The Mouvement des entreprises de France (Medef) proposes to replace “transport assistance paid by companies to intermunicipalities” through “a gas or vehicle allowance” of about “300 euros per employee and per year”, said Tuesday, January 25 its president, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux.
Asked about the rise in energy prices, the president of Medef replied that he wanted to replace the “transport payment” paid by companies “to the intermunicipalities, to finance public transport by a petrol or vehicle allowance”. “That would be around 300 euros per employee per year”, he argued.
The “transport payment”, which has become the “mobility payment” at 1er January 2021, is a contribution payable by all employers with more than 10 employees and paid to Urssaf, which then donates it to the local transport organizing authorities (AOT) to finance public transport.
Driven by a rising oil price, fuels have been flying from record to record since the beginning of the year, with diesel which exceeded 1.60 euros per liter for the first time.
“I will continue to monitor fuel prices, see if additional measures are necessary. We are constantly adjusting the devices », declared the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, on January 19 on BFM-TV – RMC. Asked about the advisability of lowering the rate of value added tax (VAT) on gasoline to 5.5%, against 20% currently, the Minister of the Economy was then cautious: “Ten euro cents less per litre, on a 50-litre tank, that’s five euros less” for the consumer but “5 billion” loss of tax revenue for the State, he assured.
On the same antenna, Monday, the European commissioner in charge of the internal market, Thierry Breton, had recommended to help directly “those most in need”, by paying “specific checks”, rather than uniformly lowering VAT on fuels.