Question 12555 — commerce and crafts

Summary

Mr. Philippe Schreck alerts the Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce, Crafts, Tourism and Purchasing Power on the exercise of hairdressing activities within certain barber shop type establishments, a subject which has already been the subject of several parliamentary questions in recent months. Under the guise of “beard care” – which are in no way covered by the provisions of articles R. 121-1 et seq., contrary to what the Government asserts - it is clear that the majority of these operators carry out haircuts, therefore "practice all or part of the profession of hairdresser", even though they too often do not have any of the required qualifications, thus creating a distortion of competition to the detriment of local businesses such as hairdressers. The fact that no qualification obligation is required for the registration of these businesses, including under self-employed status, greatly facilitates the evasion of controls and hidden work. Indeed, the Sunday opening of certain barber shops with salaried staff working under the guise of self-employed status, as well as the frequent absence of electronic payment terminals in certain establishments, increases the risks of hidden work and fraud tax. Consequently, he asks what concrete and new measures the Government intends to implement, both to include barber activities in the provisions applying to hairdressing, and to protect our qualified hairdressers by strengthening the effectiveness of controls and by truly fighting against misuse of the legislation.

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