The long-awaited decision for «I move electrically 3», for the purchase of an electric car and retirement of the old vehicle, with an increase in the amount of subsidies, was posted.

As mentioned in the text of the decision, all eligible vehicles, regardless of category, must have an approval, while especially for electric bicycles it is mandatory to present a certificate according to European standards. The scope of the Action concerns the entire Greek territory.

The start date for the eligibility of expenses for the purchase or lease of an electric vehicle is 1 May 2024, while applications will start immediately and will be submitted until 30 April 2025. The completion of the action, i.e. the payment of the subsidy to the beneficiaries, cannot exceed on December 31, 2025.

The amount of the subsidy, if combined with the withdrawal of the old vehicle, can reach 11,000 euros, while with the subsidy for the special charger, the subsidy rises to the final amount of 11,500 euros.

The beneficiaries

The decision (Official Gazette) defines two categories as beneficiaries:

CATEGORY A: Natural persons (individuals), who do not engage in business activity, have a VAT number, and have reached the age of 18 when submitting their application.

Any natural person can be a beneficiary of the action to buy or rent a purely electric car or an electric bicycle or an electric two-wheeler/tricycle/quadricycle. The Category A Beneficiary is additionally entitled, if he wishes (optionally):

• the additional subsidy through the retirement of an old vehicle, and/or
• the additional subsidy for the purchase of a "smart" recharging point if the relevant expenditure is deemed eligible based on the technical specifications defined in article 12.

CATEGORY B: All companies and legal entities, of any form, except NPDD (Public Law Legal Entity), under the condition that they have a head office and/or a branch within the Greek Territory and which are not in a state of bankruptcy or receivership.

The subsidies

The amount of subsidies (ecological bonus) for the purchase/leasing of a new vehicle, purchase subsidy of a "smart" recharging point and withdrawal subsidy, etc.) per category of Beneficiary and per vehicle, is determined in the table below, as follows:

Category A (Natural persons):

1. For purely electric cars, the ecological bonus amounts to 30% of the Retail Price Before Taxes with a maximum amount of €9,000.
2. For electric two-wheelers or three-wheelers, the ecological bonus amounts to:

• 30% rate on the Retail Price Before Taxes for categories L1e up to L4e with a maximum amount of €1,300
• 40% rate on the Retail Price Before Taxes for categories L5e up to L7e, with a maximum amount of €3,000.

For electric bicycles, the ecological bonus amounts to a percentage of 40% on the Retail Price Before Taxes, with a maximum amount of €800.

The withdrawal of an M1 category car or an L category vehicle (excluding bicycles) is rewarded with an amount equal to €2,000 and €400 respectively and is optional.

The purchase of a "smart" home PC recharge point is subsidized with a total amount of €500 and is optional. In case the purchase price of the "smart" H/O recharge point is less than €500 before VAT, the amount of the subsidy is equal to the amount of the purchase price before VAT.

Especially for the categories of people with disabilities, an increase of €1,000 is provided for the amount of the ecological bonus obtained for the purchase of M1 category E-bikes and by €500 for the purchase of L category E-bikes or electric bicycles (for the vehicle categories see below article 8), with the presentation of the necessary supporting documents concerning the specific categories.

Especially for disabled people who do not have full legal capacity, and only for the purchase of an electric bicycle or an electric wheelchair, it is allowed to apply for through their guardian or legal assistant. The application should include the necessary documentation of the child (police identity card if it has been issued, a responsible declaration of the guardian with an original signature or issued by gov.gr stating that he is submitting the application on behalf of the minor child , Disability Certification Opinion as issued by the Disability Certification Center (KEPA) or another equivalent Issue B' 3076/03.06.2024 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 32107 opinion) as well as the legalizing documents of the guardian submitting the application. In this case, the increase of the ecological bonus by €500 is acceptable.

Especially for the categories of families with at least three dependent children, an increase of €1,000 is foreseen for each dependent of the third child and above to the amount of the ecological bonus obtained for the purchase of H/O category M1 and by €500 in total for the purchase of H/ The category L or electric bicycle, with the presentation of the necessary supporting documents related to the specific categories. The maximum additional amount cannot exceed €4,000 for the M1 category H/O purchase.

The increase will be granted after presenting the necessary supporting documents and verifying the number of dependent members (Table 8 of the E1 form "Income Tax Declaration of the last fiscal year)" with the family status certificate.

Especially for young people whose age does not exceed 29 years in the year of submission of the application, an increase of €1,000 is provided for the amount of the ecological bonus obtained for the purchase of category M1 or category L6e – L7e H/O, upon presentation of the necessary supporting documents concerning the specific categories.

Category B (Companies and legal entities, of any form, except Public Law Legal Entities):

1. Each category B beneficiary is entitled to purchase commercial time-leasing purely electric passenger and light commercial vehicles and/or electric bicycles and/or electric two-wheelers or three-wheelers. It is pointed out that the maximum amount of subsidy under this, including any other minor aid that the beneficiary has received at the level of a single enterprise, cannot exceed the amount of 300,000€ per beneficiary/single enterprise, during the period of the three previous years from date of grant.

The "single enterprise" notion includes all enterprises that have at least one of the following relationships between them:

• a company owns the majority of the voting rights of the shareholders or partners of another company,
• an enterprise has the right to appoint or dismiss the majority of the members of the administrative, management or supervisory body of another enterprise,
• an enterprise has the right to exercise a dominant influence over another enterprise by virtue of a contract entered into with it or by virtue of a clause in the latter's articles of association;
• a company that is a shareholder or partner of another company, controls alone, based on an agreement it has entered into with other shareholders or partners of that company, the majority of the voting rights of the shareholders or partners of that company.

Enterprises that have any of the relationships mentioned in items a) to d) of the first paragraph with one or more other enterprises are also considered a single enterprise.

2. δικαιούται την επιπλέον επιδότηση μέσω της απόσυρσης παλαιού οχήματος με τον όρο της προαιρετικής απόσυρσης για κάθε νέο H/O για το οποίο αιτείται επιδότησης (πλην ποδηλάτων),
is eligible for the additional subsidy for the purchase of an "intelligent" H/O charging point, with a maximum number of subsidized "intelligent" H/O charging points equal to the total number of pure electric passenger/commercial cars with a maximum mass of up to 3.5 tonnes for which they apply subsidy.

More special cases of category B:

• Ωφελούμενοι της κατηγορίας Β που έχουν ως κύρια δραστηριότητα μια εκ των ΚΑΔ που περιγράφονται στο Παράρτημα ΙΙΙ, δικαιούνται επιδότηση για την αγορά έως 10 ηλεκτρικών ποδηλάτων.
• Σε περίπτωση τριψήφιου ΚΑΔ που περιλαμβάνεται στο Παράρτημα ΙΙΙ, συμπεριλαμβάνονται όλες οι υποκατηγορίες τετραψήφιων, πενταψήφιων, εξαψήφιων και οκταψήφιων ΚΑΔ που αντιστοιχούν στην κατηγορία του τριψήφιου ΚΑΔ.
• Category B Beneficiaries are not entitled to the additional subsidy for "smart" H/O recharging and vehicle drop-off points, as they request an "ecological" bonus for the purchase of electric bicycles. However, if with their application they also request the subsidy for the purchase of new purely electric passenger and commercial vehicles, they are entitled to the additional subsidy for the purchase of an "intelligent" H/O recharging point for use in a business parking area with private access, with a maximum number of subsidized "smart" EV charging points equal to the total number of pure electric passenger/commercial vehicles for which they apply for a subsidy.
• Beneficiaries of category B, subject to the obligation to comply with Regulation (EU) 2023/2831 (de minimis), whose main activity is the retail and wholesale trade of cars and light motor vehicles, as well as motorcycles (i.e. vehicle dealerships), may join the program and be subsidized exclusively for the purchase of demonstration vehicles (test drive), which they are required to resell within a period of at least 6 months from their purchase, under penalty of subsidy recovery, from the date of their registration which presumed from the vehicle's registration certificate.

Eligible demonstration vehicles will be all M1 and N1 pure H/O vehicles, as well as L6e and L7e vehicles.

Furthermore:

• Vehicles acquired in the context of this Action cannot be resold by the Beneficiaries of Category B before the lapse of 2 years from their acquisition, and of Category A before the lapse of one (1) year.
• The aid granted pursuant to this fulfills all the conditions of Regulation (EU) 2023/2831 (De Minimis).
• It is prohibited to accumulate de minimis aid with other state aid for the same eligible costs or with state aid for the same high-risk financing measure, if this accumulation leads to exceeding the highest relative aid intensity or the aid amount determined on the basis of the specific case-by-case data in a block exemption regulation or decision issued by the Commission.