2023 scrap bonus: everything you need to know for cars

Matthieu Blanc modified on 08/28/23 11:14 AM Creed with professionals of law and finance, under the direction of Éric Roig, graduate of HEC, and Matthieu Blanc, master of business law. Permanently and up to date with the latest legislative developments.

Casse bonus 2023: Conditions, ceiling and amount

The scrap premium can be paid if you replace an old diesel or petrol vehicle with a clean car. Conditions, resource ceilings and amount of the scrap premium in 2023.

• Scranching premium scale 2023
• Function of the scrapping premium
• Diesel and petrol cars and right to scratch premium
• How to ask for the breakage bonus

What are the amounts and ceilings of the scrap premium ?

The scrap premium can reach up to 6000 euros in 2023. But the amount of aid and its conditions depend on several criteria, including household income. Those whose reference tax income (RFR) per shares exceeds the ceiling of € 22,983 can no longer receive the conversion premium since January 1, 2023. For households whose RFR by tax shares is lower than this threshold, the aid depends on the income section in which they are, the amount of the scrap premium having been increased for households with the lowest resources. This amount also depends on the type of vehicle purchased: we are thus distinguishing the scale of the premium for conversion for the purchase of electric and/or hydrogen vehicles and that for the purchase of vehicles using petrol, natural gas, LPG, ethanol or Superethanol as a partial or exclusive energy source and the date of first registration is after January 1, 2011.

Purchase of an electric and/or hydrogen vehicle

The scale of the scrap premium in the event of replacement of an old car by an electric vehicle and/or hydrogen corresponds to the table below. The maximum premium reaches 6000 euros for households with the most modest incomes.

2023 scrap premium scale – electric and/or hydrogen vehicle

Part reference tax income	Casse premium amount
Less than or equal to 6,358 euros	80 % of the purchase price within the limit of 6000 euros
Between 6539 and 14,089 euros (1)	80 % of the purchase price within the limit of 6000 euros
Between 14,090 and 22,983 euros	2,500 euros
More than 22,983	0 euro

(1) The breakage bonus of 6000 euros for this income section only concerns people whose distance between the home and the workplace is greater than 30 kilometers or performing more than 12,000 kilometers per year as part of their professional activity with their personal vehicle. If this condition is not met, the aid is reduced to 2500 euros.

Purchase from another vehicle

The scale of the conversion bonus is different in the event of purchase of a vehicle using petrol, natural gas, LPG, ethanol or superrethanol as a partial or exclusive source of energy. The amounts of the premium are indeed lower and correspond to the table following.

Shopping scale 2023 – petrol, LPG, gas or ethanol vehicle

Part reference tax income	Casse premium amount
Less than or equal to 6,358 euros	80 % of the purchase price within the limit of 4000 euros
Between 6539 and 14,089 euros (2)	80 % of the purchase price within the limit of 4000 euros
Between 14,090 and 22,983 euros	1,500 euros
More than 22,983	0 euro

(2) The conversion bonus of 4000 euros for this income section only concerns people whose distance between the home and the workplace is greater than 30 kilometers or performing more than 12,000 kilometers per year as part of their professional activity with their personal vehicle. If this condition is not met, the aid is reduced to 1500 euros.

How does the scrap premium work ?

The scrap premium, officially called “conversion bonus”, is an aid by which the State takes care of the cost of purchase or rental of a little polluting vehicle as soon as, at the same time , the buyer is breaking an old vehicle with diesel or petrol engine. Today, a large part of the French car fleet is equipped with diesel engines. But diesel vehicles, and in particular old models, are today considered by the executive as particularly polluting. It is in order to reduce this percentage of diesel cars in France that decree n ° 2015-361 of March 30, 2015 created a conversion bonus.

This breakage bonus aims to help owners of old diesels or very old petrol vehicles to acquire a clean vehicle to replace their old car. To touch the premium, the driver must thus destroy his old vehicle to acquire a little polluting vehicle. The device is particularly oriented towards motorists with modest income using their car to work. These drivers thus enjoy more favorable amounts and conditions than the other.

What ancient cars are entitled to the breakage bonus ?

To reach the scrap premium, your old car must fulfill a number of conditions. The first of them is linked to age: aid concerns diesels having been the subject of a first registration before January 2011. For petrol cars, this date is set at January 2006. The scrap premium therefore does not concern all diesels, but only the oldest of them.

Whether it is diesel or petrol, the vehicle to be destroyed must in all cases belong to the beneficiary of the premium for at least 1 year. It must be given for destruction within three months preceding the invoicing of the new vehicle or the 6 months following it. This discount for destruction must be completed with an “out of use vehicles” center (VHU) or an approved installation for depollution and disassembly of out of use vehicles. The clean vehicle purchased should not be sold within 6 months of its purchase.

How to ask for the breakage bonus ?

The scrap premium can be deducted directly from the purchase price of the new vehicle in the event of acquisition from a dealer, the latter being able to make you an advance on the amount of the premium. Otherwise, you will have to apply for a conversion premium. It is then necessary to send an online file via a teleservice posted by the Ministry of the Environment. The request must be sent within 6 months of the date of invoicing of the new vehicle.

Important clarification: to avoid any administrative dispute linked to a request for a scrap premium, it is advisable to register the two vehicles to the same name (s) to be sure to touch the premium. In principle, the same name must indeed appear on the gray cards of the two vehicles (article D. 252-3 of the energy code). If the name is not the same (classic case: a couple), a tolerance exists, however, according to the government (ministerial response n ° 18049 published in the Official Journal of the National Assembly of 07 May 2019), the couple before possibly provide A family booklet.

The scrap premium may in some cases be combined with the auto ecological bonus paid in the event of purchase of an electric vehicle. This cumulation nevertheless implies meeting all the conditions of the ecological bonus, which are not exactly the same as the conditions of the bonus.

Matthieu Blanc modified on 08/28/23 11:14 AM Creed with professionals of law and finance, under the direction of Éric Roig, graduate of HEC, and Matthieu Blanc, master of business law. Permanently and up to date with the latest legislative developments.

2023 scrap bonus: everything you need to know for cars

Two cases. If you are a big roller for work (the home/work distance is greater than 30 km or you do more than 12,000 km per year for work), you enjoy the boosted bonus, or 6.000 € for electric/hydrogen and 4.000 € for thermal/hybrids Crit’Air 1 (CO2 condition above).

If the mileage condition is not ensured, then 2.€ 500 for electric/hydrogens and 1.€ 500 for thermal/hybrid Crit’Air 1.

If your reference tax income per share is between € 14,090 and € 22,983

• 2.€ 500 for an electric vehicle or/and hydrogen.
• 0 € for the rest.

What is the Surprit ZFE ?

• There is a bonus of € 1,000 paid if you live or work in a ZFE.
• If your local authority has paid you aid to buy or rent a cleaner vehicle, the surprise is increased: the government increases it from the amount of local aid within the limit of € 2,000 more.

What are the rules to follow ?

• The premium is limited to 80 % of the vehicle purchase price.
• The vehicle purchased with the premium should not be sold in the year following its purchase, or before having traveled at least 6,000 km. Otherwise you have to return the premium.
• You can only benefit from the scrap bonus once once.