Fuel allowance of 50 euros: the terms published in the Official Journal

It was eagerly awaited, and it’s getting closer. The terms of the fuel allowance intended for the three million “low-income, heavy-duty workers”, announced on April 22 by the government in the face of the persistent surge in fuel prices, were published this Saturday in the Official Journal. This “fuel allowance”, the amount of which “is 50 euros”, is “intended to limit the effects of the increase in fuel costs for households using a vehicle for professional purposes”, underlines the decree from the Ministry of the Economy.

It is intended for workers whose reference tax income per share is less than or equal to 16,880 euros, and who travel “more than 15 kilometers per journey and per day between their home and their place of work or more than 8,000 kilometers per year as part of their professional activity (this condition including home-work journeys)”, it is specified. The system should be available by the end of May on the impots.gouv.fr website, the government indicated. Its exact opening date is not yet known and will be fixed in a decree.

Aid for farmers

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on April 22 new aid intended for three million “modest hard-working workers”, and increased support for fishermen and farmers. The executive had also extended fuel aid, expanding it to sectors such as construction and taxis and VTC. The cost of this aid reached 180 million euros for the month of May, detailed the Minister of Public Accounts, David Amiel.

A separate decree published this Saturday records the aid intended for users of agricultural fuels (non-road diesel, GNR) announced for the month of April, i.e. 3.86 cents per liter which corresponds to the excise duty. This tax exemption on agricultural GNR represents 14 million euros. The 2026 budget already provided for 1.3 billion euros in tax relief on RNG for farmers.