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Free mandate
Whether you, as a non-remunerated mandatary, will also have to pay contributions will depend on your actual situation.
  • You are engaged in a free mandate as your primary activity 
    You must pay the minimum contribution.
    Exception: You have already been engaged in self-employment as your primary activity for longer than 3 years, and three years back you received an income as a self-employed person. In that case, the contribution will depend on the income.

  • You can invoke "article 37"
    You need not pay contributions. But neither are you building up your own social entitlements under the status of self-employed persons.

  • You are engaged in a free mandate as a secondary activity
    You need not pay contributions.
    Exception: You have been engaged for longer than 3 years in a secondary activity and your income from 3 years back puts you at the contribution threshold.

  • You have reached the retirement age
    You need not join a social insurance fund and no contributions are required. This is also the case when you are receiving an (early) retirement pension.