VAE SUBSIDIES AND TYPE APPROVAL CERTIFICATES

Obtaining your
type approval certificate

The type approval certificate, or certificate of conformity, is a document that provides several pieces of information about your bike. It serves as an identity card, specific to the brand and year of your bike.

It will be essential for taking out bicycle insurance or justifying your purchase to obtain a grant.

VAE grant

You can benefit from a grant paid by the State or your region for any purchase of an electric bike.
To do so, you will need to obtain your type approval certificate.

  • 2. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT GRANTS OFFERED BY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES?

    In detail, two schemes overlap: one at the local level (municipality, urban area or community of communes in most cases), the other at the national level, the first being an essential condition for benefiting from the second.

    Please note: if you cannot benefit from local assistance, you will not be able to claim the State bonus.

    • LOCAL GRANTS
      Dept. Authority Subsidy Cap
      01 Plaine de l'Ain 15% incl. VAT €300
      06 Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 25% incl. VAT €150
      06 Nice 50% incl. VAT €100
      12 Bouches du Rhone 25% incl. VAT €400
      13 Pays d'Aix 25% incl. VAT €250
      14 Caen 25% incl. VAT "VAE: €250 Electric Cargo: €350"
      14 Toulouse - "VAE: €200 subject to tax income"
      33 Arcachon €200 -
      33 Bordeaux Métropole €100 -
      38 Pays Voironnais €500 or €300 if QF>1200 -
      41 Blois 25% incl. VAT €400
      42 Saint Étienne €200
      44 Nantes Métropole 25% incl. VAT Cargo or family: €300
      45 Orléans Métropole 25% incl. VAT €300
      51 Epernay 50% incl. VAT €150
      59 Lille 25% incl. VAT €300
      62 Arras 30% incl. VAT €400
      67 Strasbourg (taxable persons) 10% incl. VAT €200 (State grant included)
      67 Strasbourg (non-taxable persons) 20% incl. VAT €200 (State grant included)
      68 Colmar €200 -
      72 Château-Du-Loir 25% incl. VAT €150
      73 Aix les Bains €250 -
      73 C. d'Agglo. Grand Lac €200 -
      75 Paris 33% excl. VAT "VAE: €400
      Electric Cargo: €600"
      76 Metropole de Rouen Normandie 30% €300
      83 Toulon 25% incl. VAT €250
      85 La Roche-Sur-Yon 15% incl. VAT €150
      86 Grand Poitiers 25% incl. VAT €250
      92 Boulogne-Billancourt €200 -
      92 Chaville €250 -
      92 Meudon €200 -
      92 Grand Paris Seine Ouest €200 -
      92 Sèvres €200 -
      94 Villecresnes 25% incl. VAT €300
      Country Monaco 30% incl. VAT €400
      Region Occitanie - VAE: €100 Equipment
      Safety accessory: €50
      Region Île de France 50% incl. VAT VAE: €500
      Electric Cargo: €600
      Region Corse 25% incl. VAT €500
    • NATIONAL GRANTS

      BIKE BONUS (OR ECOLOGICAL BONUS)

      The amount of the bike bonus is identical to the aid allocated at the local level but cannot exceed €400.
      Aid offered to any adult purchasing a new electrically assisted bike (excluding lead-acid batteries), with proof of residence in France and whose reference tax income per unit is less than or equal to €6,300 (provide a copy of the tax assessment for the year preceding the purchase). If your tax income is above €6,300 and below €13,489, the maximum grant cannot exceed €300.

      The amount of the bike bonus is identical to the aid allocated at the local level but cannot exceed €150.
      Aid offered to any adult purchasing a new standard bike, with proof of residence in France and whose reference tax income per unit is less than or equal to €6,300 (provide a copy of the tax assessment for the year preceding the purchase). The bike must not be sold by the bonus recipient within the year following its acquisition. The bonus is valid only once per person.

      CARGO BIKE BONUS

      Only a model purchased between 26 July 2021 and 31 December 2022 can be eligible for this scheme.
      The grant amount for the purchase of a cargo bike is set at 40% of the purchase price (capped at €2,000).
      To be eligible: you must be an adult, resident in France, and have a reference tax income less than or equal to €6,300 in the year preceding the purchase. If your tax income is above €6,300 and below €13,489, the maximum grant cannot exceed €1,000. Legal entities (such as companies) are also eligible for an amount of €1,000. This bonus also applies to the purchase of a cargo bike (electric or otherwise), an electric bike trailer, a recumbent bike or a bike adapted for a disability.

      VAE CONVERSION GRANT

      This grant amounts to 40% of the purchase price of the bike, up to a limit of €1,500.
      It is combinable with the bike bonus amount (or ecological bonus).
      If your tax income per unit is less than or equal to €6,300, or if you are in a situation of disability, this grant can reach €3,000. The grant applies to any adult individual resident in France who purchases or leases (contract of 2 years or more) an electrically assisted bike. The VAE must have a speed limited to 25 km/h, display a unique identifier inscribed on the frame (mandatory marking) and must not use a lead-acid battery.
      The diesel or petrol vehicle to be scrapped must meet the following criteria:

      • It must be a private car (VP) or a light commercial vehicle (CTTE)
      • The 1st registration must date back to before January 2006 (petrol) or before January 2011 (diesel)
      • The old vehicle must have been owned by the grant recipient for at least 1 year
      • It must be registered in France under a standard series or with a definitive number. It must not be under a lien.
      • If it is a damaged vehicle (in a state of financial irreparability), it must have been insured for a minimum of 1 year at the date of its handover for destruction or at the date of invoicing of the acquired or leased vehicle
      • It must be handed over for destruction within the 3 months preceding or the 6 months following the invoicing of the new VAE, to an approved ELV (end-of-life vehicle) centre or an approved vehicle depollution and dismantling facility

      For a person living and/or working in a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) whose local authority has paid them assistance to purchase or lease an electrically assisted bike: you may benefit from an additional premium: capped at €1,000, the amount of the additional premium is identical to the aid paid by the local authority.

  • 3. WHAT IS A SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PACKAGE?

    The maximum amount of the FMB is set at €500 per year per employee, and can be combined with schemes covering public transport subscriptions.

    Enshrined in the Mobility Orientation Act of 24 December 2019, the sustainable mobility package does not only apply to cycling. It is activated with other virtuous modes of transport: carpooling, shared mobility services, and public transport.

    At present, there is no employer assistance for purchasing an electric bike. However, if you use your bike (electric or otherwise) for your daily commute to work, the sustainable mobility package allows you to claim reimbursement of travel costs between your home and your workplace.

    An optional scheme offered to companies to encourage the use of alternative modes of transport, the FMB came into force on 10 May 2020, at the end of the first lockdown. The sum paid under the sustainable mobility package is exempt from social security contributions for the employer and from income tax for the employee.

    The terms for implementing the FMB can be decided within the company with or without a collective agreement. It should be noted that the sustainable mobility package is a more flexible scheme than the IKV, not tied to systematic reimbursement of kilometres cycled. This package can take different forms:

    • A flat-rate amount conditional on a certain level of cycling.
    • Contribution to actual costs incurred (purchase of accessories, maintenance costs…).
    • A flat-rate amount per kilometre travelled or per number of days ridden.
    • A continuation of the IK scheme.

Obtaining the VAE grant

  • 4. OBTAINING THE VAE GRANT

    If the purchase was made before 25 July 2021

    Submit my application here

    If the purchase was made after 25 July 2021
    fill in this form and send it by post to the following address:

    DR ASP GRAND ESTDR ASP GRAND EST
    Dispositif BONUS VELO
    2 rue du Gantelet
    CS 40447
    51037 CHALONS-EN-CHAMPAGNE CEDEX

    Download the form
  • 5. APPLYING FOR THE LOCAL SUBSIDY

    Simply contact your local authority to obtain an application form for this scheme. The details of the documents to be provided are specified in the list of towns and urban areas that offer this subsidy.

  • 6. APPLYING FOR THE NATIONAL SUBSIDY

    Please note: Regarding electric bikes purchased after 25 July 2021, the application is made via the online service of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.

    For an individual, the application for the cargo bike bonus is made automatically online.

    Other applications are made using the form below: The state aid application must be submitted via the Bonus vélo Prime form for the purchase of an electrically assisted bike from the payment and services agency (ASP).

    • Bike purchase invoice
    • Proof of payment of the aid granted by the local authority for the purchase of the bike
    • Front and back of a valid identity card, passport or residence permit
    • Proof of address less than 3 months old
    • Tax assessment for the year preceding the purchase of the VAE
    • Bank account details of the beneficiary
  • 7. APPLICATION FOR THE VAE CONVERSION GRANT

    The professional — seller or lessor of the VAE, or organisation granting a clean vehicle microloan — can advance the grant to you. Otherwise, you must apply via the online service of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.

    Your application must be submitted within 6 months of the invoice date of your VAE (purchase) or the payment of the first instalment (lease). To complete the online form, you will need the following:

    • the unique identifier of the VAE
    • the registration document of the old vehicle
    • a bank account details form (RIB)

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