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Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2026) 1277
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Notification: 2026/0231/FR
Notification of a draft text from a Member State
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Does not open the delays - N'ouvre pas de délai - Kein Fristbeginn - Не се предвижда период на прекъсване - Nezahajuje prodlení - Fristerne indledes ikke - Καμμία έναρξη προθεσμίας - No abre el plazo - Viivituste perioodi ei avata - Määräaika ei ala tästä - Ne otvara razdoblje kašnjenja - Nem nyitja meg a késéseket - Non fa decorrere la mora - Atidėjimai nepradedami - Atlikšanas laikposms nesākas - Ma jiftaħx il-perijodi ta’ dewmien - Geen termijnbegin - Nie otwiera opóźnień - Não inicia o prazo - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare - Nezačína oneskorenia - Ne uvaja zamud - Inleder ingen frist - Ní osclaíonn sé na moilleanna
MSG: 20261277.EN
1. MSG 001 IND 2026 0231 FR EN 07-05-2026 FR NOTIF
2. France
3A. Ministères économiques et financiers
Direction générale des entreprises
SCIDE/SQUALPI/PNRP
Bât. Sieyès -Teledoc 143
61, Bd Vincent Auriol
75703 PARIS Cedex 13
d9834.france@finances.gouv.fr
3B. Ministère de la transition écologique, de la biodiversité et des négociations internationales sur le climat et la nature
Ministère de l’économie, des finances et de la souveraineté industrielle, énergétique et numérique
Direction générale de l'énergie et du climat
DCEEA/SD6
Tour Séquoia
1 place Carpeaux
92055 LA DÉFENSE CEDEX
4. 2026/0231/FR - T40T - Urban and road transport
5. 2026 Energy Savings Certificate (CEE) Social Leasing Programme for Electric Cars
Call for Expressions of Interest for leasing companies
6. Financial support for the leasing of new electric cars for a minimum period of three years, aimed at working individuals who rely on their own vehicle for business travel, depending on their income level.
7.
8. The specifications of the Call for Expressions of Interest (CEI) for leasing companies set out all the necessary rules and conditions that rental professionals must comply with in order to register with the programme.
They specify in particular the conditions of eligibility of beneficiaries, vehicles and rental offers proposed by the leasing companies.
Leasing companies whose applications are successful under this CEI will undertake, by agreement with the programme organiser, to comply with all of these rules and conditions when marketing their leasing offers.
9. The aim of the programme is to provide financial support for the long-term leasing, or lease-purchase agreements, for at least 50,000 new electric passenger cars for lower income households.
9a. Transport is the sector that contributes the most to France’s greenhouse gas emissions. In 2023, it accounted for 34% of France’s emissions, amounting to 126.8 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Even though transport emissions have been decreasing since 2019, this is the only sector where they have increased since 1990 (+3%), as improvements in the environmental performance of vehicles has not compensated for the increase in traffic. Almost all of these emissions (94%) come from road transport, mainly from passenger cars.
In 2023, the 39.3 million vehicles emitted 67.4 Mt of CO₂, accounting for 53% of greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector and 18% of total national emissions.
The renewal of the social leasing scheme helps steer low-income households towards zero-emission vehicles, thereby reducing CO₂ emissions and the fossil fuel consumption.
Since 2024, the programme has been renewed annually, resulting in nearly 100,000 lower income households being equipped with a new, environmentally efficient electric car.
9b. No restrictions are expected on the internal market.
The text provides for a distinction in the amount of financial support depending on whether all or part of the vehicle is manufactured within the European Economic Area.
This adjustment is not restrictive, as any passenger car that meets at least the minimum environmental score required, as defined in Article D251-1 of the Energy Code, is eligible.
9c. The measure does not impose any restrictions.
10. References to the basic texts:
11. No
12.
13. No
14. Yes
15. No
16.
TBT aspects: No
SPS aspects: No
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European Commission
Contact point Directive (EU) 2015/1535
email: grow-dir2015-1535-central@ec.europa.eu
