Question 14068 — energy and fuels

Summary

Mr. Bérenger Cernon draws the attention of the Minister of Transport to the necessary increase in mileage allowances for volunteers. In France, nearly 12 million people are engaged in voluntary activity every day. This commitment constitutes an essential pillar of solidarity and social cohesion, to which public officials must be particularly attached. However, volunteering cannot rhyme with precariousness. However, since the significant rise in fuel prices, aggravated by recent international tensions, many volunteers have seen their conditions of engagement weakened. Mileage allowances, set by regulatory texts, have not been reevaluated accordingly, creating a growing gap between the costs actually incurred and the reimbursements received. In this regard, it should be remembered that the Decree No. 2019-850 of August 20, 2019, still in force, regulates socially useful transport services without having been updated since its publication. Likewise, the decree of October 17, 2019 taken pursuant to articles R. 3133-3 and R. 3133-5 of the transport code sets, in article 1, a cost contribution ceiling at 0.32 euros per kilometer traveled. This amount is also included in the regulations internal regulations of many solidarity transport associations, like their article 9, which provides for a mileage allowance set at 0.32 euros per kilometer traveled round trip from the home of the volunteer driver, with an update conditional on that of the national regulatory framework. In practice, this absence of revaluation since 2019 leads to a stagnation of compensation, clearly out of step with the evolution of real costs. Under these conditions, the very sustainability of voluntary activities is at stake. The situation is particularly worrying for solidarity transport systems, which allow people with reduced mobility or isolated people to maintain essential social links thanks to the commitment of volunteer drivers. While support measures are being considered for certain professionals who are highly dependent on their vehicle, it appears essential to extend this effort to volunteers, by proceeding without delay with an increase in mileage allowances. More broadly, the question of regulating energy prices deserves to be asked in order to prevent a lasting worsening of the situation. Existing legal systems make it possible to control prices and margins, with the aim of protecting citizens without excessively increasing expenses. public, like article 140-2 of the commercial code. In this context, the MP invites the Government to take measures commensurate with the urgency and wishes to know its intentions as well as the deadlines envisaged for the reassessment of mileage allowances for volunteers.

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1. 7 April 2026

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2. 16 June 2026

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   Le gouvernement est attentif aux conditions d'exercice des services de transport d'utilité sociale, assurés exclusivement par des associations de bénévoles, qui facilitent le quotidien de leurs bénéficiaires en leur permettant de se rendre à des rendez-vous médicaux ou d'accomplir des démarches administratives. Ils s'adressent aux personnes dont l'accès aux transports, qu'ils soient collectifs ou individuels, est limité en raison de leurs ressources financières et de leur situation géographique. Véritable levier de solidarité locale, le transport d'utilité sociale contribue à renforcer les liens sociaux et ne relève pas d'une activité professionnelle. Conformément à article R. 3133-3 du code des transports, la participation aux frais engagés par les chauffeurs bénévoles ne peut dépasser un plafond fixé par l'arrêté du 17 octobre 2019 relating tox services de transport d'utilité sociale à hauteur de 0,32 euro par kilomètre. Ce plafond a été fixé en 2019, à l'issue d'une concertation réunissant les professionnels du transport public particulier de personnes et les représentants du monde associatif. Il correspondait alors à 60% du barème kilométrique applicable aux frais professionnels. Compte tenu de la hausse de ce barème intervenue depuis et conformément à l'engagement pris lors du comité interministériel à la ruralité de juin 2025, une revalorisation technique du plafond de participation aux frais applicable au transport d'utilité sociale est intervenue pour articuler ce plafond à l'évolution du barème kilométrique. Ainsi, le nouvel arrêté conduit à un plafond à 0,38 euro par kilomètre, soit 60% du barème kilométrique 2026.

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