The mobility voucher will come into force on 1 January 2022

At the beginning of 2022, companies will be able to offer their employees a mobility voucher, based on the meal voucher model, for their home-to-work journeys. The scheme is an extension of the sustainable mobility package.
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The mobility voucher will be introduced in January 2022

Le 1st January 2022the mobility card will be introduced following the publication of a decree in the Journal officiel on 17 December 2021. Inspired by the meal voucher, this mobility voucher is presented as a "meal voucher". an easy-to-use payment solution, integrating the sustainable mobility package or assistance from the employer towards the cost of fuel and for powering electric, plug-in hybrid or hydrogen vehicles "says a press release from the Ministry of Transport.

Expenses covered by the mobility voucher

With this prepaid mobility card provided by a company under dematerialised formFor example, an employee may be able to pay for commuting expenses as listed below:

  • sale of cycles and pedal-assist cycles
  • retail sale of cycle equipment and pedal-assist cycles ;
  • maintenance and repair of cycles and pedal-assist cycles ;
  • sale of tickets for access to secure cycle parking ;
  • insurance for cycles and pedal-assist cycles ;
  • hire, for any length of time, and self-service hire of cycles, pedal-assisted cycles, personal mobility devices, mopeds and motorbikes;
  • sale of motorised personal transport equipment;
  • car-sharing services ;
  • self-service rental of electric, rechargeable hybrid or hydrogen vehicles accessible on public roads;
  • sale of public transport tickets ;
  • retail sale of motor fuels ;
  • sale of power supply or recharging for electric, rechargeable hybrid or hydrogen vehicles.

Mobility vouchers: the procedure

Service-public.fr provides the following details: " The mobility voucher must bear the name of the employee and the issuer of the voucher. The period of validity of the voucher, which is set by the issuer, must extend at least until the last day of the calendar year in which it was issued. "

The application form is available on the website demarches-simplifiees.fr. Applicant organisations will then be granted approval by the Ministry of Transport, provided that they supply ". at least one of the goods and services "listed above. " Approved bodies then enter into a contract with one or more mobility voucher issuers. Mobility vouchers will be issued by specialist companies "adds the ministry.

Reminder of the sustainable mobility package

For the record, this mobility voucher was programmed when the sustainable mobility packageA final clarification from service-public fr: "In the wake of the Law on the Orientation of Mobilities (LOM) of 24 December 2019, the French government has decided to introduce a new system of public transport. Final clarification from service-public.fr: " From 1 January 2022, scooters and personal mobility devices (scooters, monoroues, gyropodes, skateboards, hoverboards, etc.) will be eligible for the sustainable mobility package. "

" As a reminder, the sustainable mobility package enables employers to cover the travel costs of their employees on their home-to-work journeys using modes of transport other than the private car. This payment is exempt from social security contributions and income tax up to 600 euros per year and per employee, if it is combined with the partial reimbursement of a public transport or self-service bicycle pass. "concludes the Ministry of Transport.