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Resilience Plan
Enlargement of the beneficiaries of the gas and electricity aid
Publié le 27 mars 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
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Since July 2022, an electricity and gas payment support window has been set up to help the most energy-intensive companies in the face of rising prices due to the conflict in Ukraine. A decree of 20 March 2023 extends the scope of beneficiaries of this aid to new companies and “atypical cases”.
New companies and companies representing an ‘atypical case’ shall benefit from gas and electricity support from the eligible period November-December 2022. This is paid into the bank account provided by the company.
The new companies
"New companies" refer to companies:
- created between 30 November 2021 and the last day of the penultimate month preceding the month in respect of which the aid is applied for;
- having paid, for at least one month of the eligible period concerned, a minimum unit electricity price of EUR 180 per megawatt hour (MWh) or a minimum unit natural gas price of EUR 75 per MWh;
- proving energy expenditure during the relevant eligible period or one month of the relevant eligible period representing at least 3 % of the average turnover net of tax over the reference period;
- not having outstanding tax or social security debts as at 31 December 2022, except those which, at the date of submission of the aid application, have been settled or are covered by a settlement plan.
Amount of aid
The calculation of the aid granted and the eligible costs here varies according to the relevant invoice (electricity or gas):
- eligible costs for electricity = (unit price paid by the company during each month of the eligible period (in €/MWh) - 180 €/MWh) x 70 % of the company's electricity consumption during the eligible period;
- eligible costs for gas = (unit price paid by the company during each month of the eligible period (in €/MWh) - 75 €/MWh) x 70 % of the company’s gas consumption during the eligible period.
The amount of aid shall be equal to 50 % of the eligible costs. It is capped at EUR 2 million.
Please note
For companies created between 1er december 2021 to 31 december 2021, the reference period used shall be between 1er January 2022 and December 31, 2022.
For companies created on or after 1er January 2022, the reference period shall be between the date of establishment and the month preceding the month for which the aid is requested (within the first 12 months from the date of establishment).
The companies in an atypical situation
The companies concerned are companies who have undergone or experienced a manifestly exceptional event (administrative restrictions, industrial accident...) resulting in a energy consumption not representative of the company's normal activity over the reference period concerned.
The eligible costs for electricity and gas are calculated as follows: eligible costs = (unit price paid by the company in each month of the eligible period considered - (1,5 x average unit price paid for this energy during the reference period)) x 70 % of the volume consumed for this energy in each month of the eligible period
The amount of aid shall be equal to 50 % of the eligible costs. It is capped at EUR 2 million.
Please note
The reference period used to calculate the aid shall be the period of 1er January 2021 to December 31, 2021.
Reminder
The companies concerned here must comply with the common law criteria in order to benefit from the gas and electricity aid.
Companies who cumulatively:
- were created before 1er December 2021;
- are French tax residents;
- are not in safeguard proceedings, receivership or liquidation proceedings;
- have no outstanding tax or social security debt as at 31 December 2021 (except those settled or covered by a settlement plan at the date of filing the application);
- do not exercise an activity of electricity or heat generation, a credit institution or a financial institution.
- of which energy expenditure during the application period represents more than 3 % of its turnover during that period in 2021 ;
- have undergone a an increase of at least 50 % in the energy price during the aid application period compared to the average price paid in 2021.
Timetable for submitting the aid application
The filing schedule is as follows:
Eligible period | Period to file your file |
|---|---|
November and/or December 2022 | March 20 to June 30, 2023 |
January and/or February 2023 | |
March and/or April 2023 | May 17 to August 31, 2023 |
May and/or June 2023 | July 17 to October 31, 2023 |
July and/or August 2023 | September 18 to December 31, 2023 |
September and/or October 2023 | 20 November 2023 to 29 February 2024 |
November and/or December 2023 | January 17 to April 30, 2024 |
The documents to be provided
In order to be eligible for this assistance, the following documents must be provided when you request them on the professional area of the site www.impots.gouv.fr :
- the declaration of honor certifying that the company fulfills the conditions and the accuracy of the information declared;
- the help calculation file completed (includes all energy invoices for the eligible period identified and referenced);
- company bank details (RIB);
- for atypical cases, any document attesting to the manifestly exceptional event resulting in energy consumption not representative of the company's normal activity.
Please note
A telephone number is available to answer all questions you have about the “gas and electricity” help: 0806,000,245 (free service + call price).
It is also possible to request your departmental crisis resolution adviser or to use your secure messaging on the site www.impots.gouv.fr by starting your message with “Help Gas Electricity”.
Additional topics
General Directorate of Public Finance