6 billion beyond the limits laid down by Brussels 1

The debate on the green taxation drawn from rebounding. Bercy think found the martingale in the negotiations on the compensation of the carbon tax in sectors strongly affected: do weigh the tax on the shippers, those who purchase transportation services (distributors or industrial) and not on the road. The SMEs in the transport sector would pay its fuel, carbon tax included, but would be reimbursed the amount at the same time that the share of internal tax on petroleum products (TIPP). It should add its invoice a tentative line "carbon tax". The Distributor where the industrialist would pay the State directly the amount of the tax. The State would retain the entirety of the proceeds of the tax on the goods (1.1 billion) and would avoid confrontation with the truckers.

Informed of the intentions of Bercy, the professionals are no joy. The National Federation of road transport (FNTR) feared that the carbon tax will become one of the elements of the negotiation of the price, with application of compensatory rebate by large customers. The association of users of freight transport (AUTF) merely to know that "expects that the relevant technical and legal such a device is shown.

Several questions about the method of calculation: how if the truck carries products for several customers on the same route How pass for an article which travelled in cargo in a commercial aircraft "A tax must be a Computable indisputable base and that can be drawn under penalty to be unconstitutional", says one observer.

Largely exempt agriculture

With farmers, things also argue: the Minister of Agriculture, Bruno Le Maire, welcomed yesterday that farmers are very largely exempt, "at least half" of the carbon tax. In reality, they did in pay only 25.

Moreover, according to "Le Figaro", the Government wants to leave regions modulate the fraction of TIPP the State pays them (3.6 billion) beyond the limits laid down by Brussels (1.77 penny of euro per litre of unleaded petrol and 1.15 euro for diesel). In 2005, it they had been partially transferred - as well as the departments that cannot do vary - to finance their new skills. The proposed additional fluctuation margin must allow the regions to bring their funding lines (LGV) high-speed network. Is it a response to the proposal of the Association of the regions of France (ARF) On 2 September, its President wrote to the Prime Minister for a meeting to, inter alia, to "evoke the temporary financing of the LGV by the establishment of an additional penny of TIPP.

"A trap".

In fact, the spirit of this proposal, issued by Adrien Zeller, President UMP of the Alsace region, disappeared last August, is quite different from that of the project of Matignon. In the first case, the State increased oil taxation, whereas in the latter areas. "The State will compensate for the effects of the carbon in February with a cheque fee, while we push to raise taxes," the ARF, which feared a "political trap" rebelled in March regional approach. Many outgoing Executive will have difficulty to do not use this tax freedom because the resources of the regions are of constraints, including those of TIPP, "regressive tax".All, apart from Poitou-Charentes and Corsica, already apply to the maximum margin of current fluctuation (EUR 700 million) including the device, interim, ends on December 31.