A new month begins, and with it a lot of new things. Less salt in the bread, demaritalization of the subsidy for disabled adults (AAH) or increasing the ceiling of the Popular Savings Account (LEP): here is everything that changes in December.
• Less salt in bread
A little less salt on bread from October 1st. Under an agreement signed in March 2022 by all players in the bakery sector, the amount of salt in bread is reduced gradually, in successive stages: the goal is to reduce the salt content by approximately 10% from now on. to 2025. As of October 1, it will now be necessary to respect a proportion of 1.4 grams of salt per 100 grams of “common or traditional” bread, 1.3 grams for “special breads” and 1.2 grams for sandwich bread. The threshold had already been lowered to 1.5 grams in July 2022.
• Demaritalization of AAH
The deconjugalization of the allowance for disabled adults (AAH), long demanded by associations, comes into force as of October 1. Specifically, the AAH is now calculated individually, that is, without taking into account the spouse’s income. The AAH will be automatically demaritalized for new beneficiaries; For those who already benefited from the AAH before October 1, the change in calculation method will only be made if it benefits them.
According to Bercy, the demaritalization of the AAH represents an increase of 350 euros per month on average and could affect around 120,000 disabled people. Note: the change in the method of calculating rights for the month of October will be visible in the AAH payment made at the beginning of November.
• The “reference price” of gas falls
Regulated gas prices disappeared at the beginning of the summer, but the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) now publishes “a reference price” every month, a kind of compass that allows consumers to rule out excessively high offers. For the month of October, this “reference price” indicates an average price per kWh with VAT included of 0.09324 euros for heating (i.e. 1.1 cents more than the previous month) and 0.11617 euros for hot water and kitchen (1.1 cents more).
• Increase in the maximum LEP limit
The limit of the Popular Savings Book (LEP), currently set at 7,700 euros, rises to 10,000 euros as of October 1. This tax-free investment, reserved for the most modest households, is much more attractive than the Livret A. It is currently remunerated at 6%, after its interest rate lost 0.1 points on August 1. Around 18 million French people today meet the criteria to open an LEP, but only a little more than 9 million have one.
• APL revaluation
Since 2014, personal housing assistance (APL) is re-evaluated annually on October 1 and not on January 1, based on the evolution of the rental reference index (IRL) for the second quarter of the year calculated by INSEE . Having increased this index by 3.5% (for mainland France, excluding Corsica), the APL should follow the same evolution. A larger increase is “not on the table,” the Franceinfo Housing Minister Patrice Vergriete confirmed that indexation in the IRL “will continue.”
Source: BFM TV
