Investment aid for the protection of the environment
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Businesses that invest in eco-technology or environmentally friendly processes may be eligible for specific financial aid.
The aid may take the form of a capital grant, a recoverable advance payment, an interest relief, a guarantee or a loan.
Who is concerned
Businesses concerned
The financial aid is available to any business or natural person holding a business permit.
Eligible costs
An applicant's guide (French, Pdf, 1.44 Mb) (guide du requérant) is available to help businesses fill in their application.
The financial support scheme provides for several types of investment (schemes) which may be eligible for public financial aid:
- investments enabling businesses to exceed EU environmental protection standards or to increase the level of environmental protection despite the absence of such standards;
- early adaptation to future EU standards;
- investments in energy efficiency measures;
- investments in high-efficiency cogeneration;
- investments in the production of energy from renewable energy sources;
- investments in the remediation of contaminated sites;
- investments in the district heating or cooling distribution network;
- investments in the recycling or re-use of waste;
- investments in energy infrastructures;
- aid for environmental studies.
Prerequisites
All businesses which meet the general conditions that apply to State aid are entitled to this type of aid.
How to proceed
Submitting the application
The application for investment aid for the protection of the environment is to be submitted using the online assistant available on MyGuichet.lu.
The person submitting the application (the applicants themselves or their representatives) must have a LuxTrust product or an electronic identity card.
The application must be submitted before the commencement of the work.
How to create a business eSpace on MyGuichet.lu
There are 2 possible scenarios:
- You are a new user of MyGuichet.lu. You must:
- first register on MyGuichet.lu; and
- then create a business eSpace.
- You already have a private eSpace on MyGuichet.lu. You can directly create a business eSpace without having to register again.
Further information as well as tutorials in relation with the business eSpace are available in our dedicated help page.
Before work starts means before:
- the beginning of construction works in relation with the investment;
- the first legally binding order of equipment or any other commitment making the investment irreversible.
The purchase of land and the preparatory work such as applying for and receiving authorisations and carrying out feasibility studies are not considered as a commencement of works.
In the case of a repurchase of assets, the commencement of works is the moment the assets which are directly related to the acquired establishment are purchased.
Maximum amount of financial aid
The amount of aid varies between 10 % to 100 % of the eligible costs, depending on the type of project and the type of business applying for aid.
The table below summarises the maximum amount of aid that may be granted under all aid schemes, expressed as a percentage of eligible costs. Each line represents a specific aid scheme or measure.
Degree of aid depending on the type of scheme
| Small business | Medium business | Large business | ||
| Investment aid allowing businesses to go beyond the EU standards on environmental protection or to increase the level of environmental protection in the absence of EU standards | 60 % |
50 % |
40 % |
|
Investment aid for early adaptation to future EU standards |
20 % 15 % |
15 % 10 % |
10 % 5 % |
|
| Investment aid for energy efficiency measures | 50 % | 40 % | 30 % | |
| Investment aid for high-efficiency cogeneration | 65 % | 55 % | 45 % | |
| Investment aid for the production of energy from renewable energy sources | ||||
a) Identifiable separate investment or investment as a deduction from a counterfactual reference |
65 % | 55 % |
45 % | |
b) Investment in certain smaller installations (without deduction from a counterfactual reference) |
50 % | 40 % | 30 % | |
| Investment aid for the remediation of contaminated sites | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | |
| Investment aid for the district heating or cooling distribution network | ||||
a) Production plant |
65 % | 55 % | 45 % | |
b) Distribution network |
cannot exceed the difference between the eligible costs and the operating profit over the relevant lifetime of the investment | |||
| Investment aid for the recycling or re-use of waste | 55 % compliance with the principle of waste hierarchy |
45 % compliance with the principle of waste hierarchy |
35 % compliance with the principle of waste hierarchy |
|
| Investment aid for energy infrastructures | aid which does not exceed the difference between the eligible costs and the operating margin of the investment | |||
| Aid for environmental studies | 70 % | 60 % | 50 % | |
Payment of the aid
The capital subsidy and repayable advance are paid out after the completion of the project, programme or activity.
However, one or more advance payments may be made as the investments are made.
The application for payment of the aid is to be submitted using the online assistant available on MyGuichet.lu. This can be done in 2 different ways:
- in a detailed manner, where each individual cost is reported: to be used if there are 10 invoices or less to be declared; or
- in a summarised manner, where the total per type of cost is reported: to be used if there are more than 10 invoices to be declared.
Details of the documents to be provided depending on the cost statement templates are available under 'Pièces à joindre à la démarche en ligne MyGuichet.lu de demande de paiement' below.
The person submitting the payment application (the applicants themselves or their representatives) must have a LuxTrust product or an electronic identity card (eID).
Online services and forms
Who to contact
-
Ministry of the Economy General Directorate - Industry, New Technologies and Research (Financing and State Aid)
- Address:
-
19-21, boulevard Royal
L-2449
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
L-2914 Luxembourg
- Email address:
- FAE@eco.etat.lu
- Website:
- https://meco.gouvernement.lu/fr.html
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Luxinnovation Aid
- Address:
- 5, avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg
- Phone:
- (+352) 43 62 63 1
- Email address:
- aides@luxinnovation.lu
- Website:
- http://www.luxinnovation.lu
Related procedures and links
Procedures
Tutorials
Links
Further information
Publications
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Guide du requérant
Pdf • 1,44 Mo
Aides à l’investissement pour les entreprises en matière de protection de l’environnement
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Guide - Aid for environmental protection (EN)
Pdf • 1.66 Mb
Legal references
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Loi modifiée du 15 décembre 2017
relative à un régime d’aides à la protection de l’environnement
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Règlement (UE) modifié n°651/2014 de la Commission du 17 juin 2014
déclarant certaines catégories d’aides compatibles avec le marché intérieur en application des articles 107 et 108 du traité
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Texte consolidé du règlement (UE) n°651/2014 de la Commission du 17 juin 2014 (sans valeur légale)
déclarant certaines catégories d’aides compatibles avec le marché intérieur en application des articles 107 et 108 du traité
