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What is the CVEC (La contribution de vie étudiante et de campus) ?

The “Student Life and Campus Contribution” (CVEC) is a tax created by the law Orientation et réussite des étudiants (Student Guidance and Success), put into place on the 8th of March, 2018.

By improving your campus life conditions, this law promotes success while decreasing student costs*, as of 2018.

* The law mentions decreasing student costs, because up until now, most students had to pay 217€ per year to be registered in the French National Health Insurance. The reform has eliminated the cost of healthcare, but has introduced the 90€ tax instead.

Who is concerned and who is not?

Each student registered in a Higher Education Institution in France (non including professional training) must pay the CVEC before registering at the Institution.

International students on exchange in France are NOT concerned by this contribution. There is nothing for you to be done regarding this tax.

Which students are exempt?

The four types of students exempt from paying this contribution are:

• Scholarship students (see next question for more details) or recipients of the annual allocation given through the annual specific support program
• Students who are refugees
• Students benefitting from subsidiary protection
• Students registered as being asylum seekers and having the right to stay on French territory

All exempt students must go through the CVEC procedure (see question How to pay the CVEC? below). You will have to upload a document proving your specific situation, and you will receive an attestation with a number, as any other student who pays the CVEC, that you will have to enter on INSIDE .

Furthermore, if you become eligible to the exemption of this contribution during the academic year, you will be reimbursed of the said contribution that you will have already settled. In order to obtain the reimbursement, you need to make a formal request to the CROUS (Centre régional des œuvres universitaires et scolaires) before the 31st of May of the current academic year.

Details regarding Scholarship students

Which scholarships are we talking about?

• Scholarships awarded under social criteria, and administrated by the CROUS
• Regional scholarships (for paramedic, sanitary and social students)

On the contrary, which scholarships are not concerned?

• Scholarships from the French Government
• Scholarships from foreign governments
• Scholarships awarded by a private structure (for example, a foundation)
• Official information available on https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/  (unfortunately, only in French).

How to pay the CVEC?

• Create an account on the following website MesServices.Etudiant.gouv.fr
• Fill in all required information
• Make the CVEC payment online
• Retrieve your payment attestation, and enter the code indicated on it in your administrative registration (Step 1).

Click here for the CVEC payment procedure.

Once you have registered, you can access a wide range of IT tools and services offered to our students through your INSIDE account.

We encourage you to explore INSIDE freely, where you will find your NEOMA BS e-mail account, the Library and its online resources, the e-learning platform Moodle, your class schedule, and many other online tools.

Yammer Groups

We encourage you to join our different Yammer groups, where you can get the latest information from our services, and meet and chat with your future classmates or directly with our service. There is a group for International students on each of our campuses: International Students Rouen, International Students Reims and International Students Paris. Or you can even create your own Yammer group for your friends!