Contraception, auto malus, price of the stamp … which changes on January 1, 2022

On the other side of the Pyrenees, the Spaniards are going to eat the twelve grapes to celebrate the New Year. In France, 2022 arrives with its batch of application of new measures. In the areas of health and consumption, some should more or less restructure your daily life.

Student associations were fighting for this. From January 1, contraception and related costs become free for 3 million women under 25. “The Health Insurance covers 100% and without advance of costs the cost of contraception and the acts which are related to it (one consultation per year with a doctor or a midwife and the potential biological examinations)”, specifies service-public.fr. Be careful, condoms or pills are not affected by free.

No more plastic around many whole fruits and vegetables like cucumbers, radishes, round tomatoes, lemons, grapefruits or apples. This is the gradual strengthening of the anti-waste law. “The obligation does not apply to processed products, that is to say cut or peeled fruit and vegetables”, recalls service-public.fr.

A new automobile penalty, a tax applied to the most polluting vehicles to be paid upon registration, now concerns vehicles emitting 128 grams of CO2 / km (instead of 133 grams of CO2 / km in 2021). Taxation starts at € 50 and increases from 10 to several hundred euros per additional gram emitted. Example: if you buy a car emitting 132G / km of CO2, you will pay 150 €. If you prefer a car emitting 136G / km, you will get it for 230 €. To complete this provision, a new “weight penalty” taxes new vehicles weighing more than 1.8 tonnes. The unit price is set at € 10 per kilogram.

this concerns electrical and electronic products, batteries, ink cartridges, clothing and shoes, furniture, hygiene and childcare products, books and school supplies.

establishments open to the public must now be equipped with a drinking water fountain accessible to the public. “Catering establishments and drinking establishments are required to indicate in a visible manner on their card or on a display space the possibility for consumers to request free drinking water and the water must be cool or at room temperature”, formulates the law.

it simplifies the billing of an emergency response. You will pay a single, fixed sum which should amount to € 18 in 2022, reimbursable by your mutual, complementary health solidarity or by State medical aid.

you can complete your unique digital health record with your medical data yourself.

the price of the green stamp, for a cover distributed within 48 hours in mainland France, goes from 1.08 to 1.16 euros. That of the red stamp, for a priority letter, jumped from 1.28 to 1.43 euros.

this compulsory and free protection measure allowing the consumer to be protected, is extended to digital content and services. It provides that the product or service purchased must comply with “the intended use and the seller’s description”.