Companies eligible for this support system are those whose energy expenses have been equivalent to at least 3 % of their turnover in 2021 and whose bill has climbed more than 50 % compared to this year -The
MO12345LEMONDE With AFP
The extension and simplification of this support system had been announced in early December by the government. Aid to companies aimed at partially compensating for the outbreak of energy costs generated by the war in Ukraine are extended until December 2023, according to a decree published on Saturday December 17 in the Official Journal.
Companies eligible for this system are those whose energy expenses have been equivalent to at least 3 % of their turnover in 2021 and whose invoice climbed more than 50 % compared to that year . The amount of the aid and the ceilings it can reach (recorded at 4, 50 and 150 million euros) vary depending on the situation of the company.
simplified criteria and one -stop shop
The envelope dedicated to this aid system having so far been underused, the criteria have been simplified and a single window has been opened in particular to intermediate-sized companies and large so-called energetic companies intensive, which can request a deposit.
The companies concerned are those “large energy consumers who have increased the costs of supplying natural gas, electricity, heat or cold produced from natural gas or electricity between March 2022 and December 2023 “and” whose activity is particularly affected by the war in Ukraine “, specifies the decree.
At the end of October, the European Commission had extended until the end of 2023 the temporary softening of its rules limiting state aid to companies, to allow countries to continue to support their economy in the face of the war in Ukraine and to The outbreak of energy prices.