Définition
The purpose of the minimum integration income (RMI), created in 1988, is to guarantee a minimum level of resources and to facilitate the integration or re-integration into society of persons with a low income. The RMI is paid to any person meeting the following conditions: residing in France, aged at least 25 (except for particular cases, such as pregnant women, etc.); having resources below the amount of the RMI, and signing an integration contract.
The RMI is known as a "differential" allowance. The person concerned receives the difference between the amount of the RMI and his/her monthly resources. The resources taken into account for the calculation of the RMI are those of the applicant but also of the spouse or concubine and the allowance also depends on the number of dependents.
Remarque
The RMI was in force until 31 May 2009 in mainland France, until 31 December 2010 in the Overseas and until 31 December 2011 in Mayotte, after when it was replaced by the RSA (active solidarity income).