The deputies postponed to April 2022 the ban on heated terraces of cafes and restaurants, to take into account the impact of the health crisis on the sector, during the examination in committee, on Monday, of the climate bill.
This text translates the announcement last summer by Barbara Pompili of a ban on these terraces, which are harmful to the environment.
The Minister of Ecological Transition then indicated that the measure would not be applied before spring 2021, already because of the Covid-19 crisis.
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The co-rapporteur of the Bill Mickaël Nogal (LREM) proposed by amendment an “
additional period
”, on March 31, 2022, in order to offer a “
more favorable horizon
” to cafes and restaurants currently closed.
Take stock of "
cost-benefits
"
"
The heated terrace is absolute nonsense
" for the environment, supported the Minister Delegate Emmanuelle Wargon, evoking in front of the deputies "
half a million tons of CO2 saved each year
" with such a ban.
However "
the shift is good policy
".
The former Socialist Minister of Ecology Delphine Batho opposed that this postponement was probably not "
the main measure expected by restaurateurs
" and that the day they reopen, "
there will be no need that there have heating on the terrace so that everyone rushes in
”.
On the right, Julien Aubert sought conversely to remove the prohibition measure, inviting them to take stock of it "
cost-benefits
" and to measure the impact on employment in particular.
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Municipalities can already ban these locally heated terraces.
Rennes was the first metropolis in France to ban them in early 2020. The climate bill is expected at first reading in the Assembly hemicycle at the end of March.
