The month of July is marked by a series of measures to fight inflation, such as rent controls, as well as the end of Covid aid.
Daily expenditure on restaurant tickets reduced to 19 euros, 4% boost to pensions and social minima, ban on the sale of new oil-fired boilers, etc. Here is what changes on July 1.
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Pensions and social benefits
As part of his billpurchasing power», the government has announced that it wants to give a boost of 4% to retirement and disability pensions under the basic schemes, as well as to family benefits and social minima. The active solidarity income (RSA), the allowance for disabled adults (AAH) and the solidarity allowance for the elderly (Aspa) are also concerned. This increase must still be approved by Parliament and will then be retroactive to July 1.
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Adjustments to unemployment insurance benefits
Unemployment insurance benefits will be increased by 2.9%. The minimum allowance increases to 30.42 euros per day, against 29.56 euros currently. The revaluation concerns 95% of job seekers compensated on July 1, ie approximately 2.1 million people.
Rent control
The cap on rents, which prohibits, except in exceptional cases, renting a property above a certain price per square meter, comes into force in Montpellier. The metropolis of Hérault joins Paris, Lille, Lyon, Villeurbanne and 18 municipalities of Seine-Saint-Denis which already applied this system. Bordeaux will follow in turn on July 15.
This measure comes at a time when the population is bearing the full brunt of inflation.
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Back to normal for restaurant tickets
The ceiling for daily use of restaurant vouchers will be back to 19 euros on July 1 and they can no longer be used on weekends and public holidays. The doubling of this ceiling to 38 euros and the authorization to use this means of payment also on weekends and public holidays had been decided at the end of the first confinement in 2020.
As the health crisis continued, the system had been renewed several times, the last of which was in February until June 30. “These measures have boosted consumption in restaurants» et «accelerate the use of tickets saved by employees due to health restrictions“, according to Bercy. “Today, these two causes are extinct» et «the stock of tickets has been exhausted“, the old tickets of 2021 having been replaced by tickets valid in 2022. And yet, the Covid seems to be on the rise again, just like inflation…
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Clearer fees in life insurance
As of July 1, the costs of life insurance contracts and retirement savings plans (PER) will be more transparent. The standardized table bringing together all the costs of these contracts, mandatory since June 1, will be enriched with a new column adding contract costs and unit-linked (UA) costs, allowing better readability and comparison between these products. saving.
Life insurance is by far the first investment of the French in amount. They save around 1.850 billion euros, according to the latest figures provided by the professional union France Assureurs. The outstanding amount of retirement savings plans (PER), a product launched in 2019 as part of the Pacte law, reached around 40 billion euros. This transparency would therefore aim to revitalize the attractiveness of the French for this investment.
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Ban on the sale of new oil-fired boilers
From July 1, boilers emitting more than 300gr of CO2 per KWh equivalent are prohibited from sale, which excludes any new equipment running on fuel oil (or coal). Devices already installed can continue to be used, maintained and repaired.
A derogation is possible in particular when there is no existing heat or natural gas network, and when no equipment compatible with this threshold can be installed without strengthening the local electricity network. This measure is part of the government’s desire to work for ecological transition.
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Raising of salaries in the public service
The salary of the 5.7 million public officials is increased by 3.5%. Due to logistical constraints, the change will probably only be seen in August on the payroll of public officials, with however a retroactive effect for the month of July. For example, the salary increase should result in a monthly increase of 45 euros for a receptionist at the start of his career.
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Scent-free toys
Of the “fragrant substances, such as oak moss extract, or methyl heptin carbonate, with the smell of violets,will no longer be able to perfume your child’s favorite doll from July 5, 2022.
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