State aid for the purchase of an electric bicycle increases this Monday, with additional amounts for people with disabilities or low income, according to a decree published this Saturday in the Official Gazette.
The maximum bonus for the purchase of an electric bicycle thus goes from 200 to 300 euros and is no longer conditional on the payment of aid by a local entity. It is reserved for people whose unitary tax income is less than 13,489 euros.
400 euros for people with disabilities
For people with disabilities and those whose reference tax income per share is less than or equal to 6,300 euros, the aid may now amount to 400 euros.
The latter are also entitled to higher aid to buy a cargo bicycle, a folding bicycle or an electric bicycle trailer: the maximum bonus that can be granted to them increases to 2,000 euros, compared to 1,000 euros for the rest of the aid beneficiaries. For all other types of bicycles, they are entitled to an aid equivalent to 40% of the purchase price, up to 150 euros.
In short, for people in a situation of handicap or with feasible incomes who may be displaced from a polluted vehicle to purchase an electric vehicle, the maximum amount of the premium for the conversion is carried at 3,000 euros, against 1,500 euros for the other beneficiaries. aid. The conversion bonus will also be accessible to several members of the same tax household from January 1, 2023.
Source: BFM TV
