The application of the reduced VAT rate of 5

The application of the reduced VAT rate of 5.5 in the service of dining table, which will be approved tomorrow in the context of the conclusion of a "contract for the future" between the Government and employers, may be involved as early as July 1. The measure, which does not affect the sales of alcohol, was to study weekend last and put in balance with two other options, an application October 1 or January 1, 2010.

But the magnitude of the crisis leads to implementation as soon as possible, especially since the record of the reduction in VAT in the restaurant, which is followed very closely by the President of the Republic, is now designed as part of the Government stimulus plan. Also, while referring to the arbitration of Nicolas Sarkozy, the Secretary of State for trade, Hervé Novelli, confirmed Friday morning to trade unions of employees as an application to the July 1 "was technically possible", according to a Union source.

In consideration of the rate of 5.5 VAT, conservators will commit on price reductions, job creation, the attractiveness and the modernization of the sector, as discussed, since 18 March, in consultation with the Government. They will be finalized tomorrow in the "States General of the restoration", which will be held in the presence of Christine Lagarde, Minister of the economy, and Hervé Novelli with representatives of eight professional organizations, and will lead to a "contract for the future" validated by professional unions.

The address of the consumer, the reduction of VAT should be fully reflected in a dozen families of products: coffee and other products family (infusion, tea...), mineral water, dish of the day, menu of the day and menus children, among others. Specifically, conservators must retain at least 7 in their respective institutions and apply a 10 price decline. At this stage of the discussions, professional promise that the VAT decrease will result in fine by a reduction in the price of the order of 11 on average.

Regarding employment, employers should commit on 20,000 hires to achieve here in twenty-four or thirty-six months, the period still remaining to make it clear. The same is true of learning (for less than 26 years) contracts or professionalization, another area where public authorities have expressed to at the outset a high expectation. Overall, on routes to the signing of 20,000 contracts alternating.

For the social, the discussions are on an adjustment of the scale of wages and the creation of a mutual branch. But the CFDT-CFTC-GSC-CGT-FO Inter-Union however warned as early as Friday that it will not tomorrow participate in the "General States of restoration." In particular, it regrets the lack of "pressure" of the Government on the issue of wages and the lack of security on proposals from the organizations, including a sixth week of conventional leave, an old claim. Finally, like the hotel, restoration should benefit from Fund assistance in the modernization of institutions. The Government promised the implementation of various commitments are well monitored and controlled in time, while Bercy, recent calculations assess lowering of VAT at 5.5 to a tax expense of EUR 2 billion, once removed the transitional aid, which amounts to approximately 600 million.