Two provisions to be adopted by order in the next few weeks

A sentence the stimulus plan approved by the Council of Ministers Friday, the debate is distributed more beautiful on the need or not to prepare a second. The Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Claude Guéant, said tersely that "today there is no reason to think technically it will take other measures but, if necessary, other measures would be taken of course". Same sound Bell from Bercy: "If more is needed, it must do more", said the economy Minister, Christine Lagarde, after having served 6 States of the European Union were preparing new plans to boost for January. In the meantime, the Elysee would like that the Executive dedicated all its efforts to the implementation of the measures, which are expected to create 100,000 jobs in 2009. "We are very, very quickly, it is a fight against the time that is committed," said Claude Guéant. The 2009 budget collective and the acceleration of construction programs Bill will be so examined today in Committee in the Assembly.

Beyond the 26 billion euros injected into the economy (see table), the plan includes a battery of measures of simplification of procedures. One of them was unveiled Friday: the creation of a new regime for registration of installations classified for the protection of the environment (ICPE). Currently, 54.000 business sites are subject to authorisation whereas "European law requires a full authorization device for one-third of them (guidelines IPPC, Seveso, large combustion plants, etc.)", said the Government. The new simplified regime, with a procedure reduced to 4 months (instead of 1 year), could be 20 of these institutions: work of wood, metals, small warehouses, etc. If "Government make a measure of environmental effectiveness", identified in terms of inspection means being redeployed on the sites most at risk, this decision is debate among associations.

Selection of 1,000 projects

The other important simplification field relates to the construction. The Minister responsible for the implementation of the stimulus package, Patrick Devedjian, indicated this weekend preparing the selection of 1,000 projects at 10 by Department. Strong and immediate, adopted measure as early as Friday by Decree: the period of validity of building permit is extended to three years (against two today), and until end of 2010. All permissions currently in force see extended duration automatically one year, whether it is construction, construction, demolition or decisions of non-opposition to a building permit.

Another measure expected, inter alia, by local elected officials: the temporary increase of the coefficients of land. By amendment to the Housing Act, which the Parliament examination be postponed to end of January, municipal councils will be allowed to review the law of their land, by simple decision. They can also relax the rules of construction in terraced but they benefit more systematically the priority right to acquire property transferred by the State. Two provisions to be adopted by order in the next few weeks. Similarly, public-private partnerships will be simplified, including by a reduction in the duration of the competitive dialogue at which lend public order donors and operators private (eighteen months currently). On the British model, a candidate may be preferred on the other after only two months of bargaining.

Moreover, beyond the immediate rehabilitation of the thresholds of competition of public procurement ("Les Echos" from December 17) by 2 decrees adopted them as Friday, Matignon published yesterday a circular on business cash: non-conforming as for 2009, advances the State to contracts between 20.000 and 5 million will be systematicsigned up to 20 of the market. With regard to the time of payment, 30 days (against 45) imposed the State since April be also gradually to local communities, on the date July 1, 2010 deadline.