France: Legal changes from 1.1.2016 in the areas of labor, Administration and Environment
Always turn of the year there are changes in France, the well the subsidiaries of German companies in France or German, working in France, affect. This has become the 1.1.2016 changed:
Gross minimum salary
Raising the gross minimum wage (SMIC) from 9,61 EUR/Std. to 9,67 EUR/Std., corresponding 1.466,62 EUR gross per month based on the 35 Hour week. employment premium
(Prime activity) 5,6 My. French people (4 My. households) benefit from the Prime d'activité, the prime from the two pre-existing premiums d'emploi and RSA activité arose. Up to 10% the content can be added as a bonus to salary, if it is particularly low salaries. The application for an employment premium must be made by the employee at his competent family benefit fund Caf. These monthly premiums depend on the household income of the last three months. Claim have people under 25 Years, which are in the work process and living in a household, whose income depending on family situation max. 1.500 (One person household) up to 2.900 EUR ugly (household with 2 adults and 2 children) reached.
Mandatory supplementary health insurance
(Complementary Health) Entry into force of the compulsory supplementary health insurance (Complementary Health) for employees in France. This obligation also applies to employees, which, although directly employed by a German company, but work in France (franz. Labour mandatory). Businesses and employees pay each 50% insurance costs.
Car allowance for cyclists
employee, traveling by bicycle in the work, Up to 200 EUR / year tax- and get relief as travel allowance.
Reclassification of French regions
Due to the mergers of individual regions there are from this year only 13 instead of 22 Regions.
Grand Metropole Paris
Creation of Metropole Grand Paris, a public body with 151 communities.
fuel
The duty on diesel to rise 3,5 ct / l, those on gasoline 95 one 2 ct / l.
New Postal Rates
The rates for letters were for simple broadcasts of 68 to 70 ct and Express letters from 76 to 80 ct raised.
New taxi rates
The passenger acceptance is uniformly france 3,83 EUR thereafter 1,05 EUR/km (Paris 1,06 EUR/km) or. 35,26 EUR/Std. waiting period (Paris 35,43 EUR). The default interest taken into account for the calculation of default interest legal interest (legal interest rate) was for the 1. half-year 2016 defined as follows:
- for exposures to individuals: 4,54%
- in receivables among business people: 1,01%
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