Grant for the Purchase of New Bicycles and Conversion of Bicycles to Pedelecs

Overview

This scheme is intended to promote active mobility through an increased use of Bicycles and Pedelecs.

For more information: Purchase of New Bicycles and Conversion of Bicycles to Pedelecs - Transport Malta

What you'll get

Type of Sub-Scheme Description	Eligible Applicants	Grant amount
One-time grant for the purchase of a bicycle for personal use.	Natural Persons who have not received a similar grant from the Ministry of Finance in the past years, and who are at least 16-years old.	15.25% of selling price, capped at €85 per bicycle
Grant for the purchase of up to 50 bicycles to be offered for hire.	Business Undertakings* Voluntary Organisations*
Grant for the conversion of bicycles to pedelecs.	Natural Persons Business Undertakings* Local Councils Voluntary Organisations*	€400 per conversion

*Depending on the sector of activity of the applicant, the De Minimis rules stipulated in Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2023/2831, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1408/2013 or Commission Regulation (EU) No. 717/2014 shall apply.

Eligibility

List of eligible applicants for the different sub sections is shown in the What you’ll get section above.

Natural persons shall be resident in Malta.

Business undertakings and Voluntary Organisation shall be established in Malta.

In the case of business undertakings and voluntary organisations with an economic activity, the de minimis state aid regulations shall apply

How to apply

Applications shall be submitted by the purchaser of the bicycle or the owner of the converted bicycle following the purchase or conversion by submitting application form VEH080 along with any information, details and documents required therein.

Grants shall be paid to the applicant, or to the parent/s or legal guardian/s in the case of a minor applicant under the age of sixteen, through direct credit to the bank account indicated in the application.

In the case of an application within the scope of the de minimis state aid regulations*, the State Aid Declaration VEH071 is also required.

*Applications from business undertakings and from Voluntary Organisations with an economic activity shall be subject to the de minimis State Aid Regulations and applicable thresholds. Depending on the sector of activity of the applicant, the De Minimis rules stipulated in Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2023/2831, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1408/2

Documents Required
Bank Document Evidence

The bank document to be submitted along with the application must provide sufficient proof that the IBAN included in the form where the grant is to be deposited is effectively owned by the applicant or the spouse of the applicant. Therefore, this document must be issued by the bank where the account is held and must show, as a minimum, the following information:

• The IBAN or, as a minimum, the bank account number;
• The name and surname of the account holder.

Documents printed by the applicant are not considered to be adequate evidence that the account is actually held by the applicant.

Kindly mask any information concerning amount of funds held in account or transactions carried out from the account.

For samples of bank documents that are acceptable, click here.

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