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An aid to facilitate the connection to optical fiber

Publié le 23 juillet 2025 - Mise à jour le 26 septembre 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

The terms of the aid granted for the installation of optical fiber in the event of difficulty in connection have been published in an order published in Official Journal of 24 September 2025. Public Service informs you about this measure designed to support households and very small companies in the digital transition linked to the closure of the copper network.

Who is concerned?

A decree of 18 July 2025 establishes financial assistance for part-private fiber connection work carried out between september 2025 and may 31, 2027.

A decree of 8 September 2025 also determines the list of municipalities eligible for the scheme.

This measure, decided by the Department of Industry and Energy, is aimed at:

  • to individuals ;
  • companies with fewer than 10 employees and annual sales of less than €2 million.

As a reminder, the closure of the copper network by the operator Orange extends until 2030 according to a schedule defined by the operator. The fiber network will gradually replace ADSL.

This new aid scheme aims to support households where access to fiber is blocked by technical barriers and where the cost of construction is high; it should allow equal access to fiber. It will be subject to resource requirements and you must not have already received assistance for this type of work.

Warning  

To be eligible for assistance for these connection works, it must be your principal residence and " a failure to connect to the fiber optic network must have been noted due to the need to carry out partly privative works’.

Terms of the aid

The aid for a fiber connection is subject to the condition of resources, the family quotient of the applicant cannot exceed €29,316.

The order issued by Official Journal of 24 September 2025 states that the works eligible for aid are classified into three categories, depending on their scale:

  • Small scale works (on simple terrain and a distance of less than 10 meters): aid of 400 €.
  • Medium scale works (on technical terrain and a distance of 10 to 30 meters): aid of 800 €.
  • Major works (on complex land and a distance greater than 30 meters): aid of 1 200 €.

Each category is specified in a grid annexed to the decree. The text states that “only the technician is able to assess the specificity of the work to be carried out to allow the connection”.

The amount of aid to which you are entitled will be notified to you and advanced by the person designated to carry out the connection work.

In order to obtain reimbursement of the advance payment, the person in charge of the connection work will have to send the request to the Service and Payment Agency (ASP) by means of a dedicated digital form on the ASP website, available soon. Various supporting documents relating to the accommodation and the work carried out will be requested.

Reminder

The copper network is gradually closed in batches of municipalities. One search module lets you know when the copper network is closed in your area. Simply enter the postal code or the name of your municipality.