2023-11-14 17:24:00
Lhe Minister for Commerce Olivia Grégoire assured that it will remain possible to use meal vouchers to pay for all food shopping. While the list of eligible products was to be shortened on January 1, 2024, the measure in force since August 2022 “will continue throughout 2024” and “nothing will change for the French,” she declared. on M6.
The Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, said on Tuesday that he was “favorable” to an extension beyond 2023 of the possibility of using meal vouchers to purchase all food products, saying he was “studying” the way to achieve this.
Several parliamentarians and a number of users have expressed concern in recent days regarding the restrictions on the use of these titles which were to take place from 1is January 2024. “If inflation falls sharply and we are […] emerging from the inflationary crisis, nevertheless the increase in food prices remains very penalizing for millions of our compatriots,” argued Bruno Le Maire.
“We need a legislative provision”
Since August 2022, the use of meal vouchers has been extended to all food products, even if they are not directly consumable without cooking or preparation (flour, pasta, rice, eggs, fish, meat, etc.). But this exemption was to end on 1is January 2024.
“Is it easy to do?” » asked Bruno Le Maire regarding a possible extension of the exemption. “No, because we need a legislative provision,” he noted. “We are currently studying the legislative possibilities which would make it possible to extend this right of use beyond December 31, 2023,” he continued.
“As I speak to you, I do not have the legislative solution. I am telling you very simply, but I am in favor of this extension,” insisted the number two in the government. Until the exemption, meal vouchers were only used to pay for meals, ready meals, prepared salads, sandwiches (served on site or to take away) as well as fruit and vegetables or dairy products.
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