It is a brake on purchases border. The national Assembly voted on Wednesday in favour of a reduction of certain purchases of cigarettes and tobacco allowed in neighbouring countries before being sent to France, in the framework of the review of the third draft of the budget crisis. Thus, it will not be possible to carry in the car for a carton of cigarettes, as against four previously, according to an amendment of the government, which lowers the thresholds of presumption of detention commercial.
The minister of the public Accounts Olivier Dussopt has put forward a "public health goal" and " support for tobacco shops ". It is also " the fight against tobacco smuggling ". He pointed out that during the confinement due to the coronavirus, " the power consumption at tobacconists varied according to the opening or the closing of the borders ". Tobacconists border "enjoyed a very strong increase in consumption" and "the black market has suffered," added the president of the commission of Finance Eric Woerth (LR). Several members of parliament welcomed the vote, which will also bring in a higher amount of taxes to the State.
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The Meeting has also endorsed the creation of a tax credit in favour of the creation, which will support investments by media in programs and the creation of audiovisual 2020, and announced the ex-Prime minister Édouard Philippe mid-June. This tax credit will be 15% for expenditures between march 1 and December 31. The amount of aid will be capped, by publisher, in the amount of the revenue decrease experienced between march and December 2020, compared to the same period in 2019.
