporarily unfit to return to duty, you may be placed, after consulting the medical committee, on unpaid leave for a maximum of 1 year renewable 2 times.

FPT

The Citis has no maximum duration.

It is extended until you are fit to return to duty or until you are dismissed.

If Citis' request is made during regular, long-term or extended sick leave, the 1re Citis period from 1er the day of that initial leave.

FPH

The duration of the Citis is limited to 5 years.

If Citis' request is made during regular, long-term or extended sick leave, the 1re Citis period from 1er the day of that initial leave.

At the end of the 5-year period, if you are temporarily unfit to return to duty, you may be placed, after consulting the medical committee, on unpaid leave for a maximum of 1 year renewable 2 times.

How is Citis paid?

The conditions of pay during the Citis vary according to your public service (State - FPE, Territorial - FPT, Hospital - FPH).

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EPF

You keep all of your index treatment.

If you perceive the residence allowance and one family treatment supplement, they also continue to be paid to you in full.

You also keep your premiums and allowances, except for the following premiums and allowances that cease to be paid:

  • Specific allowances that pay subjections which cease to be paid if you are replaced
  • Premiums and allowances which are in the nature of reimbursement of expenses
  • Premiums related to the organization and the exceeding of the work cycle.

You are also entitled to reimbursement of medical fees and expenses directly caused by the accident.

FPT

You keep all of your index treatment.

If you perceive the residence allowance and one family treatment supplement, they also continue to be paid to you in full.

The conditions for maintaining or suspending premiums and allowances are determined by deliberation of your employer community.

You are also entitled to reimbursement of medical fees and expenses directly caused by the accident.

FPH

You keep all of your index treatment.

If you perceive the residence allowance and one family treatment supplement, they also continue to be paid to you in full.

The service premium continues to be paid unless you are absent for a full year.

You are also entitled to reimbursement of medical fees and expenses directly caused by the accident.

FYI  

The fees and other medical expenses resulting from the examinations requested by your administration, the fees of a licensed doctor and any transportation costs to attend these examinations are supported by your administration. Transport costs are covered on presentation of supporting documents to verify that they are necessary and in connection with the medical examinations carried out.

What are the grievor's obligations during the Citis?

During your Citis, you must submit to medical examinations requested by your administration:

  • Your administration may have your examination performed by a licensed doctor at any time
  • If your Citis lasts more than 6 months, your administration shall require an examination to be carried out at least once a year.

You and your administration may refer the matter to the medical board for advice if you dispute the findings of the licensed physician.

If you refuse to undergo a medical examination, your remuneration is no longer paid until you complete the examination.

During your leave, you must cease all paid work (except medically ordered and controlled activities for rehabilitation to employment).

In case of non-compliance with this obligation, your remuneration is no longer paid and you must reimburse the remuneration wrongly received and the medical expenses borne by your administration.

Your remuneration is restored from the day you cease any unauthorized paid activity.

You must also respect the following obligations :

  • Inform your administration of any change of residence
  • Inform your administration of any absence from your home of more than 2 weeks (except in case of hospitalization) and indicate your dates and places of stay

Failure to comply with these obligations may result in the interruption of payment of your remuneration.

What are the effects of Citis on the career of the probationary official?

Time spent in Citis is taken into account to determine your rights to advancement.

He's also taken into account for your retirement.

Time spent in Citis does not reduce your entitlement to other leave, including:

Reminder

If you cannot benefit from your annual leave due to your Citis, part of your annual leave may be postponed.

Periods during which you are on leave for temporary disability attributable to service do not give you not entitled to RTT.

Your Citis, beyond a certain duration, extends the duration of your internship.

What happens at the end of leave for temporary disability attributable to service?

Your situation at the end of your leave varies according to your public service (state - FPE, territorial - FPT, hospital - FPH).

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EPF

When you are cured or the lesions resulting from your accident are stabilized, you must transmit to your administration a final medical certificate of healing or consolidation.

Stabilization of your health can take different forms:

  • Complete recovery with return to pre-accident health
  • Consolidation or partial healing with sequelae related to the accident
  • Permanent inability to continue all functions.

You must have your state of health verified by your doctor who draws up the final medical certificate specifying your situation.

If you are fit to resume your duties, you are reinstated in your job or reassigned to a job corresponding to your grade.

Your job may have been declared vacant if you have been in Citis for more than 12 consecutive months and you may have been replaced by another agent.

In the absence of a vacancy corresponding to your grade, you are reinstated in excess. This excess number is absorbed at 1re vacancy of your rank.

Your workstation can be adapted to your health condition if necessary.

In case of relapse after the date of healing or consolidation of your injury, you can be placed in Citis again.

You must report your relapse within one month of your medical finding to the jurisdiction in which you are posted on the date of your report.

The report of relapse is made using the same form that the initial accident report.

The form must be accompanied by a medical certificate indicating the nature and location of the injuries and the probable duration of the incapacity for work.

The administration examines your request for leave under the same conditions as when you initially requested leave.

If you are found permanently unfit to perform any employment, you're fired.

If you were seconded for an internship and hold another rank, your secondment for an internship is terminated and you are made available to your home administration.

In your home administration, your situation is treated according to the rules applicable to regular civil servants.

If you are dismissed for physical incapacity, you are entitled to a pension calculated and revalued in the same conditions than those applicable to employees governed by private law.

The disability rate used to calculate the pension is determined by the medical board.

This pension is paid by the administration that employed you as a probationary civil servant.

FPT

When you are cured or the lesions resulting from your accident are stabilized, you must transmit to your administration a final medical certificate of healing or consolidation.

Stabilization of your health can take different forms:

  • Complete recovery with return to pre-accident health
  • Consolidation or partial healing with sequelae related to the accident
  • Permanent inability to continue all functions.

You must have your state of health verified by your doctor who draws up the final medical certificate specifying your situation.

If you are fit to resume your duties, you are reinstated in your job or reassigned to a job corresponding to your grade.

Your workstation can be adapted to your health condition if necessary.

In case of relapse after the date of healing or consolidation of your injury, you can be placed in Citis again.

You must report your relapse within one month of your medical finding to the jurisdiction in which you are posted on the date of your report.

The report of relapse is made using the same form that the initial accident report.

The form must be accompanied by a medical certificate indicating the nature and location of the injuries and the probable duration of the incapacity for work.

The administration examines your request for leave under the same conditions as when you initially requested leave.

If you are found permanently unfit to perform any employment, you're fired.

If you were seconded for an internship and hold another rank, your secondment for an internship is terminated and you are made available to your home administration.

In your home administration, your situation is treated according to the rules applicable to regular civil servants.

You are entitled to an annuity calculated and revalued in the same conditions than those applicable to employees governed by private law.

The disability rate used to calculate the pension is determined by the medical board.

This pension is paid by the administration that employed you as a probationary civil servant.

FPH

When you are cured or the lesions resulting from your accident are stabilized, you must transmit to your administration a final medical certificate of healing or consolidation.

Stabilization of your health can take different forms:

  • Complete recovery with return to pre-accident health
  • Consolidation or partial healing with sequelae related to the accident
  • Permanent inability to continue all functions.

You must have your state of health verified by your doctor who draws up the final medical certificate specifying your situation.

If you are fit to resume your duties, you are reinstated in your job or reassigned to a job corresponding to your grade.

In the absence of a vacancy corresponding to your grade, you are reinstated in excess. This excess number is absorbed at 1re vacancy of your rank.

Your workstation can be adapted to your health condition if necessary.

In case of relapse after the date of healing or consolidation of your injury, you can be placed in Citis again.

You must report your relapse within one month of your medical finding to the jurisdiction in which you are posted on the date of your report.

The report of relapse is made using the same form that the initial accident report.

The form must be accompanied by a medical certificate indicating the nature and location of the injuries and the probable duration of the incapacity for work.

The administration examines your request for leave under the same conditions as when you initially requested leave.

If you are found permanently unfit to perform any employment, you're fired.

If you were seconded for an internship and hold another rank, your secondment for an internship is terminated and you are made available to your home administration.

In your home administration, your situation is treated according to the rules applicable to regular civil servants.

You are entitled to an annuity calculated and revalued in the same conditions than those applicable to employees governed by private law.

The disability rate used to calculate the pension is determined by the medical board.

This pension is paid by the administration that employed you as a probationary civil servant.

Occupational disease

In what cases is it placed in Citis?

You are placed on leave for temporary disability attributable to service (Citis) if you take out a occupational disease in the performance of your duties.

How to request Citis?

Declaration of occupational disease

To obtain a Citis, you must send an employer to your administration by any means declaration of occupational disease.

The declaration shall contain the following documents:

  • Occupational disease declaration form specifying the circumstances of the disease (place, time and activity in which the disease occurred)
  • Medical certificate issued by your doctor indicating the nature and location of the injuries resulting from the illness and the likely duration of the incapacity for work.
Deadline for submitting the declaration of occupational disease

You must submit the declaration of occupational disease form in the 2 years following the date of 1re medical finding of your disease or the date on which you are informed by a medical certificate of the possible link between your illness and a professional activity.

When changes are made to tables of occupational diseases after you have been medically diagnosed with a newly listed disease, you must submit your declaration of occupational disease within 2 years of the effective date of these amendments.

In this case, the recognition of your occupational disease begins on the date of entry into force of the amendments to the tables of occupational diseases.

Your doctor will establish a medical certificate - occupational disease.

You must send the part n°1 to your employer administration within 48 hours after the date of issue of the certificate and keep vouchers 2 and 3.

If the illness leads to a work stoppage, you must also forward the 4e flap notice of work stoppage.

If your work stoppage is renewed, you must send your extension to your administration within the same period of 48 hours following the establishment of the work stoppage.

In the event of non-compliance with this 48-hour period, the remuneration due between the date of establishment of the work stoppage and the date of its transmission shall be reduced by half.

In the event of non-compliance with the transmission deadlines the declaration of an occupational disease or a work stoppage, request for support of the accident in the context of a Citis est rejected.

Remuneration items affected by the halving

In the event of non-compliance with this 48-hour period, the remuneration due between the date of establishment of the work stoppage and the date of its transmission shall be reduced by half.

Halving your pay is for your gross index processing and your bonuses and allowances.

However, the following compensation items continue to be paid to you in full:

  • Residence allowance
  • Family Treatment Supplement
  • Partial support for the price of public transport tickets used for commuting between home and work
  • Benefits in kind
  • Reimbursement of expenses
  • Premiums and allowances related to change of residence, first-time assignment, geographical mobility and restructuring
  • Premiums and allowances related to the organization of work
  • Teaching or jury allowances and other allowances not directly related to employment
  • Part or all of the premiums and allowances whose modulation depends on the results and the manner of service
  • Exceptional or occasional payments of premiums and allowances corresponding to a single chargeable event.
Review of your application by the administration

Your employer's administration decides whether your illness is attributable to the service, i.e. it examines whether the link between the illness and the service is established.

It must make a decision in the 2 months delay from the date on which it receives your complete file including your declaration of occupational disease, the medical certificate and the result of any additional medical examinations prescribed by the tables of occupational diseases.

Your employer administration may submit you to a medical expertise by one licensed physician to check the link between the illness and the service.

Your administration may also conduct a administrative inquiry to verify the accuracy of the facts and circumstances that led to the onset of the disease.

The opinion of the medical advice is collected when the condition results from a disease not listed in the Occupational Diseases Tables.

The occupational physician submits a report to the medical board, unless he or she finds that your illness is related to the service. In this case, it shall inform the administration.

Your administration informs you when an examination by a licensed doctor, further investigation or advice from the medical board is required.

In this case, the 2-month period to decide on the imputability to the service of your disease is extended by 3 months.

In the absence of a decision by the administration at the end of the period of 2 or 5 months, you are temporarily placed in Citis for the period indicated on the medical certificate.

At the end of the examination of your application, your administration decides on the imputability to the service of your disease.

If the link between the service and your illness is found, you are placed on leave for the duration of your work stoppage.

If the link between the illness and the service is not established, the administration withdraws its decision to place the staff member on temporary leave for temporary disability attributable to the service. In this case, you must reimburse the remuneration wrongly received and the medical expenses borne by your administration.

To obtain an extension of your leave, you must send a new medical certificate to your administration within 48 hours of its establishment.

How long is the Citis?

The Citis has no maximum duration.

It is extended until you are fit to return to service or until you retire for disability.

If Citis' application is made during a sick leave, long illness or long-lasting, 1re Citis period from 1er the day of that initial leave.

How is Citis paid?

The conditions of pay during the Citis vary according to your public service (State - FPE, Territorial - FPT, Hospital - FPH).

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EPF

You keep all of your index treatment.

If you perceive the residence allowance and one family treatment supplement, they also continue to be paid to you in full.

You also keep your premiums and allowances, except for the following premiums and allowances that cease to be paid:

  • Specific allowances that pay subjections which cease to be paid if you are replaced
  • Premiums and allowances which are in the nature of reimbursement of expenses
  • Premiums related to the organization and the exceeding of the work cycle.

You are also entitled to reimbursement of medical fees and expenses directly caused by the accident.

FPT

You keep all of your index treatment.

If you perceive the residence allowance and one family treatment supplement, they also continue to be paid to you in full.

The conditions for maintaining or suspending premiums and allowances are determined by deliberation of your employer community.

You are also entitled to reimbursement of medical fees and expenses directly caused by the accident.

FPH

You keep all of your index treatment.

If you perceive the residence allowance and one family treatment supplement, they also continue to be paid to you in full.

The service premium continues to be paid unless you are absent for a full year.

You are also entitled to reimbursement of medical fees and expenses directly caused by the accident.

FYI  

The fees and other medical expenses resulting from the examinations requested by your administration, the fees of a licensed doctor and any transportation costs to attend these examinations are supported by your administration. Transport costs are covered on presentation of supporting documents to verify that they are necessary and in connection with the medical examinations carried out.

What are the grievor's obligations during the Citis?

During your Citis, you must submit to medical examinations requested by your administration:

  • Your administration may have your examination performed by a licensed doctor at any time
  • If your Citis lasts more than 6 months, your administration shall require an examination to be carried out at least once a year.

You and your administration may refer the matter to the medical board for advice if you dispute the findings of the licensed physician.

If you refuse to undergo a medical examination, your remuneration is no longer paid until you complete the examination.

During your leave, you must cease all paid work (except medically ordered and controlled activities for rehabilitation to employment).

In case of non-compliance with this obligation, your remuneration is no longer paid and you must reimburse the remuneration wrongly received and the medical expenses borne by your administration.

Your remuneration is restored from the day you cease any unauthorized paid activity.

You must also respect the following obligations :

  • Inform your administration of any change of residence
  • Inform your administration of any absence from your home of more than 2 weeks (except in case of hospitalization) and indicate your dates and places of stay

Failure to comply with these obligations may result in the interruption of payment of your remuneration.

What are the effects of Citis on the incumbent's career?

Time spent in Citis is no effect on your rights to advancement (step and grade) and at internal promotion.

It is also no effect on your retirement.

Time spent in Citis does not reduce your entitlement to other leave, including:

Reminder

If you cannot benefit from your annual leave due to your Citis, part of your annual leave may be postponed.

The periods during which you are in Citis do not give you not entitled to RTT.

During your Citis, you can apply for a training or a skills assessment or to practice an activity that promotes your rehabilitation or professional retraining. Your request is subject to a favorable medical opinion.

What happens at the end of leave for temporary disability attributable to service?

When you are cured or the lesions resulting from your disease are stabilized, you must transmit to your administration a final medical certificate of healing or consolidation.

Stabilization of your health can take different forms:

  • Complete recovery with return to previous health before illness
  • Consolidation or partial healing with disease-related sequelae
  • Permanent inability to continue all functions.

If you are fit to resume your duties, you are reinstated in your job or reassigned to a job corresponding to your grade.

If you are a public servant, your job may have been declared vacant if you have been in Citis for more than 12 consecutive months and you may have been replaced by another agent.

If you are a public servant or a hospital worker, if there is no vacancy corresponding to your grade, you will be reinstated in excess. This excess number is absorbed at 1re vacancy of your rank.

Your workstation can be adapted to your health condition if necessary.

If you keep sequelae of your illness, you can claimtemporary invalidity allowance (Ati), which can be combined with your index treatment, if you have a permanent disability of at least 10%.

If you are unfit to return to duty, you can benefit from a period of preparation for reclassification or be directly reclassified to a job compatible with your health.

If you are definitively recognized unfit in the exercise of any job, you can be put to the disability pension regardless of your age and regardless of your number of quarters of pension insurance.

In case of relapse

If your condition changes after the date of healing or consolidation of your lesions and requires medical treatment, you can be placed in Citis again.

You must report your relapse within one month of medical finding the jurisdiction in which you are posted on the date of your return.

The report of relapse is made using the same form the initial declaration of the occupational disease.

The form must be accompanied by a medical certificate indicating the nature and location of the injuries and the probable duration of the incapacity for work.

The administration examines your request for leave under the same conditions as when you initially requested leave.

Retirement for disability

If you have been retired for disability, you can apply to the administration that removed you from the executive board for reimbursement of medical expenses and expenses directly related to the illness that resulted from your removal.

You can also claim reimbursement of medical fees and expenses directly caused by the disease in case of relapse.

In what cases is it placed in Citis?

You are placed on leave for temporary disability attributable to service (Citis) if you take out a occupational disease in the performance of your duties.

How to request Citis?

Declaration of occupational disease

To obtain a Citis, you must send an employer to your administration by any means declaration of occupational disease.

The declaration shall contain the following documents:

  • Occupational disease declaration form specifying the circumstances of the disease (place, time and activity in which the disease occurred)
  • Medical certificate issued by your doctor indicating the nature and location of the injuries resulting from the illness and the likely duration of the incapacity for work.
Deadline for submitting the declaration of occupational disease

You must submit the declaration of occupational disease form in the 2 years following the date of 1re medical finding of your disease or the date on which you are informed by a medical certificate of the possible link between your illness and a professional activity.

When changes are made to tables of occupational diseases after you have been medically diagnosed with a newly listed disease, you must submit your declaration of occupational disease within 2 years of the effective date of these amendments.

In this case, the recognition of your occupational disease begins on the date of entry into force of the amendments to the tables of occupational diseases.

Your doctor will establish a medical certificate - occupational disease.

You must send the part n°1 to your employer administration within 48 hours after the date of issue of the certificate and keep vouchers 2 and 3.

If the illness leads to a work stoppage, you must also forward the 4e flap notice of work stoppage.

If your work stoppage is renewed, you must send your extension to your administration within the same period of 48 hours following the establishment of the work stoppage.

In the event of non-compliance with this 48-hour period, the remuneration due between the date of establishment of the work stoppage and the date of its transmission shall be reduced by half.

In the event of non-compliance with the transmission deadlines the declaration of an occupational disease or a work stoppage, request for support of the accident in the context of a Citis est rejected.

Remuneration items affected by the halving

In the event of non-compliance with this 48-hour period, the remuneration due between the date of establishment of the work stoppage and the date of its transmission shall be reduced by half.

Halving your pay is for your gross index processing and your bonuses and allowances.

However, the following compensation items continue to be paid to you in full:

  • Residence allowance
  • Family Treatment Supplement
  • Partial support for the price of public transport tickets used for commuting between home and work
  • Benefits in kind
  • Reimbursement of expenses
  • Premiums and allowances related to change of residence, first-time assignment, geographical mobility and restructuring
  • Premiums and allowances related to the organization of work
  • Teaching or jury allowances and other allowances not directly related to employment
  • Part or all of the premiums and allowances whose modulation depends on the results and the manner of service
  • Exceptional or occasional payments of premiums and allowances corresponding to a single chargeable event.
Review of your application by the administration

Your employer's administration decides whether your illness is attributable to the service, i.e. it examines whether the link between the illness and the service is established.

It must make a decision in the 2 months delay from the date on which it receives your complete file including your declaration of occupational disease, the medical certificate and the result of any additional medical examinations prescribed by the tables of occupational diseases.

Your employer administration may submit you to a medical expertise by one licensed physician to check the link between the illness and the service.

Your administration may also conduct a administrative inquiry to verify the accuracy of the facts and circumstances that led to the onset of the disease.

The opinion of the medical advice is collected when the condition results from a disease not listed in the Occupational Diseases Tables.

The occupational physician submits a report to the medical board, unless he or she finds that your illness is related to the service. In this case, it shall inform the administration.

Your administration informs you when an examination by a licensed doctor, further investigation or advice from the medical board is required.

In this case, the 2-month period to decide on the imputability to the service of your disease is extended by 3 months.

In the absence of a decision by the administration at the end of the period of 2 or 5 months, you are temporarily placed in Citis for the period indicated on the medical certificate.

At the end of the examination of your application, your administration decides on the imputability to the service of your disease.

If the link between the service and your illness is found, you are placed on leave for the duration of your work stoppage.

If the link between the illness and the service is not established, the administration withdraws its decision to place the staff member on temporary leave for temporary disability attributable to the service. In this case, you must reimburse the remuneration wrongly received and the medical expenses borne by your administration.

To obtain an extension of your leave, you must send a new medical certificate to your administration within 48 hours of its establishment.

How long is the Citis?

The duration of the Citis depends on your public service (state - FPE, territorial - FPT, hospital - FPH).

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EPF

The duration of the Citis is limited to 5 years.

If Citis' request is made during regular, long-term or extended sick leave, the 1re Citis period from 1er the day of that initial leave.

At the end of the 5-year period, if you are temporarily unfit to return to duty, you may be placed, after consulting the medical committee, on unpaid leave for a maximum of 1 year renewable 2 times.

FPT

The Citis has no maximum duration.

It is extended until you are fit to return to duty or until you are dismissed.

If Citis' request is made during regular, long-term or extended sick leave, the 1re Citis period from 1er the day of that initial leave.

FPH

The duration of the Citis is limited to 5 years.

If Citis' request is made during regular, long-term or extended sick leave, the 1re Citis period from 1er the day of that initial leave.

At the end of the 5-year period, if you are temporarily unfit to return to duty, you may be placed, after consulting the medical committee, on unpaid leave for a maximum of 1 year renewable 2 times.

How is Citis paid?

The conditions of pay during the Citis vary according to your public service (State - FPE, Territorial - FPT, Hospital - FPH).

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EPF

You keep all of your index treatment.

If you perceive the residence allowance and one family treatment supplement, they also continue to be paid to you in full.

You also keep your premiums and allowances, except for the following premiums and allowances that cease to be paid:

  • Specific allowances that pay subjections which cease to be paid if you are replaced
  • Premiums and allowances which are in the nature of reimbursement of expenses
  • Premiums related to the organization and the exceeding of the work cycle.

You are also entitled to reimbursement of medical fees and expenses directly caused by the accident.

FPT

You keep all of your index treatment.

If you perceive the residence allowance and one family treatment supplement, they also continue to be paid to you in full.

The conditions for maintaining or suspending premiums and allowances are determined by deliberation of your employer community.

You are also entitled to reimbursement of medical fees and expenses directly caused by the accident.

FPH

You keep all of your index treatment.

If you perceive the residence allowance and one family treatment supplement, they also continue to be paid to you in full.

The service premium continues to be paid unless you are absent for a full year.

You are also entitled to reimbursement of medical fees and expenses directly caused by the accident.

FYI  

The fees and other medical expenses resulting from the examinations requested by your administration, the fees of a licensed doctor and any transportation costs to attend these examinations are supported by your administration. Transport costs are covered on presentation of supporting documents to verify that they are necessary and in connection with the medical examinations carried out.

What are the grievor's obligations during the Citis?

During your Citis, you must submit to medical examinations requested by your administration:

  • Your administration may have your examination performed by a licensed doctor at any time
  • If your Citis lasts more than 6 months, your administration shall require an examination to be carried out at least once a year.

You and your administration may refer the matter to the medical board for advice if you dispute the findings of the licensed physician.

If you refuse to undergo a medical examination, your remuneration is no longer paid until you complete the examination.

During your leave, you must cease all paid work (except medically ordered and controlled activities for rehabilitation to employment).

In case of non-compliance with this obligation, your remuneration is no longer paid and you must reimburse the remuneration wrongly received and the medical expenses borne by your administration.

Your remuneration is restored from the day you cease any unauthorized paid activity.

You must also respect the following obligations :

  • Inform your administration of any change of residence
  • Inform your administration of any absence from your home of more than 2 weeks (except in case of hospitalization) and indicate your dates and places of stay

Failure to comply with these obligations may result in the interruption of payment of your remuneration.

What are the effects of Citis on the career of the probationary official?

Time spent in Citis is taken into account to determine your rights to advancement.

He's also taken into account for your retirement.

Time spent in Citis does not reduce your entitlement to other leave, including:

Reminder

If you cannot benefit from your annual leave due to your Citis, part of your annual leave may be postponed.

Periods during which you are on leave for temporary disability attributable to service do not give you not entitled to RTT.

Your Citis, beyond a certain duration, extends the duration of your internship.

What happens at the end of leave for temporary disability attributable to service?

Your situation at the end of your leave varies according to your public service (state - FPE, territorial - FPT, hospital - FPH).

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EPF

When you are cured or the lesions resulting from your disease are stabilized, you must transmit to your administration a final medical certificate of healing or consolidation.

Stabilization of your health can take different forms:

  • Complete recovery with return to pre-disease health
  • Consolidation or partial healing with disease-related sequelae
  • Permanent inability to continue all functions.

You must have your state of health verified by your doctor who draws up the final medical certificate specifying your situation.

If you are fit to resume your duties, you are reinstated in your job or reassigned to a job corresponding to your grade.

Your job may have been declared vacant if you have been in Citis for more than 12 consecutive months and you may have been replaced by another agent.

In the absence of a vacancy corresponding to your grade, you are reinstated in excess. This excess number is absorbed at 1re vacancy of your rank.

Your workstation can be adapted to your health condition if necessary.

In case of relapse after the date of healing or consolidation of your lesions, you can again be placed in Citis.

You must report your relapse within one month of your medical finding to the jurisdiction in which you are posted on the date of your report.

The report of relapse is made using the same form the initial declaration of illness.

The form must be accompanied by a medical certificate indicating the nature and location of the injuries and the probable duration of the incapacity for work.

The administration examines your request for leave under the same conditions as when you initially requested leave.

If you are found permanently unfit to perform any employment, you're fired.

If you were seconded for an internship and hold another rank, your secondment for an internship is terminated and you are made available to your home administration.

In your home administration, your situation is treated according to the rules applicable to regular civil servants.

If you are dismissed for physical incapacity, you are entitled to a pension calculated and revalued in the same conditions than those applicable to employees governed by private law.

The disability rate used to calculate the pension is determined by the medical board.

This pension is paid by the administration that employed you as a probationary civil servant.

FPT

When you are cured or the lesions resulting from your disease are stabilized, you must transmit to your administration a final medical certificate of healing or consolidation.

Stabilization of your health can take different forms:

  • Complete recovery with return to pre-disease health
  • Consolidation or partial healing with disease-related sequelae
  • Permanent inability to continue all functions.

You must have your state of health verified by your doctor who draws up the final medical certificate specifying your situation.

If you are fit to resume your duties, you are reinstated in your job or reassigned to a job corresponding to your grade.

Your workstation can be adapted to your health condition if necessary.

In case of relapse after the date of healing or consolidation of your lesions, you can again be placed in Citis.

You must report your relapse within one month of your medical finding to the jurisdiction in which you are posted on the date of your report.

The report of relapse is made using the same form the initial declaration of illness.

The form must be accompanied by a medical certificate indicating the nature and location of the injuries and the probable duration of the incapacity for work.

The administration examines your request for leave under the same conditions as when you initially requested leave.

If you are found permanently unfit to perform any employment, you're fired.

If you were seconded for an internship and hold another rank, your secondment for an internship is terminated and you are made available to your home administration.

In your home administration, your situation is treated according to the rules applicable to regular civil servants.

You are entitled to an annuity calculated and revalued in the same conditions than those applicable to employees governed by private law.

The disability rate used to calculate the pension is determined by the medical board.

This pension is paid by the administration that employed you as a probationary civil servant.

FPH

When you are cured or the lesions resulting from your disease are stabilized, you must transmit to your administration a final medical certificate of healing or consolidation.

Stabilization of your health can take different forms:

  • Complete recovery with return to pre-disease health
  • Consolidation or partial healing with disease-related sequelae
  • Permanent inability to continue all functions.

You must have your state of health verified by your doctor who draws up the final medical certificate specifying your situation.

If you are fit to resume your duties, you are reinstated in your job or reassigned to a job corresponding to your grade.

In the absence of a vacancy corresponding to your grade, you are reinstated in excess. This excess number is absorbed at 1re vacancy of your rank.

Your workstation can be adapted to your health condition if necessary.

In case of relapse after the date of healing or consolidation of your lesions, you can again be placed in Citis.

You must report your relapse within one month of your medical finding to the jurisdiction in which you are posted on the date of your report.

The report of relapse is made using the same form the initial declaration of illness.

The form must be accompanied by a medical certificate indicating the nature and location of the injuries and the probable duration of the incapacity for work.

The administration examines your request for leave under the same conditions as when you initially requested leave.

If you are found permanently unfit to perform any employment, you're fired.

If you were seconded for an internship and hold another rank, your secondment for an internship is terminated and you are made available to your home administration.

In your home administration, your situation is treated according to the rules applicable to regular civil servants.

You are entitled to an annuity calculated and revalued in the same conditions than those applicable to employees governed by private law.

The disability rate used to calculate the pension is determined by the medical board.

This pension is paid by the administration that employed you as a probationary civil servant.

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