The so-called “Chassaigne/Bello” bill, adopted by the National Assembly on February 2, 2017, was examined by the Senate on May 16, 2018 as part of the procedure provided for in Article 44, paragraph 3, of the Constitution. This bill, the main purpose of which is to increase the pensions of farm managers who have had a full career in this year to 85% of the minimum growth wage (SMIC) net. quality, goes well beyond the measure of 75% of the net minimum wage, which was implemented in full in 2017. The Government is sensitive to the situation of retired farmers, particularly those receiving the lowest levels of pensions. However, he could not be in favor of this bill as it stands. It is for this reason that three government amendments were proposed. The First Amendment consisted of postponing until January 1, 2020, i.e. after the debates which will begin on the systemic pension reform, the entry into force of article 1 of the said bill, for the sake of consistency and fairness between socially insured persons. It appears desirable for the Government to first define the new general framework of the pension system. Furthermore, and without calling into question the essential balances of the regime of non-agricultural employees, it seemed to the Government that it was legitimate to propose two improvements to the agricultural pension system. Thus, the second government amendment proposed to grant free compulsory supplementary retirement points to policyholders with full rate at the legal age or before the legal age, regardless of the condition of insurance duration necessary to obtain the full rate, such as those liquidating their retirement due to incapacity, disability or hardship. The third government amendment consisted of increasing by 5%, from January 1, 2020, the amount of the minimum retirement pension granted to operating employees, family helpers and former spouses participating in the work. Furthermore, if the measure to revalue agricultural pensions had to be adopted in its version initial, it would have encountered a financing problem, the proposal to create a tax on financial transactions, in the current competitive context, cannot be implemented unilaterally. In any case, the Government has remained attentive to ensuring that this revaluation measure, as proposed by the bill and whose cost is estimated at €350 million, is not to the detriment of assets. agricultural. The Senate rejected the bill as amended by the Government. Concerning the additional half-share of family quotient (QF) from which widowed persons benefited, the legislator decided, from the taxation of income for the year 2009, to refocus this tax advantage for the benefit only of single, divorced, separated or widowed taxpayers living alone and who supported alone on an exclusive basis or primary caretaker of a child for at least five years. Failing to respect these conditions, single people benefit from a share of QF, which corresponds to the objective of neutrality between taxpayers living alone and those living in a union. The finance law for 2018 did not plan to adjust this tax provision. With regard to other questions relating to the retirement system for non-agricultural employees, such as the calculation of retirement over the best 25 years or the methods of calculating the survivor's pension, these are subjects which are intended to be part of the overall pension reform project announced by the President of the Republic. This global reflection on the future of pension systems will notably be an opportunity to define, within the framework of the modalities for implementing a more equitable system, the place that we wishes to grant solidarity measures in the constitution of retirement rights. To this end, Mr. Jean-Paul Delevoye, who was appointed high commissioner for pension reform to Mrs. Agnès Buzyn, Minister of Solidarity and Health, has the mission of organizing consultation with the main players in the field of pensions and coordinating, at interministerial level, the work to prepare the pension reform. He will make report of its work to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Solidarity and Health. A bill will be tabled in parliament in 2019.
M. Maurice Leroy attire l'attention de Mme la ministre des solidarités et de la santé sur la mise en place effective des infirmières et infirmiers de pratique avancée. L'article 119 de la loi n° 2016-41 du 26 janvier 2016 de modernisation de notre système de santé redéfinit le périmètre d'exercice des professionnels de santé en créant une nouvelle profession de santé de niveau intermédiaire, celle d'infirmier de pratique avancée. Cette nouvelle profession a pour objet de faire évoluer l'accompagnement du patient dans son parcours de santé, en collaboration avec tous les professionnels du secteur. Les infirmiers de pratique avancée voient en effet leur champ de compétences élargi avec réalisation d'actes, de prescription, de renouvellement et d'adaptation des traitements. Cette nouvelle profession peut constituer une réponse très adaptée à la crise aiguë de démographie médicale que traverse la France dans les territoires ruraux et dans les villes moyennes et de périphérie. Pourtant, deux ans après la promulgation de la loi, le décret d'application n'a toujours pas été publié. Il souhaite donc savoir quand sera publié le décret d'application et si le champ de compétences défini par la loi sera respecté et maintenu.
The removal of the parliamentary reserve within the framework of the law for confidence in public action is part of the general objective of transparency and efficiency of public financing. The fund for the development of associative life (FDVA) being entrusted with the responsibility of allocating to associations in the territories the funds formerly paid under the parliamentary reserve, decree no. 2011-2121 of December 30, 2011 relating to the fund was replaced by Decree No. 2018-460 of June 8, 2018 relating to the fund for the development of associative life. This decree provides for new terms governing the principles governing the allocation of these new credits, distinct from those allocated to the training of volunteers. A new article is planned, organizing the modalities for awarding subsidies to metropolitan associations but also to those of the communities governed by articles 73, 74 and 76 of the Constitution. In this way, small associations from all territories formerly benefiting from the parliamentary reserve, including from the sports sector, will be able to apply for subsidies under the FDVA for their operations and their projects. The decree also provides that a new departmental advisory college of the fund chaired by the representative of the State in the department where its representative is established. It will be composed in particular of local elected officials (mayors of municipalities and presidents of public establishments of intermunicipal cooperation with their own taxation designated by the association of mayors of the department). This college will issue an opinion on the priorities and then on the financing proposals which fall within its territorial jurisdiction. He will report his opinions to the commission regional provided for by the current decree. The publication of the decree gives the departmental directorates of social cohesion and population protection the possibility of organizing the publication of the local call for projects which will specify the territorial priorities identified by the departmental college and the procedures for submitting grant applications. These calls for projects will be relayed on the portal www.associations.gouv.fr. In this framework, all eligible associations whose priorities correspond to those identified locally will be able to send their grant requests to the FDVA.
In application of f of 1 of article 195 of the general tax code, the family quotient of people aged over seventy-four and holders of the combatant's card or a pension served under the provisions of the code of military disability pensions and war victims is increased by an additional half-share. This provision is also applicable to persons aged over seventy-four years, widows of people meeting all the required conditions, which assumes that the deceased benefited, at least for one tax year, from the half-share mentioned above. It follows that the widows of persons holding the combatant's card who have not reached the age of seventy-four cannot benefit from this additional half-share. Indeed, maintaining the half share for the benefit of the widowed person in the event of the death of the holder of the veteran's card after seventy-four years of age, this prevents the loss of this half share, from which he benefited before death, from penalizing him. On the other hand, it is not fair to grant a specific advantage to widows over the age of seventy-four of people holding the combatant's card who themselves have never benefited from this half share. This advantage constitutes a exception to the principle of the family quotient, since it does not correspond to any actual burden, nor family burden, nor burden linked to a disability. Therefore, like any tax advantage, this family quotient supplement can only be preserved if it retains an exceptional character, which prevents an extension of its scope of application.
M. Maurice Leroy attire l'attention de M. le ministre de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation sur les récentes propositions de la Commission européenne en vue de la renégociation de la politique agricole commune (PAC) pour la période 2021-2027. La Commission européenne propose en effet une baisse sensible du budget de la PAC, de près de 12 % pour le premier pilier concernant les aides agricoles, en prenant en compte l'inflation. À cela s'ajoutent des propositions concernant les modalités d'allocation de la PAC aux agriculteurs. Arguant une recherche de flexibilité, la Commission européenne suggère de donner une plus grande marge de manœuvre aux États membres dans le versement des subventions européennes. Ce changement serait en réalité une atteinte à l'esprit communautaire et à l'esprit de la PAC, seule politique entièrement pilotée par Bruxelles. De plus, la gestion des allocations par les États membres ajouterait à encore l'inflation administrative puisque chaque pays, pour soutenir les demandes d'aides, devra présenter un plan stratégique sur la PAC, validé par la Commission au regard de neuf critères. Les agriculteurs et éleveurs français doivent être accompagnés et soutenus dans la crise qu'ils traversent. Un bouleversement radical de la PAC serait une catastrophe pour un très grand nombre d'agriculteurs français. En conséquence, il souhaite connaître la position du Gouvernement sur ce sujet très sensible et les mesures qu'il compte prendre face aux propositions de la Commission européenne.
In accordance with a of 6° of article 1382 of the general tax code (CGI), buildings which are used for rural operations such as barns, stables, attics, cellars, cellars, presses and others, intended either to house the livestock of farms and smallholdings as well as the guardian of these livestock, or to hold the crops, are exempt from property tax on built properties (TFPB). Constitutes a rural building in application of the jurisprudence of the Council of State, any construction permanently and exclusively assigned to agricultural use, as well as the ground and the essential and immediate dependencies of this construction, such as courtyards, passages, threshing floors, etc. On the other hand, premises used for housing and their outbuildings are excluded from the classification of rural buildings and remain taxable. In addition, for the granting of the exemption, only the situation of the buildings must be taken into consideration and not the situation of their owner with regard to the taxation of profits derived from rural exploitation. As an exception, the second paragraph of a of article 1382-6° of the CGI maintains the exemption of buildings used for rural operations, even if they cease to be assigned to agricultural use, as long as they are not assigned to another use (garage, storage, storage, etc.). It follows that the non-use of a rural building does not, in itself, lead to the elimination of the exemption. Thus, buildings on rural farms which do not find a buyer following the retirement of the operator and thus remain unused are exempt from TFPB. On the other hand, if the building changes its use (e.g. dwelling, gîte, guest room, commercial premises), it loses its agricultural use and, in consequently, its exemption from TFPB. These premises will then be assessed according to the rules of common law provided for in articles 1496 to 1501 of the CGI. In addition, an amendment aimed at maintaining the TFPB exemption from article 1382-6° of the CGI when activities other than agricultural activities are carried out in a rural building was adopted in Parliament during the examination of the finance bill for 2019. The exemption will be maintained when the share of revenue derived from the ancillary activity carried out in the building does not exceed 10% of the average revenue derived from the total activity carried out in the building over the last three years. Finally, TFPB exemptions, which affect the revenue of local authorities or lead to a transfer of burden to other categories of taxpayers, must remain limited and justified. It is therefore not planned to go beyond.
M. Maurice Leroy attire l'attention de M. le ministre d'État, ministre de l'intérieur, sur la question de la laïcité au sein de l'université. L'université d'Orléans a récemment vu, lors de l'élection des représentants des étudiants au conseil d'administration, se constituer une liste « Active ta fac » conduite par les Étudiants musulmans de France (EMF). Au sein d'une université publique, où la laïcité est la règle, on est en droit de s'interroger sur la mise en avant du critère religieux dans le cadre d'élections étudiantes. Il souhaite donc connaître sa position sur ce sujet et les mesures qu'il compte prendre pour préserver le principe de laïcité, notamment au sein des établissements publics d'enseignement supérieur.
M. Maurice Leroy attire l'attention de Mme la ministre des solidarités et de la santé au sujet de la désertification médicale. Depuis de nombreuses années, les élus locaux, avec les professionnels de santé et les agences régionales de santé (ARS), travaillent à des programmes et des expérimentations pour maintenir une densité convenable dans les territoires, en particulier ruraux et des petites villes. Contrats de santé et maisons de santé permettent de limiter l'isolement des professionnels et de supporter moins de charges administratives et immobilières. Mais force est de constater que les résultats sont relatifs dans la durée et le renouvellement des praticiens. Ce phénomène concerne tout autant les médecins généralistes, spécialistes, les dentistes, les infirmières. D'autres spécialités demeurent totalement absentes comme les ergothérapeutes. Les besoins sont quant à eux toujours aussi vifs, le vieillissement de la société amène à des spécialités même supplémentaires en nombre et qualité. Dans une prise en compte équitable du territoire national, il souhaite savoir si un diagnostic global a été récemment établi et si un plan stratégique et d'actions partagées entre l'État, l'ARS, les collectivités et les professionnels de santé est envisagé et quelles en seraient les orientations.
The commitment of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food to the recognition of the profession of director of a local public agricultural education and training establishment (EPLEFPA), with regard to its specificities and those, more generally, of technical agricultural education, is constant. The ministry is aware of the central and essential place of EPLEFPA directors in running establishments agricultural education which are made up of several centers (high schools, apprentice training centers, training centers for agricultural promotion) and staff of different statuses. They are the pilots of a teaching system serving the public policies supported by the ministry. Finally, in addition to their mission of training and social integration, the legislator has entrusted these establishments with skills in matters of of experimentation, territorial animation and international cooperation which make them important players in local life. An EPLEFPA director is thus a manager who has a large budget, supervises staff of different statuses, welcomes a wide variety of audiences and has high-level contacts both within the State and with representatives of regional councils, local elected officials and professionals. THE previous Government had decided to request the creation of a body status for the directors of EPLEFPA. This request received an unfavorable opinion from the Minister responsible for action and public accounts in July 2017. The Ministry responsible for the public service recalled that the specificities indicated above of the profession of director of EPLEFPA justify that this profession is exercised within the framework of an employment status, and not a body status, with regard to the position of the Council of State responsible for examining draft statutory decrees and judging their legality. Moreover, this status has not, until now, hindered the achievement of the objective of parity of treatment with counterpart national education personnel set out in Article L. 811-4 of the Rural and Maritime Fisheries Code. Thus, and without there being any need to resort to the creation of a new status of ministerial body, the revaluation of the remuneration scale of the directors of EPLEFPA, equivalent to that which benefited the management personnel reporting to the Ministry of National Education on the occasion of the implementation of the protocol relating to "professional paths, careers and remuneration", constitutes one of the aspects of the work to modernize the employment status, initiated almost a year ago, in consultation with the ministry's social partners. The trade union organizations representing EPLEFPA management staff were received by the Minister of Agriculture and Food, upon taking office, to once again bring forward the request for the creation of a body status. The minister did not wish to accede to a request which would not have been successful in a context rather marked by mergers of bodies. Services of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food are working to improve the employment status of directors so that it best meets their expectations. At the request of trade union organizations (SNETAP, UNSA, FO, French Democratic Labor Confederation), technical work was initiated with the Ministry of Civil Service and is the subject of regular working groups. This work includes a component relating to the diversification of the recruitment pool in EPLEFPA management jobs and the securing of professional paths open to directors, between bodies and jobs in the public service, through the implementation of the various bridges organized by existing texts. Furthermore, to support staff in this normative change and alleviate their concerns about the management of their career, a management charter is in place. development course. It covers both initial and continuing training systems as well as the management of specific situations. This adaptation of employment status is more likely to succeed than the creation of an interministerial body with ministerial management of management personnel requested by the inter-union. Indeed, this option would require, in advance, the support of the Ministry of National Education even before be able to assess its feasibility. In addition, and above all, by opening EPLEFPA management jobs to the more than 14,000 members of the management staff of this ministry, the all-encompassing nature of the new interministerial body would have the effect of denying the specificities of the profession of EPLEFPA director. The professions of high school director at the Ministry of National Education and director of EPLEFPA at the Ministry of Agriculture and food are very different due to the missions assigned by the legislative provisions to agricultural education and the very constitution of the establishments for which they are responsible, the EPLEFPA being made up of several constituent centers (farms, apprentice training centers, professional training and agricultural promotion centers, technological workshops). In a very constrained budgetary context, it appears very risky to further delay the completion of a statutory revision project which has the support of some of the social partners and which is already being examined by the services of the ministry responsible for the civil service and the budget. Improving the employment status of directors is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food so that agricultural education attracts directors motivated and competent, essential to meet the needs of young people and rural areas.
The Government has chosen to put an end to the unilateral reduction in allocations. In fact, in 2018, the overall operating grant (DGF) paid to municipalities is stable at the national level. The finance bill for 2019 confirms this commitment to stability. Its distribution rules, which have not undergone any major changes compared to last year, may however lead to variations in the individual attributions of municipalities, upwards and downwards. The DGF is in fact a “living” endowment, calculated each year to take into account the reality of the situation of each community, based on objective criteria of resources and expenses. In addition, the strengthening of solidarity towards the most fragile territories, both rural and urban, has, in part, been financed by a capping of the allocation. flat rate for municipalities. This cap, which is distinct from variations in the flat-rate allocation linked to changes in the population between 2017 and 2018, is adapted to the capacities and resources of each of the municipalities. Thus, municipalities whose tax potential per capita is less than 75% of the average tax potential are exempt. For other municipalities, it is calculated taking into account the difference between the tax potential of the municipality and the average tax potential. In total, in 2018, 53% of French municipalities experienced an increase in their DGF. For municipalities whose allocations are decreasing, this reduction is, in the vast majority of cases, of limited magnitude compared to all operating revenue actually received. Furthermore, the Government has decided not to apply, in 2018, any reduction in the allocation of compensation for the professional tax reform (DCRTP) of the municipal block. This is how the draft finance law for 2019 confirmed that the DCRTP of public intermunicipal cooperation establishments (EPCI) would not be reduced. By amendment adopted at first reading in the National Assembly, it was also decided to return to the reduction in the DCRTP of the municipalities which had taken place in 2018. In 2019, the reduction of “ adjustment variables” will reach a historically low level which was 145 million euros when the finance bill was submitted, to which were added 15 million linked to the non-reduction of the DCRTP of the municipalities mentioned above, for a total of 160 million at this stage of the examination of the text. It should also be noted that the reduction in the DCRTP of the municipalities is also calibrated in a manner adapted to the resources and charges of each community. This reduction is in fact carried out in proportion to their actual operating revenue. Finally, state support for local investment has now reached historically high levels. This is how the equipment allocation for rural territories (DETR) saw its amount increased by 50 million euros concomitantly with the elimination of the parliamentary reserve to exceed one billion euros in 2018. At the same time, the local investment support grant (DSIL), created in 2016, was made permanent by the finance law for 2018. The finance bill for 2019 fully confirms this State support for local investment. These elements therefore clearly reflect that the Government has kept the commitments made to implement the “financial pact” between the State and all local authorities.
After technical exchanges which began in November 2017, the Minister of Solidarity and Health opened a consultation phase on January 23, 2018 on the “zero-payment” reform. The Government's objective is to reduce, through this reform, the rate of forgoing care for financial reasons in three sectors: dental prostheses, hearing aids and medical optics. More precisely, it is to ensure zero out-of-pocket costs after the combined intervention of compulsory health insurance and supplementary health insurance. The “zero remaining charge” will apply to a basket of necessary and quality care, that is to say that the devices in this basket must make it possible to respond in a medically relevant way to health needs and under conditions corresponding to a legitimate social expectation, for example in terms of lens thinning for very myopic people. The freedom to choose and offer will be preserved: it must be possible for everyone to equip themselves or to use prosthetic care without any outlay, but it will be free for anyone to make another choice; it involves moving from the incurred outlay to the chosen outlay. Professionals will have the freedom to offer other services outside of this basket. Finally, all responsible contracts must offer the remainder at zero cost, but the additional insurers will be able to continue to offer, beyond this base, other support offers. Given the importance of the zero-cost remaining project for the three sectors concerned, the Government is favoring broad consultation with the stakeholders concerned: manufacturers and distributors of medical devices, health professionals, complementary health organizations and patient representatives. The consultation and negotiation framework for dental care is the conventional framework between the national health insurance fund (Cnam) and representatives of dental surgeons: negotiations began in September 2017 and are continuing. In the optics and hearing aid sector, as part of exchanges technical started last November with the ministry's services, each partner was invited to produce a contribution on the different aspects of the reform. The consultation meetings resumed at the beginning of March and will continue until the end of May 2018. The Government intends to allow the negotiation to take place freely and everyone is encouraged to express their positions and proposals. He will only make his decisions at the end of this phase and will accordingly mobilize the conventional, regulatory and legislative levers that prove necessary.
Regarding the care of autism in France, supporting people with autism and their families is a strong commitment from the government. Identification and equal access to diagnosis, support and care must be guaranteed to everyone, throughout the territory. This is an issue of national cohesion and the mobilization of all stakeholders. The President of the Republic launched on July 6, 2017 at the Elysée consultation with a view to developing the 4th autism plan with all the associations concerned. Since then, throughout the territory, discussions have been carried out with administrations (regional health agencies, rectorates, regional directorates of businesses, competition, consumption, work and employment), local authorities (departmental councils) and civil society (associations, individuals autistic). This work must feed into national working groups which will be set up at the start of the school year: the aim is to draw inspiration from innovative practices, proven at the local level, and to organize the conditions for their spread across the entire territory. This work aims to build ambitious actions which will be taken up by the plan to better identify, better screen, better diagnose, better support people with autism and promote their inclusion. This 4th autism plan will aim to improve and amplify the effects of the 3rd autism plan (2013-2017) which benefited from funding of €205.5 million, mainly devoted to the medico-social sector, i.e. 10% more than the 2nd plan. In particular, it made it possible to increase by 33% in 4 years the number of medico-social places intended for autistic people, children and adults, going from 12,600 to 16,800 places. The 3rd plan also enabled innovation in the education of children with autism, through the creation of nursery education units (UEM). At the start of the 2017 school year, 112 teaching units will be opened, thus exceeding the objective of creating 110 EMUs. Furthermore, regarding access to diagnosis for children and adults and concrete support for parents, the role of autism resource centers is essential. This is why the decree of May 5, 2017 relating to the minimum technical conditions for the organization and operation of autism resource centers harmonized the operating rules. Much remains to be done. The 4th autism plan will be structured around five axes: - Schooling and access to higher education, professional training for autistic people to enable all children affected by autism spectrum disorders to access schooling, to objectivize the support needs at the different stages of the school career, to improve coordination between national education and the medico-social sector; - Social inclusion and citizenship of autistic adults: to improve the identification and diagnosis of autistic adults, promote their autonomy, prevent precariousness, identify vulnerabilities particular and facilitate access to culture and sport; - Research, innovation and university training to strengthen knowledge on the signs, causes and factors favoring it as well as possible prevention; - The family, the fluidity of pathways and access to care: to support families (information, training, guidance, therapeutic education), take the family into account as an expert, offer diversity of respite solutions for loved ones. The quality of interventions, the training of professionals and support for change: to improve the training of all present and future professionals who will experience autism, continue efforts to adopt recommendations for good professional practices. This 4th autism plan must of course draw the consequences of the evaluation of the 3rd plan carried out by the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs, the work of the International Scientific Commission meeting in Paris last April and the report by Josef Schovanec published on March 16, 2017 on the “professional future of autistic people”, but above all it will have to start from the realities on the ground. Furthermore, a mission to evaluate public policies on autism is carried out by the 6th chamber of the Court of Auditors at the request of the National Assembly; the delivery of this work will take place at the end of 2017 and will be able to feed into the work of the 4th plan. Generally speaking, the 4th autism plan must allow progress for all people with disabilities; certain provisions could be generalized and extended to people with neurodevelopmental disorders.
The Government is attentive to the situation of retirees and in particular to their standard of living and their purchasing power. Regarding the average standard of living of retirees, in 2014 it is similar to that of the population, the ratio between the two being 106.1%. More generally, the poverty rate in France in 2014, according to INSEE, stood at 14.1% for the entire population, including 7.6% for people aged over 60. In 2015, the poverty rate for people over 65 was one of the lowest in Europe (17.4%). Furthermore, pensions had not been increased due to particularly low inflation in previous years. They were revalued by 0.8% on October 1. The Government is also taking measures aimed at preserving the purchasing power of low-income retired households. On the one hand, retirees will benefit from the gradual abolition of the housing tax which will allow 80% of households to be exempt from it by 2020, when their net income is less than 2,400 euros net. The Government wishes to reduce this tax, which constitutes a particularly heavy tax burden on the budgets of households belonging to the middle class, particularly those residing in municipalities with the least activity. economic in their territory. The amount of the tax will drop by 30% from 2018 and these households will stop paying it in 2020. Ultimately, each beneficiary household will make an average saving of €550 per year. Overall, two thirds of retirees will not see their purchasing power drop, either because they are not affected by the increase in CSG (for 40% of the lowest-income retirees), or because they benefit from the progressive exemption from the housing tax. On the other hand and in accordance with the presidential commitment, a significant increase in the Solidarity Allowance for the Elderly (ASPA) will be implemented from 2018 in order to reduce the poverty situations of the elderly. The amount of ASPA will be gradually increased to reach a maximum amount of €903 per month (for a single person) in 2020, which represents €100 per month more than today. It is therefore planned to increase the amount by €30 in April 2018 and by €35 the following two years. The amount of ASPA paid to a couple will be increased in the same proportions (€1,402 in 2020, or €155 more than currently). This strong measure of solidarity, representing a significant financial effort, will benefit the 550,000 retirees already receiving the old age minimum and should also enable new beneficiaries to join the system (around 46,000 people). Concerning the beneficiaries of complementary health assistance, they have access to contracts selected for their good quality/price ratio allowing price reductions, improved guarantees and also gives the right to additional measures (full third-party payment, exemption from medical deductibles, absence of excess fees among doctors). As for the isolation of the elderly, awareness of the aggravating factor in the risks of fragility, vulnerability and loss of autonomy has given rise to numerous initiatives in the voluntary sector and on the part of the public sector. Since the law of June 30, 2004 relating to solidarity for the autonomy of elderly people and disabled people, each department must establish an alert plan and emergency for the benefit of the elderly and disabled people in the event of exceptional risks. This plan is accompanied by the implementation of a nominative register of fragile and isolated people in each city, the census of which aims to encourage the intervention of social and health services with them. Since 2013, the national MONALISA system, a national mobilization to combat the isolation of elderly people, covers an inter-partnership and inter-association approach around the fight against the isolation of elderly people, which aims to cover the entire territory. After a three-year launch, impetus and experimentation phase, MONALISA confirmed its major role in mobilizing and supporting public, associative and institutional organizations engaged in the fight against isolation, with, in January 2017, 296 signatories of the MONALISA Charter and 37 departments organized into departmental cooperations. Its deployment is one of the major projects monitored by the High Council for Families, Children and Age. The approach appears in the report annexed to the law of December 28, 2015 on adaptation of society to aging (ASV) and its actions are part of the national action plan to prevent loss of autonomy. The commitment to the struggle against social isolation also involves the deployment of social and citizen participatory approaches. They are developed through the “Age-Friendly Cities and Communities” (VADA) approach, driven by the World Health Organization (WHO) and managed in France by the French-speaking Age-Friendly Cities (RFVAA) network since 2012, volunteering, the country's leading associative force, which promotes recognition of the usefulness of social and participation in democratic decisions within the framework of the different territorial levels (neighborhoods, municipalities, departments, etc.), and more recently the departmental council for citizenship and autonomy (CDCA) set up by the ASV law. It should be noted that the social action of retirement insurance also contributes to the diversification and generalization throughout the territory of an offer of services adapted to the expectations and needs of the most modest retirees.
The requirements applicable to pre-signs provided for by the environmental code come from Law No. 2010-788 of July 12, 2010 known as “Grenelle 2” establishing a national commitment to the environment and by Decree No. 2012-118 of January 30, 2012 relating to outdoor advertising, signs and pre-signs. So that they can adapt to the new regulations, a period of five years from the entry into force of the law, was granted to professionals. The current provisions relating to pre-signs, including their ban with a few exceptions, have therefore applied since July 13, 2015. The ministerial decree of March 23, 2015 setting certain requirements for the harmonization of derogatory pre-signs defines standards making it possible to harmonize derogatory pre-signs. This evolution of regulations aimed at drastically reducing the Many of the billboards outside urban areas, reported as a major nuisance in the report relating to the impact of advertising on landscapes, by Senator Ambroise Dupont, written in 2009, were requested by associations and supported by the ministry responsible for the environment in order to preserve the quality of the living environment and landscapes, an important criterion for the development of tourist activity in rural areas. The article 42 of the aforementioned law of July 12, 2010, amending the third paragraph of article L. 581-19 of the environmental code, explicitly defines some activities that may deviate from the ban on installing pre-signs. These are activities related to the manufacture or sale of local products by local companies, cultural activities and historical monuments, classified or inscribed, open to visits and, temporarily, the exceptional operations and events mentioned in Article L. 581-20 of the Environmental Code. The Government does not plan to return to the previous situation which had led to a proliferation of heterogeneous signs outside towns on the side of roads and in towns with less than 10,000 inhabitants, by proposing a bill to Parliament which would extend derogatory pre-signs to activities other than those mentioned in article L. 581-19 of the environmental code. Today, the law provides for signage under the Highway Code called “local information signage” (SIL). Positioned in particular outside urban areas, this signage, respectful of the protection of the living environment and road safety, aims to ensure the visibility of activities, services or equipment useful to people on the move but also activities carried out off the public highway, while ensuring the safety of road users and avoiding visual overbidding through equal treatment between local establishments. In departments where this local information signage has not yet been put in place, the Government encourages tourism professionals to contact management departmental authority of the territories on which they depend in order to contribute to the development and installation of replacement systems that best meet their interests. The generalization of visible, readable and homogeneous local information signage, in accordance with the specifications of the aforementioned ministerial decree of March 23, 2015, will encourage motorists to more systematically search for this information support to find a establishment meeting their needs. For tourism professionals, the ban on exceptional pre-signs outside urban areas and in urban areas with less than 10,000 inhabitants also represents an opportunity to reorient their communication towards new technologies, fixed and mobile internet, mobile applications or GPS, in a context where the number of mobile phone users connected to The Internet is constantly growing and the development of customer relationships on the networks is establishing itself as an essential element of notoriety for all service activities.
M. Maurice Leroy attire l'attention de M. le ministre de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation sur la difficulté grandissante pour les agriculteurs de percevoir les aides auxquelles ils sont éligibles. En effet, nombre d'intéressés dénoncent la complexité et la complexification des procédures. Les surfaces non agricoles doivent désormais être déclarées ainsi que les pratiques culturales afin de récompenser les agriculteurs respectueux de l'environnement. Si l'intention est bonne, la pratique se relève compliquée puisque pas moins de dix annexes recensent les conditions à satisfaire pour bénéficier de ces avantages. Dans un contexte où la mutualité sociale agricole (MSA) a indiqué dernièrement qu'en 2016 le seuil de 50 % d'agriculteurs gagnant moins de 350 euros par mois pourrait avoir été franchi, il paraît urgent d'aider les agriculteurs français, d'autant plus quand on sait que l'enveloppe de la politique agricole commune (PAC) à destination de l'agriculture française représente 9,5 milliards d'euros. Aussi souhaite-t-il savoir si la simplification des procédures d'obtention des aides agricoles constitue une priorité du Gouvernement et à quelle échéance les agriculteurs peuvent espérer des avancées significatives.
In accordance with the commitments of the President of the Republic and the Government, the finance bill as well as the social security financing law for 2018 include a set of measures intended to support the purchasing power of workers, both self-employed and employees, through the gradual elimination of personal contributions. In order to guarantee the financing of this unprecedented redistribution effort in favor of assets, the rate of generalized social contribution (CSG) will increase by 1.7 points on January 1, 2018 on earned, replacement and capital income, with the exception of unemployment benefits and daily allowances. As of January 1, 2018, a portion of retirement pension beneficiaries will contribute more to intergenerational solidarity. These are pensioners whose income is above the threshold allowing the application of a full CSG rate, i.e., for a single person whose income consists exclusively of their retirement pension, to a net income of 1,394 euros per month. The increase in the CSG rate will be fully deductible from the income tax base and will, consequently, lead to a reduction in taxes for households. The CSG rate paid by these retirees, 8.3% from January 1, 2018, will remain lower than that applicable to earned income, 9.2%. The lowest-income pensioners, including beneficiaries of the solidarity allowance for the elderly, will remain exempt from social security contributions. Other pensioners, whose net income is less than 1,394 euros per month, will remain subject to CSG at the reduced rate of 3.8%. Thus, in total, 40% of retirees will not be affected by the increase in the CSG rate. With this measure, the Government reaffirms the principles of universality and solidarity which govern the social security system in France. These principles imply that beneficiaries of retirement pensions contribute, in the same way as all socially insured persons, to the financing of social protection. All policyholders are thus liable for the CSG, which is a universal, effective and distributive tax to finance the universal social security benefits, in particular health insurance expenses for reimbursements of medicines, community medicine and hospitalization costs, to which the CSG relating to replacement income is exclusively allocated. Furthermore, retired households will benefit from purchasing power measures proposed by the Government. Retirees will benefit from the elimination progressive housing tax which will allow 80% of households to be exempt from it by 2020, when their net income is less than 2,400 euros net. The Government wishes to reduce this tax, which constitutes a particularly heavy tax burden on the budgets of households belonging to the middle class, particularly those residing in municipalities with the least economic activity in their territory. The amount of the tax will drop by 30% from 2018 and they will stop paying it in 2020. Ultimately, each beneficiary household will make an average saving of €550 per year. Thus, two thirds of retirees will not see their purchasing power drop, either because they are not affected by the increase in the CSG, for 40% of the lowest-income retirees, or because they benefit from the progressive exemption from housing tax. Finally, the most retired poor people will benefit from the increase in the minimum retirement age of €100 per month. Thus the amounts of the solidarity allowance for the elderly and the supplementary old-age allowance will be increased to €903 per month in 2020, compared to €803 currently. The old-age minimum will increase by €30 on April 1, 2018, then by €35 on January 1, 2019 and by €35 on January 1, 2020. This strong measure of solidarity, representing a effort estimated at €525 million over 3 years, will benefit the 550,000 retirees already receiving the old age minimum and should contribute to increasing the pensions of 46,000 additional retirees.
M. Maurice Leroy attire l'attention de M. le ministre de l'économie et des finances sur la non-déduction du revenu imposable, pour les retraités, des cotisations pour les assurances complémentaires de santé. En effet, selon l'article 113 de la loi n° 1003-775 du 21 août 2003 portant réforme des retraites, qui concerne le régime fiscal et social des cotisations à un régime complémentaire de retraite et à une protection complémentaire maladie, l'exonération des cotisations sociales ainsi que la déduction du revenu imposable ne s'appliquent qu'aux salariés bénéficiant d'un contrat obligatoire. Ainsi, pour les retraités, cette mesure implique un surcoût des dépenses liées à la santé, alors même que le montant des cotisations d'assurance complémentaire santé augmente avec l'âge et que les problèmes de santé vont souvent croissant avec l'âge. Il lui demande quelles mesures le Gouvernement entend adopter pour garantir une meilleure égalité fiscale entre les citoyens actifs et les retraités.
M. Maurice Leroy attire l'attention de M. le secrétaire d'État, auprès du ministre d'État, ministre de la transition écologique et solidaire, sur les attentes de la profession agricole pour une application pragmatique de la loi n° 2016-1087 du 8 août 2016 pour la reconquête de la biodiversité, de la nature et des paysages et de la politique de l'eau : projets de création de réserve d'eau, définition des cours d'eau, afin de maintenir une activité agricole productive et qualitative. De même, les agriculteurs demandent des dispositions pour renforcer les mesures de gestion, de prévention et d'indemnisation des dégâts de grands gibiers, ainsi que des procédures simplifiées de classement des nuisibles. Enfin, il convient de renforcer la lutte contre les espèces invasives, telles que le ragondin, le frelon asiatique ou la jussie. En conséquence, il lui demande quelles sont les propositions du Gouvernement en la matière.
M. Maurice Leroy attire l'attention de M. le ministre de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation sur les dangers des accords de libre-échange entre l'Union européenne et le marché commun d'Amérique du sud (MERCOSUR) et les inquiétudes des agriculteurs français. Ces accords prévoient l'introduction sur le marché européen et français d'un quota pouvant atteindre 100 000 tonnes de viandes sud-américaines exemptées de droits de douane ; de la viande ne répondant pas aux normes sanitaires et de qualité françaises. En effet, les bêtes élevées en Amérique du sud sont largement nourries de produits issus d'organismes génétiquement modifiés, et traitées avec des activateurs de croissance interdits en France. Par ailleurs, ces accords instaureraient une concurrence à laquelle les éleveurs français ne pourront pas faire face au regard des normes qui leur sont imposées. Il lui demande quelles mesures le Gouvernement entend prendre pour protéger les exploitations françaises et préserver le modèle français de production qui garantit aux consommateurs des produits de qualité.
The Government has initiated an ambitious public health policy in the fight against smoking. It involves in particular increasing taxation, each year, until 2020. Aware of the potential consequences of this policy on the activity of tobacco retailers, the Minister of Action and Public Accounts signed, on February 2, with the confederation of tobacconists, a memorandum of understanding covering the period 2018-2021 on the transformation of the tobacconist network. This new protocol demonstrates the State's strong commitment to supporting the transformation of the tobacconists' network. This protocol effectively establishes the creation of a transformation fund, with an average amount of 20 million euros per year over the duration of the protocol, the objective of which is to support the transformation of the profession of tobacco retailer towards that of tobacco retailer. proximity. In addition, the protocol also aims to support tobacconists whose economic activity would be significantly penalized by the increase in tobacco prices. This involves the implementation of a “transitional discount” aimed at compensating for a drop in turnover greater than 15% in a quarter of year N compared to a quarter of year N-1. The protocol finally confirms the increase in the net discount, which will reach 1.1 points in 2021, which represents an increase in the remuneration rate of almost 16%, which is likely to support the margin of tobacconists. Furthermore, in the event of a change in price, upwards or downwards, the administration asks tobacconists to make a declaration of their stocks in order to adjust the amounts collected for tobacco taxation and those collected for the withholding tax, consisting of the right to license and pension contributions for tobacconists, paid by suppliers on behalf of tobacconists. When prices increase, these amounts are modified upwards and when they fall, they give rise to reimbursement, to the nearest euro, for the benefit of tobacconists. In addition, the total value of the stock of old cigarette packets when the neutral packet was introduced was reimbursed to tobacconists by their suppliers. Thus, the LOGISTA company took back 234.5 tonnes of tobacco and reimbursed 62.8 million euros to tobacco retailers in the form of credits. All of these operations were carried out at no cost to the taxpayer.
As soon as she took office, the Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces began a voluntary and pragmatic negotiation, which has already made it possible, in an overall budgetary context marked by the need to better control our public finances, to obtain two provisions, included in Law No. 2017-1837 of December 30, 2017 on finances for 2018. The method of calculating military disability pensions paid to military personnel removed from controls before August 3, 1962 and to their successors has thus been aligned with the regime in force since that date. In addition, from January 1, 2018, the annual amount of the recognition allowance and the lifetime allowance paid to former members of substitute training or to their surviving spouses and ex-spouses has been increased by more than 100 euros. Concerning the attribution of the fighter card, it is recalled that under the terms of articles L. 311-1 and R. 311-9 of the code of military disability pensions and war victims (CPMIVG), soldiers and civilians who participated in the Algerian war from October 31, 1954 until July 2, 1962 and who served for 90 days in a combat unit or took part in 9 fire or combat actions are eligible for combatant status collective, or 5 fire or combat actions individual. However, military personnel who were evacuated for injury received or illness contracted in a combat unit, as well as those who received an injury considered to be a war injury, are exempt from these conditions. In addition, the provisions of article 123 of the finance law for 2004 have made it possible, since July 1, 2004, to recognize the status of combatant to military personnel as long as they have been present for a total of 4 months. in the territory concerned, without the obligation to have belonged to a combat unit. Taking into account a duration of 4 months of presence in this territory, considered equivalent to participation in fire or combat actions, was justified by the specificity of the conflicts in North Africa marked by the diffuse risk of insecurity. In addition, it is recalled that article 109 of the finance law for 2014 had the effect to extend the benefit of the combatant's card to military personnel justifying a four-month stay in Algeria started before July 2, 1962 and having continued beyond that without interruption. Nearly 12,000 people were able to benefit from the fighter card as part of this measure. The regulations in force therefore do not currently allow the combatant's card to be issued to French soldiers and civilians who have served in Algeria. between July 2, 1962 and July 1, 1964. The measure requested by the associations to satisfy this old and recurring demand has not been implemented during the last two five-year terms. The Secretary of State has nevertheless undertaken to carry out an in-depth study of this request, in particular with a view to accurately assessing its financial implications. The completion of this work is indeed a prerequisite essential to any discussion aimed at possibly proposing this measure in a future finance bill. A consultation on the main demands of the fighting world has already begun between State services and associations. It will then be followed by discussions with parliamentarians.
M. Maurice Leroy attire l'attention de M. le Premier ministre sur le problème posé par l'inflation des normes qui, d'essence législative ou réglementaire, ne cessent de nuire à la plupart des catégories socioprofessionnelles en France, agriculteurs, industriels, commerçants mais aussi élus ou responsables administratifs de collectivités territoriales. Ces normes, trop nombreuses et difficilement applicables, coûteraient chaque année, selon certains spécialistes, trois points de produit intérieur brut (PIB) à la Nation. La conséquence de cela est que la France, contrairement à ses partenaires européens, moins formalistes en ce domaine, se pénalise elle-même inutilement comme le soulignent le Conseil d'État et le conseil national d'évaluation des normes. Il lui demande de bien vouloir préciser si le Gouvernement entend prochainement s'attaquer à ce problème en éliminant toutes les normes inutiles à la bonne marche de l'économie.
M. Maurice Leroy appelle l'attention de M. le ministre d'État, ministre de l'intérieur sur la hausse sensible du nombre d'agressions et d'incivilités à l'égard des sapeurs-pompiers en intervention. Une note de l'Observatoire national de la délinquance et des réponses pénales (ONDRP) de novembre 2017, recense 2 280 agressions physiques sur des sapeurs-pompiers, soit une hausse de 17,6 % par rapport à 2015. Cette situation intolérable appelle des mesures de la plus grande fermeté vis-à-vis des auteurs de ces agressions. La Fédération nationale des sapeurs-pompiers de France (FNSPF) souligne que cette hausse tendancielle est en-dessous de la réalité puisque les signalements d'agressions n'ont pas de caractère obligatoire. Un sapeur-pompier est agressé toutes les quatre minutes en moyenne. La FNSPF qui a lancé début 2018 une campagne de sensibilisation sur les réseaux sociaux intitulée #TouchePasàMonPompier. Cela, néanmoins, ne saurait suffire. Les sapeurs-pompiers servent la population au péril de leur vie et les agressions dont ils sont victimes sont une atteinte à la communauté nationale. Il demande quelles mesures concrètes et rapides sont envisagées par le Gouvernement pour faire face à cette situation.
M. Maurice Leroy attire l'attention de Mme la ministre des solidarités et de la santé sur la situation des orthophonistes français dont le niveau de revenus ne correspond pas au niveau d'études. En effet, en 2013, la profession d'orthophoniste a obtenu le grade de master, soit un diplôme de niveau Bac +5. Malgré la mobilisation des étudiants et des professionnels à l'automne 2016, la situation ne s'est pas normalisée. Pire, le 9 août 2017, le décret n° 2017-1263 relatif au classement indiciaire applicable au corps de personnel de rééducation de catégorie A de la fonction publique hospitalière, consacre le niveau salarial des orthophonistes à Bac+3. Cette situation incompréhensible traduit la profonde injustice qui frappe une profession dont l'utilité pour la population n'est pas à démontrer. Il lui demande de bien vouloir reconsidérer la grille salariale des orthophonistes afin de garantir une rémunération plus juste, de protéger l'attractivité de la profession et de maintenir une offre de soins orthophoniques dans les territoires français.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the question of medical demography in France. The lack of general practitioners and specialists particularly affects rural areas, medium-sized towns and disadvantaged urban areas. The causes of these medical deserts are numerous and known. Solutions exist to remedy French medical desertification. Among they, the fact of conditioning the agreement to the area where young doctors are located. The problem of medical deserts is a public health issue. It will become a health crisis if nothing changes. He therefore asks what concrete measures the Government plans to take in order to respond to the shortage of doctors in certain territories of the Republic.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of the Economy and Finance to the household waste collection fee (REOM) and household waste collection tax (TEOM) schemes. The REOM is calculated based on the quantity of waste estimated based on the number of people occupying the accommodation, while the amount of the TEOM, in accordance with the provisions of article 1522 of the general tax code, is indexed to the cadastral rental value of the properties. Thus, the transition from the REOM to the TEOM, decided freely by the household waste unions of the communities of municipalities, can create sometimes very significant differentials between the two types of levies for taxpayers. He would like to know the measures envisaged to better take into account the situation of residents and guarantee a fairer calculation of the TEOM.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of the Armed Forces to the expectations of the members of the National Association of Wards of the Nation, orphans of war and duty, of the Federation of Wards of the Nation, and of the National Federation of Sons of the Dead for France in terms of equal treatment. Indeed, the decrees of 2000, 2004 and 2005 established a distinction between certain categories of wards, depending on the conditions of death of their parents. By introducing selective compensation, these decrees modified the spirit of the law of July 24, 1917 which defined a single status for wards of the Nation. This distinction cannot in any way be justified. Established to help children whose one or both parents have lost their lives defending the Nation, the status of ward must reflect the universality of the Republic. None distinction cannot be established between wards of the Nation, orphans of war or duty. He asks him to clarify his position concerning the indistinct recognition of the wards of the Nation.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of State, Minister of the Interior to the financing of small municipal projects. The organic law for confidence in political life established the abolition of the parliamentary reserve which made it possible to support local projects. After successive reductions in the overall operating allocation to municipalities for an amount of 10 billion euros, this elimination is a new blow to the vitality and dynamism of the most modest municipalities. They no longer have the means to finance essential small day-to-day work. He would like to know the measures envisaged by the Government to help municipalities carry out small works which do not fall within the framework of the DETR.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces to the demands expressed by veterans who served on Algerian soil between July 1962 and July 1964. July 3 marks the recognition of the independence of Algeria by France. However, 80,000 soldiers remained in operation on Algerian territory until July 1964. However, the latter did not benefit from the combatant card for external operations (OPEX). This unjust situation, denounced on numerous occasions by veterans' associations, is still in force. He therefore asks what measures the Government intends to take, and when, to allow soldiers present in Algeria between July 1962 and July 1964 to obtain the combatant card under the OPEX.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Secretary of State, to the Minister of Territorial Cohesion, to the difficulty, for certain local elected officials, of applying the provisions relating to municipal maps, an increasingly common system in the country. In the event that a dwelling is classified as a natural zone, the interpretation of article L. 124-2 of the town planning code by the services of the departmental directorate of territories and the sea prevents the owners of said dwelling from building a garden shed or garage not attached to their property. Without a municipal map, this construction would be possible; with it, it is prohibited. As a reminder, generally, particularly in rural areas, the land is entirely suitable for receiving this type of building, namely non-joining annexes. In fact, the owners therefore find themselves in difficulty and naturally turn to their elected officials. He therefore asks him what he intends to do to provide flexibility and common sense in the application of these texts which concern the natural zones of municipal maps.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of State, Minister of the Interior, to the situation of associations in rural areas. The viability of many of them is threatened since the implementation of measures which are highly detrimental to them, particularly for their budgetary balance. These points include the elimination of the general competence of the departments and the brutal elimination of subsidized jobs. Also, he wishes find out what measures the Government plans to adopt to support these associations for which the loss of a job and reductions in revenue jeopardize their activity and survival.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the solutions envisaged to overcome the inconveniences of the new formula of Levothyrox. No one could be indifferent to the questions raised by patients and health professionals about the new formulation of Levothyrox prescribed in the treatment of hypothyroidism, the side effects of which seem to be induced by this modification. The mobilization of tens of thousands of people in the press and social networks, the debates and testimonies of medical specialists in the written, television or radio media on this issue could only attract attention. If the active ingredient of the drug, levothyroxine, remains the same, new substances have been incorporated. Although this change, requested by the national drug safety agency, improves the chemical stability of the drug over time, it seems to produce side effects (dizziness, headaches, cramps, intense fatigue, etc.). These disorders, non-existent with the old Levothyrox formula, do not subside over time, unless we are talking about assimilation over several years. Many testimonies agree in that the side effects did not fade after several months. Face To the distress of patients, the old formula of this drug was reintroduced on French territory on a transitional and temporary basis. Most of these drugs come from European countries such as Germany or Italy. If the Government could consider the coexistence of these two formulas permanently, patients would have the choice of their formula according to their reactions and the appearance of effects. unwanted or not. He asks him to give precise and satisfactory commitments for the sick.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the difficulties encountered by certain artisans when they cease their activity. These small craftsmen, masons, roofers, plumbers, at one point settled in an activity zone developed by municipalities where town planning rules allowed, on the same plot, to build their own house and a workshop or shed to store the equipment necessary for the exercise of the craftsman's activity. When they cease their activity, at the time of their retirement, their activity is sometimes not resumed and the building used as a workshop or hangar is then transferred to the private assets of the former craftsman. Law No. 2010-1594 of December 20, 2010 on the financing of social security for 2011 having integrated the taking into account of the added value resulting from the recovery in the personal assets of a premises, this added value is therefore declarable to the social security regime for the self-employed, creating financial and cash flow difficulties for many of these former small craftsmen, who have not found a buyer. Also, he asks the Government to find out the solutions envisaged for these particular situations.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of the Economy and Finance to the decline in tax resources of the Chambers of Commerce and Industries (CCI). They play a major role in the territories, and more particularly in rural areas, such as Loir-et-Cher, where they are an essential relay for established or aspiring entrepreneurs. After a drop in tax resources of CCIs of 35% during the five-year period 2012-2017 and withdrawals from their own funds to the tune of 670 million euros, the new drop of 17% is experienced as a real shock. The paradox is however undeniable, while they are deprived of essential resources, the Government's expectations are even stronger: development of apprenticeship and training, digitalization and internationalization of businesses, revitalization of city center commerce; such a brutal reduction in their tax resources would prevent the CCIs from relaying and supporting the implementation of the measures announced in favor of entrepreneurs by the Government: plan in favor of self-employed workers, action plan for growth and investment, future law relating to very small and small and medium-sized enterprises, future reform of apprenticeship and training. The economic impact and financial would also be considerable in the territories. According to various studies, in fact, it has been shown that one euro invested or spent by CCIs generates 10 to 12 euros of induced effects. Finally, he underlines that any further lasting reduction in the tax on room costs would not be without consequences on employment in the CCIs, at the very time when they need resources and skills to continue their transformation. THE finance bill (Senate No. 107, 2017-2018) as amended by the Senate reverses this decision and notably makes it possible to avoid these abrupt measures: smoothing of the decline over three years, elimination of the France Telecom levy, elimination of the exclusion from the benefit of part of the equalization fund of infra-departmental CCIs. Consequently, he asks him to clarify the Government's attention to these provisions. introduced by the Senate in favor of the chambers of commerce and industry and, in particular, that of the chambers most dependent on them, such as the rural CCIs.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of the Economy and Finance to the need, in order to encourage investment in securities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-sized enterprises (ETI), to redefine the maximum quota of the asset categories considered in representation of the regulated commitments of insurance companies. He asks him if he intends to carry out this redefinition by accompanying the raising the level of assets represented by transferable securities and similar securities, and in doing so, if it is ready to put an end to the French tendency to overtranspose European law and to strengthen the attractiveness of the Paris market.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of the Armed Forces to the concessions of the fighters who died for France. In the aftermath of the Great War, France offered bereaved families either to bury their family member killed in combat in a national necropolis, or to return them so that they could be buried in a family grave. In the majority of cases, families wanted to bury their loved ones themselves in a so-called perpetual concession. However, concessions now have a maximum duration of 99 years. In municipal cemeteries, thousands of graves, where those who died for France are buried, have disappeared or will disappear. These tombs of the French heroes of the First World War are the indelible testimony, in the communes of France, of the human tragedy which took place at the beginning of the 20th century. This is why at the moment when we are celebrating the centenary of the Great War, he would like to know if the Government plans to take measures to conserve the graves of the combatants who died for France during this particularly bloody war, but also during subsequent conflicts in order to promote the work of memory for future generations.
M. Maurice Leroy attire l'attention de M. le ministre de l'économie et des finances sur la nécessité d'assurer une meilleure traçabilité du pays d'origine du miel, et d'encadrer l'information y étant relative. Alors que les importations de miel provenant de divers pays augmentent de manière corrélative à la baisse de la production française, il est très complexe de distinguer le pays d'origine de celui-ci. En effet, selon la 2014/63/UE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 15 mai 2014 modifiant la directive 2001/110/CE du Conseil relative au miel, l'obligation de mentionner sur l'étiquette le pays d'origine de la récolte tombe en cas de pluralité de pays au profit d'une mention opaque « mélange de miels originaires-non originaires de l'Union européenne ». Ainsi, il est impossible de savoir exactement de quel pays provient le miel consommé, et dans quelles conditions il a été récolté. Or certains pays d'origine, à commencer par le premier pays producteur, la Chine, ajoutent du sirop de sucres. En 2014, l'association UFC-Que choisir avait constaté que sur vingt miels « premier prix » achetés dans diverses enseignes de la grande distribution, six présentaient des ajouts de sucre, soit presque un tiers des produits. Pourtant, 80 % des consommateurs achetant du miel en magasin pensent que celui-ci est produit en France. Aussi, il lui demande de bien vouloir lui indiquer les intentions du Gouvernement en termes d'encadrement de l'information du pays de production du miel, et de la mise en place d'un étiquetage permettant aux consommateurs de distinguer rapidement le pays de production du miel qu'ils achètent.
M. Maurice Leroy attire l'attention de M. le ministre de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation sur la filière avicole. Cette production a été touchée de plein fouet cet été par la crise liée à la découverte de traces de l'insecticide Fipronil dans des œufs en provenance des Pays-Bas. Cette crise souligne, s'il en était besoin, l'intérêt des filières « bio » dans nombre de productions agricoles. Or les producteurs d'œufs en bio subissent actuellement, compte tenu des événements évoqués ci-avant, des mesures de contrôle drastiques mais pas forcément adaptées à leurs élevages ni forcément efficaces au regard notamment des chiffres liés à la salmonelle. Les conséquences des mesures particulièrement contraignantes sur ces agriculteurs impactent directement la viabilité économique de leurs exploitations et menacent le maintien même de la filière bio. C'est pourquoi il lui demande la mise en œuvre de cette expérimentation afin de préserver la filière avicole bio.
Mr Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the future of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD). As part of the preparation of the multiannual financial framework of the European Union for 2021-2027, it is planned to merge the FEAD, endowed with 3.8 billion euros for the period 2014-2020, with the European Social Fund (ESF) whose credits amount to 80 billion euros for the same period, to create an FSE +. In this context, the FDSEA could only be supplemented by 1.8 billion euros, or 2% of the FSE +. This prospect causes concern among charitable associations, part of whose resources come directly from the FDSEA. To date, the FDSEA is the only real European system to combat poverty. Therefore, he wants to know what measures will be put in place to maintain the budget of the FDSEA and show France's desire to fight against poverty.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the working hours of volunteer firefighters. European directive 2003/88/EC of November 4, 2003 on working hours, if transposed, would lead to capping the working time of an employee and their activity as a volunteer firefighter at 48 hours per week. This would lead to serious organizational difficulties and operational and large-scale financial transactions. Firefighters fear that this constitutes a serious attack on the on-call potential and the human resources that can be mobilized in the event of a crisis, and an increase in the public expenditure necessary to recruit professional firefighters. The volunteer fire brigade mission thus reaffirmed, in its report of May 23, 2018, the principle of voluntary commitment by volunteer firefighters. Today, volunteers make up more than 80% of the fire service. He therefore asks whether the Government intends to take action at European level to maintain the French model of volunteer firefighters, and exclude firefighters, and all voluntary civil security actors, from the application of this directive.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the “new Silk Roads” project initiated by China since 2013 and France’s involvement in this very large-scale project. This project aims to develop new infrastructure to develop connections between China, Europe and Africa: roads, ports, airports, railways, electricity networks, transport energy, optical fiber. This international project concerns 65 countries, including France. However, despite the major economic and diplomatic challenges, France seems not to have taken its rightful place in this project. Neither the diplomatic involvement nor the resources involved seem to match the challenges. He therefore wishes to know the degree of involvement of France, the means put in place and the ambitions of France in this crucial issue.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food to the exemption system for the employment of “casual agricultural job seekers” (TO-DE). The Government is in fact considering the abolition of this system from January 1, 2019. This abolition would have a very harmful financial impact on farmers. Professionals in the sector believe that this measure would represent an increase in the remainder payable by employers from 1.8% to 3.8%, or 189 euros loss per month per employer. In Loir-et-Cher, agricultural sectors that are highly labor intensive, such as viticulture, livestock farming and market gardening, will be particularly penalized by the removal of this exemption and will see a significant worsening of the distortion of competition in an already very weakened sector. The exemption for the employment of TO-DEs made it possible to effectively combat hidden work, and to maintain the competitiveness of French farms. He asks him to maintain the exemption system for the employment of TO-DE, in order to defend farms and the French agricultural model.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities to the future of decentralization in France. The “Public Action 2022” committee published a report calling for “complete decentralization for skills which have already been transferred but for which the State still intervenes”. The “Public Action 2022” committee identifies several areas in which the State has not yet disengaged: social action, training, economic development, youth and community life Within the framework of decentralization laws, local authorities must have sole jurisdiction in the defined areas. The coherence of public action and territorial balance are at stake. The “Girondin pact” that the President of the Republic calls for will not have meaning only if decentralization is completed. Also, he wishes to know the follow-up he intends to give to the recommendations of the “Public Action 2022 Committee”.
Mr. Maurice Leroy questions the Minister of Sports about the allocation of subsidies for sports associations. Law No. 2017-1837 of December 30, 2017 on finances for 2018 dedicated the increase of 25 million euros to the fund for the development of associative life (FDVA) in order to partly compensate for the removal of the parliamentary reserve. In reality, this fund, which until now was earmarked for the training of volunteers, has now aims to support the functioning and innovative projects of associations. This amounts to a significant reduction in aid to associations, compared to the old parliamentary reserve. Not to mention the complexity of the administrative procedures for obtaining the FDVA. The associative fabric is essential to the vitality of municipalities and rural areas. He therefore wishes to know the measures envisaged by the Government in the finance bill for 2019 in order to re-establish a development fund that meets the challenges and needs.
Mr. Maurice Leroy draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the issuance of French visas, in particular concerning China and India. World leader in tourism, France must however face significant delivery delays given the influx of demand in these two countries. Better management of delivery would make it possible to welcome more tourists and improve the attractiveness of France. Gold, as part of the reduction in consular staff, he wants to know how they will be able to cope with the influx of tourist visa requests and the responses he intends to provide to the consulates.
M. Maurice Leroy attire l'attention de M. le ministre de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation sur les conséquences de la sécheresse estivale sur les exploitations agricoles. Durant les trois mois d'été 2018, le Loir-et-Cher, comme la majeure partie de la France, n'a connu quasiment aucun épisode pluvieux, touchant prairies et récoltes et, par conséquent, obligeant les éleveurs à puiser dans leurs stocks dès le mois de juillet 2018 pour faire face à cet épisode caniculaire. L'impact sur la trésorerie des exploitations a été particulièrement néfaste. Plusieurs mesures de compensation existent et peuvent être activées rapidement : dégrèvement de la taxe sur le foncier bâti, report des cotisations sociales auprès de la MSA, reconnaissance de l'état de calamité agricole pour les prairies. Il souhaite connaître les mesures envisagées par le Gouvernement pour soutenir le monde agricole, déjà très fragilisé, face aux conséquences de cette canicule.