The Industry Minister has detailed a series of measures that could change the face of French industry at the opening of the Estates General, which meet from today the industry representatives and social partners. He said hoped "that we study the financial and tax help for the relocation of production facilities and R & D". Christian Estrosi said that this "could take the form of premiums for relocation financed by the state variables at amounts of investment and number of jobs re-created. For example, the Minister cited the automotive supplier Ghent, which brought the activities of Romania to the Vosges.

However, Claude Miserey, Vice-President of the French Union of the Clothing Industry, said for his part that "it's not because we're going to reward our textile industries will begin to relocate, why should significantly reduce payroll taxes for production in France again become competitive. "

Aids for companies with fewer than 100 employees

Christian Estrosi has also proposed developing "a model of cooperative enterprise in which employees have majority ownership, a measure especially designed for businesses with fewer than 100 employees. In addition, the Minister mentioned the track "innovation tax credit, which would complement the existing research tax credit to help the innovative company after the filing of patent and until the launch of production.Other track: minister said he would "consider the implementation of green subsidized loans for the benefit of investment in industrial processes more environmentally friendly."

The estates will be developed around three pillars: a "national focus, with the establishment of a committee" called "CNEGI (National Committee of the General Industry), a" regional focus ", with the organization of workshops in the regions, and a "participatory axis, via a website. The themes will be related to innovation, the "policy networks", "employment and training", "competitiveness and green growth" and "access to finance.Up to ? 15,000 per job in France repatriated Specifically, companies, small or large, can benefit from a support mechanism whose details remain to be determined but will take into account several factors including geographic location, the amount of investment and the number of jobs relocated. "It will be a variable premium and no tax credit. This will obviously give and take," said one expert dossier. The company wishing to relocate part of its activities will be most helped if she settled into a disadvantage. Experts estimate that the amount of aid will be between 10,000 and 15,000 euros per job. This amount will likely be added to other premiums. The number of jobs that companies with foreign parties could relocate in France is still difficult to assess.According to recent experiences, the Department estimates that on average a year, French companies could result in such incentives to repatriate a thousand jobs a month. Several companies have recently set the example, the company Vosges Ghent (Europe's leading metal mechanics and perforated fabric) has reported its machines from two sites in Romania. "We expect that the crisis subsides to make the hires," says a spokesman. In the world of optics, Atol relocated in 2005 a portion of its production previously done in China, for example, be more responsive to the request of its customers. Relocation may also have commercial benefits