The aid system for companies that consume a lot of electricity and gas for their activity will be activated in mid-June, the Ministry of Economy and Finance announced on Wednesday.
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Created as part of the resilience plan presented in mid-March by the government, it "
will be open during the second half of June for the submission of requests for assistance
" relating to the period running from March to May 2022. Requests for the period running from June to August can be deposited "
later
", thanks to the opening of a second device.
An estimated cost of 3 billion euros
The subsidies will be accessible to companies “
whose gas and electricity purchases reached at least 3% of turnover in 2021 and which experience a doubling of their unit cost of electricity or gas purchase (in EUR/ MWh)
”, specifies Bercy, in accordance with the March announcements of Prime Minister Jean Castex.
The “
temporary, targeted and capped
” system will be calibrated at 30%, 50% or 70% of eligible costs, depending on the impact of the rise in energy prices on companies' gross operating surplus.
Depending on this impact, the aid ceilings will be 2 million, 25 million or 50 million euros respectively.
"
For companies that are part of a group, the amount of the ceilings of
“, further details Bercy.
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This business support measure could cost up to three billion euros, according to the figures given by the Prime Minister in March and confirmed by the ministry on Wednesday.
It should in particular benefit steel and chemical companies, or certain agricultural activities, for which energy expenditure represents significant costs.
The number of beneficiaries should be counted in "
thousands
", said the ministry to AFP, while insisting on the difficulty of precisely predicting a priori the number of companies concerned.