Energy savings certificate (CEE) bonus for new electric cars: new income ceilings, extra bonus for deciles 6 to 8 and for taxis

Three orders of the economy minister change the energy savings certificate (CEE) bonuses for buying or leasing a new light electric vehicle from 1 September 2026. The order of 16 July 2026 (amended on 27 July) sets new income ceilings per tax share for the deciles used in the transport sector (decile 1: €1,970; decile 5: €16,880; decile 8: €27,310; decile 9: €35,880) and redefines the TRA-EQ-117 coefficients: 9 for deciles 1-3, 15 for deciles 4-5, 9 for other households, and 15 for households in deciles 6-8 driving more than 12,000 km a year (operations started before 1 January 2027); for vehicles falling under point 2 of section VIII of article 3-7-3 of the order of 29 December 2014 (additional environmental-score conditions), coefficients of 12, 20, 20 and 12. The order of 10 August 2026, whose article 1 was replaced by the order of 17 August 2026, creates a bonus for new electric taxis, reserved for holders of a taxi licence, subject to a price cap of €65,000 incl. VAT and a mass below 2,400 kg. In its current version, set by article 5 of the order of 17 August 2026, the coefficient is 5 for households in fuel poverty and 9 for others (8 and 14 when the vehicle and its battery are produced in the European Economic Area) for individuals (sheet TRA-EQ-117), and 6 (9 with European production) for legal entities (sheet TRA-EQ-114); it covers operations started before 1 January 2027 and completed before 1 October 2027.