This Wednesday, November 20, the National Assembly examined the bill from Anne-Laure Blin, deputy for Maine-et-Loire, aimed at extending the exemption for the use of restaurant vouchers for the purchase of food products in restaurants. supermarkets. Indeed, without parliamentary measure, the planned exemption expired on December 31. After an adoption by committee aimed at emptying the original purpose of the restaurant voucher of its substance by providing for the perpetuation of the measure and not a temporary exemption, the deputies finally opted this Wednesday for a balanced system supported by the rapporteur of the text, Anne-Laure Blin. “ New consumption habits and the expectations of employees required that deputies be able to extend the exemption. This is why I tabled a bill without which it would no longer have been possible for employees to continue to prepare their meals by purchasing food products in supermarkets. However, given the difficulties of restaurateurs, it was important that the measure was balanced. Thus, I am delighted that the Assembly has finally (contrary to what was adopted in the Economic Affairs Committee last week) adopted a temporary measure at the crossroads of the issues of both the purchasing power of the French but also the necessary support due to artisans and traders in the catering sector. At the same time, the government has committed to working quickly on a structural reform of the restaurant voucher requested by all stakeholders (employees, restaurateurs and issuers) in the sector. » indicates Anne-Laure Blin.
