Subsection 3: Mobility vouchers

The following information will be displayed directly on the terminal equipment, within the meaning of 10° of article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, used by the employee and the company approved on the basis of article L. 3261-7 for payment using a mobility voucher: 1° The name and address of the issuer of the voucher ; 2° The name of the employee. The issuer provides…

Mobility travelcards are valid until at least the last day of the calendar year in which they were issued, as determined by the issuer.

I.-The authorisation provided for in Article L. 3261-7 is issued by the Minister for Transport to companies that can prove they supply or market the goods or services mentioned in Articles L. 3261-3 and L. 3261-3-1. In particular, it is issued to companies that can prove they provide one or more of the following services: 1° Sale of cycles and pedal-assist cycles; 2° Retail sale of equipment for cycles and…

The issuer implements, on the basis of the information sent to it when a request for payment is made, an automatic blocking function preventing the use of mobility vouchers outside the cases provided for by the legal and regulatory provisions. Each approved company implements a procedure guaranteeing that mobility vouchers are used for the purchase of goods and services eligible for the reimbursements mentioned in articles L. 3261-3 and L….

Mobility vouchers are presented for redemption by approved companies to the issuer. The issuer verifies that the presenter is an approved company, and then instructs the bank holding the mobility voucher account to debit the voucher account for payment. Payment is made by bank transfer or cheque. Payment shall be made within a period not exceeding five days from receipt of the voucher for payment.

Under the responsibility of the issuer, the sums credited to the mobility voucher accounts provided for in articles L. 3261-6 and L. 3261-7 may be temporarily invested, provided that their initial nominal value can be realised immediately at any time.

The issuer of mobility vouchers engages the services of a chartered accountant to verify the issuer’s transactions at least once a year. The chartered accountant’s findings are recorded in a report which the issuer makes available to any control officer and which it sends annually to the Minister responsible for transport.