Under Article L. 351-17 of the Social Security Code, created by Article 28 of Law No. 2014-40 of 20 January 2014, students may request that periods of internship be taken into account by the general social security scheme, subject to the payment of contributions and within the limit of two quarters.
Decree No. 2015-284 of March 11, 2015, specifying the procedures and conditions for validating internships in companies under the general old-age insurance scheme, applicable to internship periods beginning after its publication, sets out the procedures and conditions allowing students to request that their internship periods be taken into account. These conditions relate in particular to the duration of the internship and the deadline for submitting the request.
