Promotion of Electric Mobility provides economic incentives to purchase e-vehicles law
(Article by Sofia Getimi – Associate of Rokas Law Firm, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on December 14, 2020)
Introduction
On 21 July 2020 Parliament enacted the Law for the Promotion of Electric Mobility (OJ A’ 142/23.07.2020),
through which it introduced:
- numerous tax and other incentives for the promotion of e-vehicles;
- provisions for the organisation of the e-vehicle market; and
- provisions regarding spatial planning arrangements for the development and installation of charging
stations.
This law also transposed the EU Directive on the Promotion of Clean and Energy-Efficient Road Transport
Vehicles (2019/1161/EU) into Greek law.
Among other things, the law provides that:
- publicly available charging stations and free parking spaces will be created for e-vehicles;
- revenues from the environmental fee imposed on emission-generating vehicles will be used to create
incentives for the promotion of e-vehicles; and - the cost for charging e-vehicles will be deductible for income tax purposes.
Moreover, the law provides companies with incentives to purchase e-vehicles, such as the possibility to deduct
part of the purchasing cost of specific types of e-vehicle for tax purposes.
Subventions
According to the joint ministerial decision (OJ 3323 Β/7.8.2020) issued pursuant to Article 62 of the
aforementioned law, purchasers of e-vehicles which are either natural or legal persons and taxi drivers are
entitled to a subvention for the purchase of e-vehicles.
Natural persons are entitled to receive:
- a 20% subvention on the purchase price of e-cars costing up to €30,000, up to a maximum subvention of
€6,000, and a 15% subvention on the purchase price of e-cars costing between €30,001 and €50,000, up
to a maximum subvention of €6,000; and - a 20% subvention on the purchase price of e-motorbikes before value added tax (VAT) and a 40%
subvention on the purchase price of e-bicycles before VAT, up to a maximum subvention of €800.
Further deductions to the purchase price may apply in cases of withdrawal of a previously held vehicle or if
other special conditions apply (eg, for taxi drivers, large families and the disabled). A subvention of €500 is also
offered for the purchase of a charging station. The subvention offered for the purchase of hybrid vehicles is
smaller than the one offered for pure e-vehicles.
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