The increase in non-road diesel (GNR) which was to take place on January 1, 2023 for building and public works companies will not take place.
The government has indicated that the conditions are “no longer met” due to the current price increase. “The war in Ukraine has economic consequences on the activity of companies in the building and public works (BTP) sector, due in particular to the significant volatility in the price of building materials and the high level of fuel prices”, estimates the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
An increase in non-road diesel via the abolition of a tax advantage was to take place on January 1, 2023. Initially envisaged gradually, then all at once, for application on July 1, 2021, the government had finally decided to postpone this reform in 2023.
A subject “which requires a finance law”
This is the fourth time that this measure has been postponed. Last year, Bercy had invoked the health “crisis context” to justify what was to be only a postponement to the post-presidential period. The end of the reduced rate enjoyed in particular by the construction industry on non-road diesel should have generated 870 million savings in a full year. In concrete terms, the domestic consumption tax on energy products (TICPE) for GNR was to drop from 18.82 to 59.40 euro cents per litre, all at once.
At this stage, the conditions are not met to open this subject, “which requires a finance law”, believes Bercy, which sends the file back to Parliament to establish a new timetable for the next finance law.
In a press release, the organization CNATP (craftsmen of public works and landscape) welcomed this announcement. “The government, without being able to cancel or postpone the abolition of the GNR to January 1, 2023 during this electoral period, nevertheless recognizes the merits of reviewing the abolition of the GNR in the amending finance law of next July”, she commented. .
This reform envisaged since 2018 should also demonstrate the commitment of Emmanuel Macron’s government to ecological transition. In his program, the candidate president promises this time to devote 10 billion more per year to the ecological transition during his next term, if he is re-elected.