The senators adopted an amendment by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, which aims to cap the annual variation of the commercial rent index for SMEs at 3.5%.
The Senate voted on Friday, with the support of the government, to cap the increase in commercial rents for SMEs at 3.5% for one year, like the device planned for private housing.
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During the examination at first reading of the purchasing power bill, the senators adopted an amendment by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (RDPI with En Marche majority) which aims to cap the annual variation of the Commercial Rent Index (ILC) for SMEs. “These businesses are the vitality of our towns, our villages“, underlined the former Minister of SMEs.
“It is absolutely necessary to cap the rents of local, independent traders»
A government sub-amendmentguarantees that there will be no catch-up“ Subsequently, said the Minister Delegate in charge of SMEs, Trade, Crafts and Tourism, Olivia Grégoire. The government had launched negotiations between landlords and tenants. “We all together found a solution to deal with the urgency of the situation“, she said. Amendments aimed at the same objective were also brought by centrist senators, RDSE with a radical majority and CRCE with a communist majority. “Yes, it is absolutely necessary to cap the rents of local, independent traders», Supported Céline Brulin (CRCE). The LR rapporteur Daniel Gremillet noted that he was “important to limit to SMEs» this ceiling.
The Syndicat des Indépendants hailed in a press release “a breath of fresh air for the cash flow and purchasing power of small business and self-employed managers in this difficult period and without tangible prospects“.
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The Senate had previously approved the “rent shield» providing for individuals with a cap on the variation of the reference rent index (IRL) at 3.5% from July 2022 to June 2023, in order to limit the impact of high inflation.
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