Overview
- The government decree, published Saturday in the Journal officiel, sets up a one‑off €50 payment to ease fuel costs for about three million workers who must drive for their jobs.
- Eligibility requires a taxable reference income per share at or below €16,880 and either more than 15 km each way for daily commutes or over 8,000 km a year for professional travel.
- Applicants must be at least 16, live in metropolitan France or the overseas departments, and use a two‑, three‑ or four‑wheeled vehicle with a combustion or non‑rechargeable hybrid engine for work trips.
- The allowance will be requested via a form on impots.gouv.fr, with the exact opening date to be set by ministerial order after the government’s target of late May.
- A separate decree locks in April relief on agricultural diesel at 3.86 cents per litre, the minister pegs May’s total fuel aid cost at €180 million, and farmers can claim up to €50,000 by submitting invoices and a sworn statement on the Chorus Pro portal.