These are products that have become essential on a daily basis. The price of hydroalcoholic gels and single-use surgical masks remains framed until the planned end of the state of health emergency on July 10, according to a decree published this Friday.
A previous decree, adopted on May 2, set the maximum price for non-reusable surgical masks at 95 cents per unit for those sold at retail, and at 80 cents if sold wholesale, regardless of their origin and channel. of sale. This provision, which was only valid until May 23, was extended identically until July. It does not concern “general public” fabric masks.
Prices controlled by the repression of fraud
In addition, another decree, which entered into force in early March, regulated the price of hydroalcoholic gels intended for personal hygiene and was to apply until May 31. The new decree published this Friday extends this framework until the end of the state of emergency, with adjusted caps, limiting the price of a 100 mL bottle to 2.64 euros (against a maximum of 3 euros previously) . The 50 mL bottles are capped at 1.76 euros per bottle and those of 300 mL at 4.40 euros.
"At the same time, the DGCCRF (Directorate General for the Repression of Fraud) continues to carry out checks to check the quality of the masks and make price statements," Secretary of State for the Economy Agnès Pannier-Runacher tweeted on Friday. The National Assembly had also voted in mid-April a drop in VAT, from 20% to 5.5%, on masks and hydroalcoholic gel, to make them more accessible during the coronavirus crisis.
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