Higher annual quality-control tax on medical biology laboratories
Article 133 of the 2005 Finance Act amends Article L. 6213-4 of the Public Health Code: the annual fee paid by medical biology laboratories for national quality control, for the French health products safety agency (AFSSAPS), becomes a tax and its coefficients rise from 1,140 to 1,715 times the value of the B key letter (base amount) and from 1,300 to 1,955 times (ceiling for revision by decree). The tax was abolished by the 2017 Finance Act.
Measure originators
A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.
Measure impact
Medical biology laboratories pay a higher annual tax to fund AFSSAPS's national quality control.
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Procedure timeline
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Administrative implementation
Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration
President of the Republic signature
Publication au Journal officiel
Possible referral to Constitutional Council
Décision de conformité / censure partielle
Joint committee
Désaccord éventuel
Debate and vote
Debate and vote
Débat et vote en séance publique à l'Assemblée nationale, ou engagement de la responsabilité du Gouvernement (article 49.3)