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The revenue generated by the self-contractors has exceeded 1.1 billion euros in H1 2010, against 969 million euros for the full year 2009, according to data released by the Central Agency of Social Security (ACOSS).

On July 31, 524,000 persons were affiliated to the scheme. The first half of 2010 reached a record membership, with 211,200 new self-entrepreneurs.

Their turnover in Q1 2010, initially valued at 393 million last May, has also been significantly revised upward to 521 million, due to the inclusion of late returns.

According to the Secretary of State for SMEs, Herve Novelli, who welcomed the results, "the turnover of self-entrepreneurs in 2010 will exceed 2.5 billion euros."

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