Scheduled for April 1, the end of the systematic printing of receipts has once more been postponed. For what reasons ?
The end of the automatic receipt printing is postponed once once more. The anti-waste law for a circular economy (Agec) of February 10, 2020 provided for its abolition on January 1, 2023. But in December 2022, an implementing decree published in Official newspaperindicated that the end of the systematic printing of the receipt had been postponed to April 1, 2023.
However, this Sunday, March 26, we learn that the end of the receipt should not come into effect at the beginning of next month. “We consider that the moment is not the right one for the measure to come into force”explained the cabinet of Olivia Grégoire, Minister Delegate in particular for Trade, in the columns of the Parisianfollowing information published in Free lunch the day before.
Why is the end of the receipt postponed yet once more?
“We have feedback from the field, we are discussing with consumer associations, with large retailers, who tell us that, faced with inflation, many French people want to check the accuracy of the amount of the shopping they do“said the minister’s office.
According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, a new date should be announced early next week. Two days are in discussion, says The Parisian : August 1 and September 1. “Our preference is for August 1st.indicated the ministry of Olivia Grégoire quoted by the regional daily, because “September is the time for back-to-school shopping, it might be even more disturbing”.
The objective of such a measure is twofold. : lutter ” once morest hazardous substances present in receipts” such as endocrine disruptors and “remedy the significant waste represented by these tickets” while 30 billion copies are printed each year.
