Smic, contraception, restricted use of plastic… What changes on January 1 Social and health Housing Consumption and the fight against waste International transport But also…

Increase in the level of the minimum wage and the price of the stamp, ban on certain plastic packaging, free contraception for women under 25… Review of what is changing on January 1st.

The minimum wage automatically increases by 0.9% due to the rise in prices. It increases to 1,603.12 euros gross for 35 weekly hours worked. The gross hourly rate is 10.57 euros.

No additional boost for the minimum wage, confirms Borne

Complementary Health. The 2.5 million State civil servants can benefit, on request, from payment by their employer of their supplementary social protection contribution (mutual insurance, insurance, provident institution) up to 15 euros per month.

Emergency patient package. The “residual charge” for visits to the emergency room not followed by hospitalization will no longer be calculated according to the “moderator ticket” of 20%, but on the basis of a new “emergency patient package” set at 19.61 euros and also reimbursed by complementary health insurance. The amount will be “reduced” to 8.51 euros for certain audiences such as the chronically ill (ALD) and others will remain exempt, such as pregnant women.

“Emergency patient” package: who will pay the 19.61 euros at the hospital?

Free contraception for women up to 25 years old. Already free for minors, contraception will now be fully covered by health insurance for young women up to their 25th birthday. Three million beneficiaries are potentially concerned. The device, which aims to fight against a “decline” in contraception, will cost 21 million euros annually.

Energy renovation. Launch of a unique internet platform (france-renov.gouv.fr) and telephone number (0 808 800 700), as well as a unified network of advice spaces to guide individuals in their renovation work .

New environmental regulations for new buildings. The "RE2020" replaces the current thermal regulation, the RT2012. It strengthens the requirements in terms of energy performance, summer comfort and introduces requirements relating to the carbon impact of construction.

Energy renovation: the public service must do better, says the Abbé-Pierre Foundation

Affordable rent. The “Affordable Rent” scheme allows owners to rent out their unfurnished accommodation at an affordable rent level while benefiting from a tax advantage on rental income. The tenant must be under a certain ceiling of resources, the lease is for six or nine years. A commitment agreement is signed with the National Housing Agency (Anah).

Building permit online. Users will be able to choose to submit their building permit and, more broadly, their application for planning permission electronically. To support the municipalities, the State, with the associations of elected officials (AMF and AdCF), is deploying a digital program for the application of land rights.

Single-use plastic banned. From this Saturday, the use of plastic undergoes a new turn of the screw. Here is the list of places where it no longer has the right of citizenship: end of plastic packaging around certain unprocessed fruits and vegetables, ban on plastic toys offered in children's menus, obligation for establishments open to the public ( stations, libraries, schools, universities, hospitals, etc. to allow access to a drinking water point, ban on plastic packaging for the delivery of newspapers, magazines and advertisements, end of purchases by the State of plastic products single-use for use in the workplace or at events it organizes.

Collection of new waste in store. Stores have the obligation to take back from their customers used furniture, empty or full dangerous products (paints, glues and cleaning products with risky substances) and combustible gas cartridges.

Prohibition to eliminate non-food unsold items. Disposal of unsold non-food items is now prohibited. This ban concerns products covered by the extended producer responsibility sectors (clothing, furniture, electrical and electronic products, etc.), hygiene and childcare products, early learning and leisure products, books and school supplies, food storage and cooking equipment. Companies must now donate or recycle their unsold products.

Extension of the legal guarantee of conformity. The legal guarantee of conformity for second-hand products is extended by six months. From now on, a lack of conformity appearing within twelve months on a second-hand product is presumed to exist at the time of purchase, unless proven otherwise. A six-month extension is also applied to the legal guarantee of conformity for a device repaired within the framework of the legal guarantee of conformity. Specifically, if a new household appliance breaks down during its two-year warranty period and it is repaired, the warranty is extended by six months.

Tri: deployment of the “Triman” logo. The “Triman” logo will be displayed on all products. Its presence means that the waste is subject to a sorting rule: collection from stores for electrical and electronic equipment, specific terminals for batteries, yellow bin for packaging, etc. It must be accompanied by clear sorting instructions.

Responsibility of “market places”. Market places (Amazon, CDiscount, etc.) must ensure that manufacturers finance the eco-organizations responsible for managing the end of life of their product categories. The customer must be informed by his Internet service provider and his mobile operator of the greenhouse gas emissions linked to his Internet and mobile consumption.

Anti-waste law: what changes on January 1

“Mobility title”. Inspired by the restaurant voucher, it will allow the employee to pay certain costs related to his home-work travel paid for by his company. It will include the sustainable mobility package – coverage of travel costs using alternative modes to the individual car, without contribution or tax, up to 600 euros per year – and will pay for fuel or power for electric, hybrid or powered vehicles. to hydrogen.

Auto malus. A new car malus scale comes into effect for new vehicles registered from 1 January. The penalty will apply from 128 grams of CO2 / km (instead of 133 grams of CO2 / km) with, for this level of pollution, a tax of 50 euros. It will then go up to reach 40,000 euros for a level greater than 223 grams of CO2/km, knowing that the amount of the penalty cannot exceed 50% of the price including tax of the vehicle. In addition, a new “weight penalty” will concern new vehicles weighing more than 1.8 tonnes, at the rate of 10 euros per kilogram. In both cases, large families can benefit from discounts and electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles are not concerned.

Brexit. Entry into force of the compulsory residence permit for British nationals in France.

End of live castration of piglets. It is now forbidden to castrate piglets without anesthesia in the name of animal welfare. Breeders can nevertheless continue to practice this operation provided that their buyers require it and if they respect a specific protocol. Castration can be performed either "by surgical castration with anesthesia and analgesia", the option preferred by professionals, "or by immunocastration" (injection of a vaccine to stop the production of steroids). This practice still concerns the vast majority of French farms and nearly 10 million piglets per year.

Even under anesthesia, the castration of piglets is still too painful

Increase in the price of stamps. Mail prices increase by 4.7% on average on January 1. The price of the green stamp – for a letter distributed in forty-eight hours in metropolitan France – goes from 1.08 to 1.16 euros (+7.4%), while that of the red stamp – for a priority letter, theoretically distributed the next day – rises from 1.28 to 1.43 euros (+11.7%). As for the “Ecopli” – the cheapest formula for sending in four days on average, with a gray stamp – it increases by 8 cents to 1.14 euros (+7.5%).