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EU looks to increase Etias travel authorisation fee from €7 to €20
Second-home owners and other visitors from the UK and US will need this from autumn 2026
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What dangerous snakes are in France and what to do if you spot one
Anyone killing a snake risks a fine and potentially a prison sentence
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Ryanair says flights over France must be protected from air traffic controller strikes
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July 1 plan for new carbon tax
Nicolas Sarkozy sets new deadline for tax on petrol, heating fuel and polluting businesses to come into force
THE GOVERNMENT has set a new deadline of July 1 to bring in a tax on petrol, heating fuel and polluting businesses - six months after originally planned.
The taxe carbone should have begun on January 1 but was scrapped by the constitutional court just days before.
The judges threw it out because it included too many exemptions and was too lenient on some of France's most polluting industries.
Nicolas Sarkozy has confirmed that a newly redrafted version of the tax will be presented to parliament on January 20. It is not expected to be voted until after the regional elections in March.
According to Les Echos, none of the changes to the tax will affect households. They will see four or five centimes added to the price of a litre of fuel and a similar rise in gas prices, as the original taxe carbone proposed. The amendments will affect certain businesses, including farmers and lorry drivers.