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.

All businesses which meet the general conditions that apply to State aid are entitled to this type of aid.

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.

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

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 person submitting the payment application (the applicants themselves or their representatives) must have a LuxTrust product or an electronic identity card (eID).

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