The Senate gave the green light on the night of Monday to Tuesday to the legalization of frying oil used as fuel, but drastically limiting its possibilities of use.
The legalization of the use of used edible oils as fuel was a proposal of the green deputies adopted by the government in the version of the draft budget presented to 49.3.
It had been first adopted by the National Assembly last July in the “purchasing power” bill. But the senators had substituted a simple request for a report, finally rejected as a “legislative clause” by the Constitutional Council.
Only for companies and communities
The position of the Senate, therefore, has evolved, since it no longer opposes the measure. However, it limits its use only to “captive fleets”, that is, vehicles belonging to a company or community, which get their fuel from the same dedicated pump.
“You must know that today the rates of pollution, of emissions into the atmosphere, are still too high,” said the general rapporteur for the budget Jean-François Husson (LR).
Experimentation in captive fleets should allow “advancement, since there is so much tracking, fuels, adjustments and manufacturers that are around this device.”
The provision did not provoke any debate in the chamber, but the government issued an “unfavorable” opinion on the restriction proposed by the general rapporteur.
The Senate had previously increased the tax deduction ceiling from 300 to 500 euros for the installation by a private individual, a self-employed person or an individual entrepreneur, of a charging system for electric vehicles.
Source: BFM TV
