Exhibit (a)(8)

                             CDC NVEST FUNDS TRUST I

 Amendment No. 7 to Second Restatement of Amended Agreement and Declaration of
                                     Trust

     The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of CDC Nvest
Funds Trust I (the "Trust"), having determined it to be consistent with the fair
and equitable treatment of all shareholders of the Trust, hereby amend the
Trust's Second Restatement of Amended Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as
amended by Amendment Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 thereto (the "Declaration of
Trust"), a copy of which is on file in the office of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as follows:

     1.   The first sentence of Section 6 of Article III of the Declaration of
          Trust is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          Without limiting the authority of the Trustees set forth in Section 5,
          inter alia, to establish and designate any further Series or classes
          or to modify the rights and preferences of any Series or class, each
          of the following Series shall be, and is hereby, established and
          designated as a Multi-Class Series: (1) CGM Advisor Targeted Equity
          Fund, (2) CDC Nvest Star Value Fund, (3) Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond
          Fund, (4) Westpeak Capital Growth Fund, (5) CDC Nvest Star Advisers
          Fund, (6) Hansberger International Fund, and (7) Vaughan Nelson Small
          Cap Value Fund.

     The foregoing amendment shall be effective on March 18, 2005.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hand for ourselves and for our
successors and assigns as of the 11th day of March, 2005.

/s/ GRAHAM T. ALLISON, JR.                /s/ RICHARD DARMAN
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Graham T. Allison, Jr.                    Richard Darman

/s/ EDWARD A. BENJAMIN                    /s/ JOHN T. HAILER
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Edward A. Benjamin                        John T. Hailer

/s/ ROBERT J. BLANDING                    /s/ SANDRA O. MOOSE
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Robert J. Blanding                        Sandra O. Moose

/s/ DANIEL M. CAIN                        /s/ JOHN A. SHANE
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Daniel M. Cain                            John A. Shane

/s/ PAUL G. CHENAULT                      /s/ KENNETH COWAN
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Paul G. Chenault                          Kenneth Cowan