“You want your ticket? “. Here is a question that should be more and more rare
at the supermarket checkout soon. But while the end of the systematic printing of receipts was initially planned from January 1, it was finally postponed twice. All in all, it will finally take place on August 1, according to a decree published on Saturday in the Official Journal.
This measure, taken in the name of ecology, was to take place last on April 1st but, at the end of March, the government, invoking the inflationary context, had again postponed the deadline, without immediately bringing forward a new date for its entry into force. vigor.
“A landmark for many French people”
“It is a postponement, it does not at all call into question the validity of this common sense measure, which will be applied. It’s just that we have to be pragmatic, that we adapt to the context, ”the office of Olivia Grégoire, Minister Delegate for Trade, told AFP last Sunday. “When you have inflation at 15% on the shelves, when the receipt is a benchmark for many French people, it seemed important to us to keep this benchmark” the time to “pass the inflationary peak”, added a source.
Faced with the waltz in prices, especially in supermarkets, many consumers continue to frequently consult their receipt to check the details of their shopping.
The end of the systematic printing of receipts at the end of a commercial transaction – unless explicitly requested by the customer – stems from the “anti-waste and circular economy” law, passed in 2020. The measure aims to reduce the production of waste, while nearly 30 billion tickets are printed each year in France.