Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The second Policy Axis seeks to make a significant contribution to green transition and environmental sustainability, through the achievement of national targets for climate neutrality, energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. It promotes reforms in the fields of climate and energy, sustainable transport, water resources management and the wider environment.
This axis is also the most important in terms of the overall contribution of the Plan to the climate targets, which reaches 41% of the total budget of the Plan, with actions over €500 million that are diffused in almost all policy areas.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The Plan concerns the implementation of two interventions of measure C2.2I3 of the SAA, the first of which aims at the Withdrawal of Polluting Vehicles and the Granting of Incentives for Alternative, Low Emission, Transport Modes (intervention C2.2I3c of the SAA) and the second at the Subsidy for Electric Vehicle Market (C2.2I3b intervention in the SAA).
Call Closing Date: 9 March 2023 at 11:00am
Detailed Call Description
This announcement, under which the 2 corresponding Grant Schemes whose 1st announcement was published in December 2021 have been consolidated, includes:
- sponsorship for the purchase of vehicles with zero CO2 emissions (purely electric vehicles),
- sponsorship for the purchase of an electric bicycle (assisted cycling),
- retirement of old polluting vehicles in combination with subsidizing the purchase of vehicles with low carbon dioxide emissions (with a CO2 emission limit of 50g/km),
- withdrawal of an old polluting vehicle in combination with the payment of an amount for the subsidy for the purchase of an electric bicycle (assisted cycling) and a supplementary lump sum
- retirement of an old polluting vehicle in combination with the provision of bus tickets and the payment of a supplementary lump sum.
The detailed description of the notice is included in the Plan Guide.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The amount of the grant ranges from €750 to €40,000, depending on the category of the grant. The grant categories and grant amounts for each category are included in the Scheme Guide.
Thematic Categories
- Energy
- Environment and Climate Change
- Transport
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- Natual person / Citizen / Individual
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Road Transport Department
Contact Person: Andreas Dionysiou, Officer Road Transport Department
Contact Phone: 22807002
Contact Email: anddionysiou@rtd.mcw.gov.cy
Contact Person: Giorgos Menoikou, Senior Transport Controller
Contact Phone: 22807147
Contact Email: gmenoikou@rtd.mcw.gov.cy