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In Luxemburg
With the adjustment of the tax rate passed in the House of Representatives on December 20th, taxes will decrease in 2024.
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The gross amount of pensions will be increased from January 1st using the pension adjustment mechanism.
Due to the civil service salary agreement concluded between the government and the state civil servants union CGFP, civil servants’ payrolls will be increased.
A maximum of five meal vouchers can now be redeemed per day. The total value of this ticket increases to 15 euros.
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The CO2 tax will rise from 30 to 35 euros per ton in 2024. This tax is expected to rise to 45 euros/ton by 2045. Therefore, the CO2 tax credit was adjusted. For households with lower incomes, the amount increases to a maximum of 14 euros/month.
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It is no longer necessary to put up “keg advertising away!” stickers. (please no advertising) from January 1st. People who want to receive mail in their mailbox must provide their consent. This measure scares printers.
After an information phase, the police will impose a fine on those who do not comply with the new regulation banning begging in Luxembourg City.
First Alderman Maurice Bauer (CSV) recognized at the last city breakfast on December 21st that this measure represents a punishment. The new regulation punishes not only organized crime, but also simple beggars. “But we have full confidence in the police that they will act with tact and sensitivity. We have a long history of working with the police to ensure this is applied correctly.
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In France
From now on, young people aged 17 and over can take their driving test. A measure that was criticized in Luxembourg by Paul Hammelmann, president of road safety. Previously, it was possible to obtain a driving license with accompanied driving at the age of 17.
The minimum growth wage (SMIC) automatically increases by 1.13% due to the price increase. It increases from 1,383.08 euros net per month to 1,398.69 euros, which corresponds to an increase of 15.61 euros net per month.
The civil servants’ basic salary will be increased by five index points on January 1st, i.e. by around 25 euros gross per month.
The system is again focused on large-scale renovations, mainly for thermal filters (classified F and G apartments). To benefit from this, you must achieve at least two energy classes in the energy performance diagnosis and carry out at least two insulation measures and one ventilation.
The funding for the installation of air-water or geothermal heat pumps or the connection to a municipal heating network increases from 1,000 to 2,000 euros for low-income and medium-sized households.
It allows people over 70 and people with disabilities to receive support in carrying out adaptation work to their home, for example replacing the bathtub with a walk-in shower or installing a lift. -electric stairs. This bonus can finance 50 or 70% of the work, depending on the applicant’s resources.
For all internship periods completed for vocational school students since the beginning of the 2023 school year, an internship allowance of 50 euros per week (in the second year) to 100 euros per week (in the final year) will be granted retroactively from January.
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Pôle emploi changes its name to France Travail and gets a new logo. The France Travail provided for in the full employment law is intended to enable better coordination of actors in the public employment service.
Speeding below 5 km/h, which was previously punished with a point deduction from the driver’s license and a fine of 68 to 135 euros, is now only punishable with a fine.
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The state finances an electric car rental offer (new or used) for less than 100 euros per month (without insurance). This rental offer is open to households whose reference tax income does not exceed 15,400 euros per year (per share). It is initially reserved for “heavy-duty drivers” who live 15 kilometers or more from their workplace or who travel more than 8,000 kilometers per year.
In Strasbourg, Lyon and Grenoble, vehicles classified as Crit’Air 4 (diesel vehicles before 2006, two-wheelers before July 2004) are no longer allowed to travel in low-emission zones (ZFE) during the day and during the week.
The purchase subsidy for bicycles is available for used bicycles under the same conditions as for new bicycles, for low earners or for traders: up to a maximum of 40% of the bicycle price, with a maximum limit of between 150 and 3,000 euros depending on the type of bicycle.
Individuals can now hand in up to eight used tires per year to a dealer free of charge without being obliged to buy a new tire.
If you have the screen of your accidentally broken laptop repaired, you will receive a 25 euro discount. The repair company must be marked “QualiRépar”.
The “repair bonus” will be expanded to 73 household appliances (instead of 49) and doubled for five everyday devices: 50 euros for the washing machine, dishwasher and dryer, 40 euros for the vacuum cleaner, 60 euros for the television.
Municipalities must provide their citizens with a sorting solution at the source of their organic waste (green waste, food waste). You can collect them door-to-door, set up voluntary drop-off points, or rely on another local management system.
New outdoor parking spaces of more than 500 m2 must be shaded by trees or solar panels. Existing parking garages with more than 1,500 m² are also affected.
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To ensure that young people, start-ups or seasonal workers can find a roof over their heads, owners who have renovated apartments in rural areas that have been vacant for more than two years and offered them for rent will receive a bonus of 5,000 euros per apartment.
Obligation for all communal catering to offer at least 50% “sustainable” products or with an official mark of quality and origin, including at least 20% products from organic farming.
If cherries, endives, lettuces, mushrooms, strawberries or sprouted seeds benefit from an exemption, all fruits and vegetables packaged in batches of less than 1.5 kg will no longer be allowed to be marketed in plastic packaging.
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The price of the stamp increases by an average of 8.3%. The price of the green stamp increases from 1.16 to 1.29 euros, an increase of more than 11%.
Tobacco dealers can sell ammunition of categories C (mainly for hunting) and D (various ammunition that adults can purchase for free). You must first complete a two-day training course and sign a contract with a reference gunsmith to obtain prefect approval.
The remuneration rate for new home savings plans (PEL) signed from January 1st will increase to 2.25%, compared to the current 2%.
Courts and appeal courts are equipped with a “specialist domestic violence division” to better coordinate criminal proceedings with civil proceedings in relation to violent spouses or parents – commissioned by a children’s judge or a family judge responsible for granting a protective order in favor of a woman in danger or decision about parental custody.
In Belgium
After Brussels, the sorting of organic waste will become mandatory in the 262 municipalities of the Walloon Region.
The salaries of half a million employees of the Joint Commission 200 (CP 200) will increase by 1.48% from January with the automatic indexation mechanism.
The CP 200, the largest in the country, brings together around thirty industries such as the automotive trade, the concrete industry, construction companies, workshops, wholesale and even temporary employment agencies.
Employees who become unable to work during annual leave can keep their vacation days to use later, the agency reports. Belgian.
Also note that long-term sick employees must visit their health insurance provider’s doctor three times in the first year of incapacity to undergo a physical examination.
From January 1, dental fees will be indexed by 6.05% under the 2024-2025 Dento-Mutualist Agreement concluded in mid-December. The prices for several dental treatments are also being revised upwards.
Contract dentists can therefore charge more for extractions (the price increases from 20 to 65 euros) and subgingival scaling (the price of which doubles and rises to 96 euros).
From January 1, 2024, the employee who already had a mobile phone number before starting work has the right to get it back after the expiration of his employment contract, regardless of the reason for termination.
From January 1st, service vouchers in Wallonia will increase from 9 to 10 euros, as provided for in the decree adopted in final reading by the regional government on December 1st.
The upper limit for application fees for a mortgage loan will be reduced from 500 euros to 350 euros from January 1, 2024. Due to digital developments (it is often necessary for a bank’s customer to provide data online themselves before starting to take out a subscription). For a loan, the application fees of 500 euros are no longer justified.
In Germany
Remember that cross-border commuters residing in Germany can benefit from 34 days of telework from January 1, 2024.
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The railway line between Frankfurt and Mannheim will remain completely closed for three weeks. The first closures on the Riedbahn begin on January 1st, 2024 at 11 p.m. and last until January 22nd at 4 a.m.
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