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Verified 01 January 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
What are the rules of the conversion premium for a car ? What are the conditions to be met? What is the amount of the aid? How do I apply? We tell you the rules to know from 2023 (invoice date or date of payment of 1er rent for a rented car).
You can do an online test to find out if you qualify for the conversion premium and have an estimate of the amount:
To qualify for the conversion premium, you must meet the following conditions:
- Be major
- Be domiciled in France
- Purchase or lease a vehicle
- Your reference tax income per unit must be less than or equal to €22,983 (€14,089 for the purchase or rental of a rechargeable thermal or hybrid vehicle)
Check out your 2022 income tax advice for 2021.
You are not eligible for the conversion premium only once.
A company with an establishment in France is eligible for the conversion premium.
To qualify for the conversion premium, you must scrap a petrol or diesel vehicle.
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Petrol vehicle
The petrol vehicle to be destroyed shall meet the following conditions:
- Be a private car (VP) or van (CTTE)
- Have been assigned a 1reregistration before january 2006
- Belong to the beneficiary of the premium
- To have been acquired by the beneficiary of the premium for at least 1 year
- Be registered in France in a normal series or with a final registration number
- Not be gambled
- In the case of a vehicle considered to be a damaged vehicle by an expert, it must have been insured for at least 1 year on the date of its delivery for destruction or on the date of invoicing of the vehicle acquired or rented.
- Be given for destruction within 3 months before or within 6 months after the new vehicle is invoiced to a approved end-of-life vehicles center (ELV) or to an approved installation for the depollution and dismantling of end-of life vehicles
Diesel vehicle
The petrol vehicle to be destroyed shall meet the following conditions:
- Be a private car (VP) or van (CTTE)
- Have been assigned a 1reregistration before january 2011
- Belong to the beneficiary of the premium
- To have been acquired by the beneficiary of the premium for at least 1 year
- Be registered in France in a normal series or with a final registration number
- Not be gambled
- In the case of a vehicle considered to be a damaged vehicle by an expert, it must have been insured for at least 1 year on the date of its delivery for destruction or on the date of invoicing of the vehicle acquired or rented.
- Be given for destruction within 3 months before or within 6 months after the new vehicle is invoiced to a approved end-of-life vehicles center (ELV) or to an approved installation for the depollution and dismantling of end-of life vehicles
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A car that uses electricity, hydrogen or a combination of the two as its exclusive source of energy
The vehicle shall meet all of the following conditions:
- Being a private car (VP)
- Be purchased, or leased under a contract of 2 years or more
- To be a new or used vehicle
- Be registered in France with a final number
- Not to be sold within one year of purchase, nor before having traveled at least 6,000 km
- Not be considered a damaged vehicle
- ⩽ Price €47,000TTC: titleContent, including where necessary the cost of acquiring or leasing the battery
- Mass in running order ⩽ 2,400 kg
A car whose energy source includes petrol, natural gas, LPG, ethanol or superethanol
The vehicle shall meet all of the following conditions:
- Being a private car (VP)
- Be registered for the first time in France in 2011 or later
- Be purchased, or leased under a contract of 2 years or more
- Be a new or used vehicle
- Be registered in France with a final number
- Not to be sold within one year of purchase, nor before having traveled at least 6,000 km
- Not be considered a damaged vehicle
- ⩽ Price €47,000TTC: titleContent, including where necessary the cost of acquiring or leasing the battery
- Mass in running order ⩽ 2,400 kg
The maximum CO2 level varies if the 1re vehicle registration has been made for less than 6 months or more than 6 months:
- If the vehicle is nine, or used with a date of 1re registration since less than 6 months from the date of invoicing, it must issue at most 122 g CO2 per km.
- If the vehicle is used with a date of 1re registration since more than 6 months from the date of invoicing, it must issue at most 137 g CO2 per km.
However, the CO2 threshold is changed when the date of 1re registration is prior to 1er march 2020:
- the threshold of 122 g/km is replaced by the 94 g/km
- the threshold of 132 g/km is replaced by the 104 g/km
Please note
if you sell the vehicle within one year of its purchase or rental, and/or before having traveled at least 6,000 km, you will have to refund the conversion premium within 3 months of the sale of the vehicle.
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Your reference tax income per share is less than or equal to €14,089
2021 Benchmark Tax Income (2022 Tax Notice)
A car that uses electricity, hydrogen, or a combination of both as its exclusive source of energy
The amount of the conversion premium shall be fixed at 80% of acquisition cost, up to €6,000 if you fill one of the 3 conditions following:
- The distance between home and work is more than 30 km
- You drive more than 12,000 km a year with your personal vehicle for your work
- Your benchmark tax income per unit is less than or equal to €6,358
If you do not meet these conditions, the conversion premium is set at €2,500.
Car petrol, natural gas, LPG, ethanol, superethanol registered for the first time in France in 2011 or after
The amount of the conversion premium shall be fixed at 80% of acquisition cost, up to €4,000 if you fill one of the 3 conditions following:
- The distance between home and work is more than 30 km
- You drive more than 12,000 km a year with your personal vehicle for your work
- Your benchmark tax income per unit is less than or equal to €6,358
If you do not meet these conditions, the conversion premium is set at €1,500.
Your reference tax income per share is more than €14,089
2021 Benchmark Tax Income (2022 Tax Notice)
You can only benefit from the conversion premium for the purchase or rental of a vehicle that uses electricity, hydrogen or a combination of the two as its exclusive source of energy .
The amount of the conversion premium shall be fixed at €2,500.
Please note
you benefit from a extra premium of €1,000 if you live or work in a low-emission mobility zone (LMA). If your local authority paid you a grant to buy or rent a vehicle clean, the overpremium is increased of the amount of local aid up to €2,000 additional. For example, if the local aid is €3 000, the additional premium is €1 000, plus €2 000 = €3 000.
The combined amount of the ecological bonus and the conversion premium for the same vehicle shall not exceed the acquisition cost TTC: titleContent of this vehicle.
This amount includes any additional premiums received (‘additional premium’) overseasfor the bonus, “overpremium low-emission area mobilityfor the conversion premium).
The cost of acquisition TTC: titleContent of the vehicle is increased, if necessary, by the cost of the battery rented.
Where more advantageous, the rules in force before January 2023 shall continue to apply to a vehicle nine commanded before 31 December 2022 inclusive, if invoiced by June 30, 2023. The same applies to a new vehicle whose lease agreement was signed before June 30, 2023, if the payment of 1er rent is due no later than 31 December 2022.
For a legal person, the conversion premium shall relate only to the purchase or rental of a vehicle that uses electricity, hydrogen or a combination of the two as its exclusive source of energy .
The amount of the conversion premium shall be fixed at €2,500.
The conversion premium can be deducted from the purchase price by the trader, or refunded if you request it after the purchase.
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Advance by the professional
The conversion premium shall be deducted from the purchase price TTC: titleContent if the trader (dealer, body which has granted a micro-credit for own vehicle) agrees to advance you the amount of the premium.
The conversion premium and any increase must be identified and visible on the invoice: there is a specific line indicating the amount of aid granted.
Personal request
If the trader (dealer, body which has granted a micro-credit for own vehicle) does not advance the conversion premium to you, you must apply for it yourself online.
If the conversion premium is combined with the bonus, you must make a single application for the 2 aids.
Application for the ecological bonus and the conversion bonus (car, van, 2 or 3 wheels motorized, electric quadricycle, bicycle)
Please note
Applications for aid must be made no later than 6 months according to the date of billing of the vehicle.
In the case of a lease, the application for aid must be made no later than 6 months following the date of payment of 1er rent.
Application for the ecological bonus and the conversion bonus (car, van, 2 or 3 wheels motorized, electric quadricycle, bicycle)
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