Gas prices, snow tires, supplementary pensions... What changes on November 1st

For households, retirees or motorists, several changes come into force on Sunday November 1. The reference price of gas will notably increase for a majority of individuals, due to an increase in prices on the gas markets in September. At the pump, however, they should fall, after the release of strategic diesel stocks announced at the beginning of October by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu.

Here's what's changing. Gas prices are increasing again The price of gas will increase for a majority of French households, announced the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) in mid-October. The “gas benchmark sales price” (PRVG), a market compass which helps suppliers to set the amount of their offers and consumers to compare them, will increase on average by 6.6% on November 1, specifies the CRE in a press release.

This increase in prices is the “consequence of an increase in prices on the gas markets in September compared to August”. If the situation remains "roughly stable between now and the end of the year", the Energy Regulatory Commission estimates that the 2026 annual bill could be on average 11% higher than the 2025 annual bill, an increase of around 135 euros, it underlines. In November, more precisely, the CRE assessed the impact on bills at 12 euros on average for consumers whose offers are indexed to the PRVG – or 6 million households.

Households who have subscribed to a fixed price offer will not be affected by this increase. Fuel prices should fall With the publication of the decree allowing the release of strategic diesel stocks announced at the beginning of October by Sébastien Lecornu, the government expects an impact on prices at the pump for consumers from November 1. He thus hopes to reduce the price of diesel by 12 to 18 cents per liter, which has fluctuated between 2.3 and 2.4 euros on average since the beginning of October, according to government figures.

Evolution of prices at the pump since January 2026In mainland France and CorsicaSource: calculation of the average daily price from statements by service station published on fuel prices. govt. fr.

The decree provides for the obligation for distributors to pass on the price reduction in full to consumers and to inform them before the sale. Private supplementary pensions are revaluedAn increase for 14 million retirees. The social partners decided in mid-October to increase private supplementary pensions by 1.4% for 2027.

These pensions, from the Agirc-Arrco scheme, represent a very variable part of the total pension – around 30% for the lowest salaries and 60% for executives – and will therefore be revalued on November 1st. If the CGT had voted against, the three employers' organizations, the CFDT, the CFTC and FO had approved this rate of 1.4%. “We would have liked a greater revaluation (...

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