Childcare vouchers or "chèque service accueil"
In addition to free childcare for 1 to 3-year-olds offered from 2015, the state subsidises childcare (depending on parents' earnings) in centres charging an hourly rate of 7.50 euros or less, if for a commercial daycare or crèche this is equivalent to 6 euros per hour and if for adult child care, the subsidy amounts to 3.50 euros per hour.
Any excess is charged to the parents.