Several parliamentarians and a number of users have expressed concern in recent days about the restrictions on the use of these titles, which were to take effect from January 1, 2024.
Soon something new to pay for your meals? The Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, said on Tuesday, November 14, “favorable” to an extension beyond 2023 of the possibility of using meal vouchers to purchase all food products, saying “to study” the way to achieve this.
“I am in favor of extending this provision allowing restaurant vouchers to be used to purchase food products beyond December 31, 2023,” he declared before the Senate Economic Affairs Committee.
A necessary “legislative provision”
Several parliamentarians and a number of users have expressed concern in recent days about the restrictions on the use of these titles, which were to take effect from January 1, 2024. “Inflation is falling sharply and although we are (…) out of the inflationary crisis, nevertheless the increase in food prices remains very penalizing for millions of our compatriots”, argued Bruno Le Maire.
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 January 1, 2024.
“Is this easy to do?”asked Bruno Le Maire about 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.