To cope with rising prices fuel, the government is extending assistance to motorists in this new school year. A measure that is part of the purchasing power law.
So far by 18 euro cents per liter of fuel, the aid will increase – from September 1 to October 31, 2022 – 30 euro cents for diesel, gasoline, petroleum gas and natural gas.
Student aid
Changes will also affect students. The scholarships allocated to them will be revalued by 4%. In July, The national assembly had approved the same increase for retirement and invalidity pensions under the basic schemes.
With this change, the annual amounts over 10 months distributed to students can range from 1,084 euros for level 0 bis to 5,965 euros for level 7.
Flagship measure of the Covid crisis for students, the system of meal at 1 euro will be maintained throughout the academic year coming. Finally, an exceptional aid of 100 euros will be paid to scholarship holders and students receiving housing aid.
The ceiling for meal tickets raised
The system for using restaurant tickets will also be modified this Thursday. Their exemption ceiling will increase by 4%, from 5.69 euros to 5.92 euros from 1 September.
The daily cap will also increase once more. After rising to 19 euros in July, “ a decree to be published soon will bring it to 25 euros per working day, according to the government.
As a reminder, until December 31, 2023, restaurant vouchers can be used to buy food products, directly edible or not.
Borrower insurance reform
From September 1, the law on borrower insurance will be open to all contracts. It’s regarding of the second section of the Lemoine Law, which concerns this insurance often required to obtain a mortgage. The goal? To offer ” fairer, simpler and more transparent access “.
From Thursday, all borrowers can change at any time and free of charge their current loan insurance. The medical questionnaire is also removed for home loans of less than 200,000 euros per person whose term occurs before the borrower is 60 years old.
Other changes
Other measures come into force this fall. The mechanism of the purchasing power law provides that low-income households (10.8 million people, beneficiaries of the RSA or the allowance for disabled adults) will receive from September 15 an aid of 100 eurosplus 50 euros per dependent child.