Question 11104 — overseas

Summary

Ms. Manuéla Kéclard-Mondésir draws the attention of the Minister of Action and Public Accounts to the fact that during the presentation of the social security financing bill for 2018, a re-examination could lead to a removal of the exemption system for the employment of agricultural "casual job-seeking workers" (TO-DE) benefiting employees hired under seasonal fixed-term contracts (maximum of 119 days with a same employer) had been announced, due to the reinforcement of general reductions from 2019 and in return for the elimination of the competitiveness and employment tax credit (CICE). Professionals in the sector then expressed their serious concern about this and their hope that future developments would not result in additional burdens for farmers. Their concerns today seem to be redoubled because the The Government would consider removing the exemption system for the employment of casual agricultural workers (TO-DE) on January 1, 2019, which would inevitably result in increasing the remainder payable by employers from 1.8% to 3.8%. According to professionals in the sector, this measure would impact farmers to the tune of 144 million euros, particularly producers of specialized crops (mainly market gardening), wine growers, arborists and horticulturists. Such a measure seems damaging, particularly for arboricultural or wine-growing regions and even more so for disadvantaged overseas regions which are today trying to move away from large monocultures and move towards agricultural diversification. However, these regions are in direct competition with islands in the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean or the Pacific where the cost of labor force is negligible, when it is at European level for the French overseas territories. Such a measure can therefore only prevent any development of overseas and mainland agriculture which are faced with scandalous situations of breaking equality in what should be free competition for the benefit of product quality and food security to which citizen consumers have the right. She therefore asks him what he plans to do to avoid these distortions of competition and allow casual jobs to be maintained for these French agricultural sectors.

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