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Current notice
We would like to inform you that you are obliged to inform us immediately if one of the reasons for exclusion according to number 3 of the SPK funding guidelines (in particular the application for or opening of insolvency proceedings or the obligation to file an application for the opening of insolvency proceedings) should occur after the application has been submitted.
08/07/2024
Submit Applications
State aid applications can be submitted retrospectively for an expired calendar year since the State aid aims to offset part of the previous year’s indirect CO2 costs.
Applications must include a certificate from an auditor or a certified accountant confirming factual information.
Applications must be submitted through the Virtual Post Office (VPS) using a qualified electronic signature. Please refer to our ‘Electronic communication’ page.
Guidelines for preparing applications
For the application for aid for indirect CO2 costs (known as electricity price compensation), we have made the the guidelines for applicants available for download. In the year 2024 some regulations for electricity price compensation were changed in the German SPK funding guideline (see Understanding electricity price compensation), which led to adjustments in the guidelines. have been made. We recommend that you also read the guidelines on the assessment of applications for applications for aid for indirect CO2 costs (electricity price compensation) in Germany for auditors and sworn accountants. Please refer to the topic of ecological offsetting please also refer to our FAQs.
Source: Deutsche Emissionshandelsstelle (DEHSt) im Umweltbundesamt
Electronic communication
The use of the Virtual Post Office (VPS) is mandatory for the application.
You will need a Qualified Electronic Signature Card (QES) to submit the grant application. You can purchase this signature card from various German trust service providers.
Please note that procurement and activation of the signature card and the necessary card reader can take up to three months. Please allow for this.
10/04/2024
Check Applications – Auditor
In accordance with No 6.1(3) of the SPK Aid Directive, the aid application must contain a certificate from an auditor or a certified accountant confirming that the factual information in the aid application is accurate. An audit certificate from an auditor, auditing firm, cooperative auditing association, certified accountant or accountant firm is required when applying for supplementary State aid in accordance with No 5.2.4 of the SPK Aid Directive.
10/04/2024
Check Applications – authorized audit body
In this guideline, we explain how companies' declarations on their environmental offsets are to be checked and confirmed. Proof of compliance with the requirements under sections 4.1 and 4.2 of the SPK aid directive must be confirmed by an auditing body within the meaning of Section 12 (3) sentence 2 BECV.
10/04/2024
Electronic Application
The FMS (Form Management System) acquisition software is available for you to use for your application.
We provide you with an FMS manual to guide you through using the software, and we also offer the ‘XSD’, the schema of the XML file and the catalogues used for your information. The schema of the XML file enables seamless importation of relevant data that you already hold in your own databases or software programmes into DEHSt's FMS using a data interface.
19/02/2024
Eligible Sectors
Electricity price compensation is State aid for a limited group of eligible applicants. These are companies facing a significant risk of carbon leakage due to their production processes characterised by high electricity consumption and referred to as indirect carbon leakage (CL). However, this risk is not analysed individually. The State Aid Guidelines (Annex I) of the European Commission defines which sectors and subsectors are particularly at risk and therefore eligible for aid.
The eligibility of a company to apply is determined by the products manufactured, however, the allocation of a company to a specific economic sector is not critical. An application for State aid can only be made for products that are allocated to one of the sectors or subsectors listed, but it does not extend to further processing into products that are not eligible for aid.
| Sectors according to NACE-Code Revision 2 (2010) | Description |
|---|---|
| 1411 | Manufacture of leather clothes |
| 1711 | Manufacture of pulp |
| 1712 | Manufacture of paper and paperboard |
| 1920 | Manufacture of refined petroleum products |
| 2011 (Parts) | Parts of the sector Manufacture of industrial gases 20111150 Hydrogen 20111290 Inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals |
| 2013 | Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals |
| 2016 (Part) | Part of the sector Manufacture of plastics in primary forms 20164015 Polyethylene glycols and other polyether alcohols, in primary forms |
| 2314 (Parts) | Parts of the sector Manufacture of glass fibres 23141210 Glass fibre mats 23141230 Glass fibre voiles |
| 2410 | Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys |
| 2442 | Aluminium production |
| 2443 | Lead, zinc and tin production |
| 2444 | Copper production |
| 2445 | Other non-ferrous metal production |
| 2451 | Casting of iron |
19/02/2024