MORE measures to cut paperwork and put administrative procedures online are on the way, aimed at saving the government €11 billion and simplifying people’s lives.
Some 92 new measures are planned, adding to several hundred which were announced in 2013 in the start of a ‘simplification drive’ by President François Hollande.
The changes include:
• Written decisions by public bodies will be required to be ‘easy to read and understand’.
• From September if you need to sign on as a jobseeker at the Pôle Emploi you will be able to do it directly online rather than filling in forms at one of the centres
• From the end of June people will be able to check driving test results online rather than waiting for a letter, and download a provisional licence on to their phones. Contesting a speed camera fine will also be possible online.
• By the end of the year a new dedicated site will be in place to get information on court cases and on obtaining legal aid.
• Applications for (means-tested) grants (bourses) to help with children’s schooling will be possible online.
• Applications to obtain the allocation aux adultes handicapés disability benefit will be simplified and if you are considered more than 50% disabled you will only need to renew your application every five years, not every two.