The construction industry in turn calls for an end to the increase in the tax on non-road diesel (GNR)

CAPEB meets Bruno Le Maire

Following the announcement by the Prime Minister of the removal of the increase in the tax on non-road diesel for the agricultural sector, CAPEB calls on the Prime Minister to do the same for the construction sector.

Indeed, the trajectory of gradual increase in non-road diesel which was decided in the 4th quarter of 2023 was justified in our collective capacity to meet environmental and energy challenges.

It cannot be reasonably envisaged that this objective now rests on the shoulders of construction companies in a context, moreover, where no alternative to machines running on RNG is offered to these same companies.

Faced with the scale of the challenges to be met, how can we understand the Government's double standards which result, in fact, in multi-speed taxation against sectors that are nevertheless in the same boat?

The construction sector had already agreed to an agreement that was more ambitious from an environmental point of view but more costly for professionals compared to the agricultural world by agreeing to see its taxes rise to the normal level in seven years.

The sector's incomprehension is now commonplace in the face of such unfair treatment and the temptation to express it in the street is strong since this form of expression now seems to prevail over a responsible and collective strategy for the essential exit from energy. fossils.

The 620.000 artisanal construction companies cannot accept that 400.000 agricultural companies are favored under the pretext that they have engaged in a protest balance of power, however justified it may be.

This situation is unacceptable, especially since the other requests made by artisanal construction companies to revive activity have to date received no response from the Government.

Jean-Christophe Repon, president of CAPEB, was received by Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty on Tuesday January 30 at 10:45 a.m.

Meeting with Bruno Le Maire: the National Federation of Public Works maintains the pressure and obtains measures on payment deadlines

The National Federation of Public Works was received on January 30 by the Minister of Economy and Finance as part of the crisis caused by the cancellation of the measure targeting GNR in the agricultural sector. Public Works remains, in fact, to date the only sector targeted by the removal of a tax advantage on diesel, sparking a great wave of indignation.

After the multiple postponements obtained between 2018 and 2023, the FNTP agreed this fall to an agreement with the Government, the FNSEA and the CNATP regarding the progressive and linear abolition of the GNR by 2030. This agreement was broken last Friday with the announcement of the cancellation of the measure for farmers. As of Friday evening, the FNTP urgently requested an appointment with the Minister of the Economy and Finance to obtain equal treatment.

During a meeting held this morning in Bercy, the Minister committed to the FNTP to:

• Adopt financial compensation measures for public works VSEs/SMEs;
• Accelerate the implementation of the sector's demands for professional biofuels;
• Make compliance with payment deadlines a flagship measure of the simplification bill which will soon be debated in parliament. The worsening of payment delays constitutes in fact the first source of cash flow difficulties currently encountered by companies. The Minister of the Economy declared himself very favorable to the establishment of a traceability system for invoices as soon as they are issued, so that they can no longer be called into question. A sanction system extended to all paying agencies, as well as the intervention of the BPI for the recovery of debts could also see the light of day very soon.

For Alain Grizaud, President of the FNTP: “On the GNR, I continue to maintain pressure on the Government so that it becomes aware of the cash flow difficulties that public works companies also encounter. I am pleased, from now on, that respecting payment deadlines is recognized as a priority by Bruno the Mayor. »

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