APVA invites you to scrap a polluting car and claim compensation
Who may apply
A natural person who has submitted an application for a compensation payment in the prescribed manner.
Requirements for the old vehicle and the applicant
- The applicant must scrap a class M1 vehicle of which they were the registered owner/keeper, or registered keeper only, as recorded in the mandatory registration certificate form for motor vehicles and their trailers (registration code C.1=C.2), for at least 12 months before 1 June 2023;
- The vehicle’s roadworthiness test must have been valid on 18 November 2023 (the date the updated 2022–2025 Climate Change Programme investment plan was approved);
- The vehicle was registered in the Road Vehicle Register of the Republic of Lithuania for at least 12 months before 1 June 2023;
- The vehicle was scrapped in accordance with the Rules for the Management of End-of-Life Vehicles, approved by Order No. 710 of the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania of 24 December 2003 (the list of vehicle handlers can be found in the State Register of Waste Handlers at atvr.aplinka.lt);
- An end-of-life vehicle destruction certificate (ENTP) has been issued for the vehicle.
IMPORTANT
- An applicant may submit an application only once under this call. No compensation payment is made to an applicant who has already received a compensation payment on a submitted application;
- All services and/or vehicles purchased must be listed in a single application;
- A vehicle with the same VIN identification number may be compensated only once;
- Total CO2 emissions of the old car are not taken into account.
Eligible expenses
1. no more than EUR 1,000 for annual or other public transport tickets (bus, trolleybus, rail), excluding single public transport tickets;
2. no more than EUR 1,000 to top up an e-wallet to cover the cost of public transport services (bus, trolleybus, rail);
3. no more than EUR 1,000 to top up an e-wallet to cover the cost of sharing services for bikes, electric scooters and cars (electric cars recommended) — rental without a driver;
4. no more than 2 units (in total) of the selected lower-emission vehicles listed in points 4.1 and 4.2:
4.1. EUR 500 for an electric bike, electric tricycle or electric quadricycle;
4.2. EUR 300 for a bicycle or an electric scooter.
Documents that must be submitted with the application
1. Documents evidencing the expenditure (a VAT invoice or invoice in the name of the applicant or their authorised representative) stating the name of the goods and/or services purchased;
2. Documents proving payment of the expenditure (a fiscal cash register receipt, a bank transfer statement from the applicant’s account, or a cash receipt in the name of the applicant or their authorised representative);
3. A power of attorney to represent the applicant, certified by a notary or drawn up by electronic means and registered in the Register of Powers of Attorney of the State Enterprise Centre of Registers (https://igaliojimai.lt/), if the applicant authorises another natural person to submit the application;
4. The manufacturer’s technical specification confirming that the item purchased complies, where an electric bike, electric tricycle, electric quadricycle, bicycle or electric scooter has been purchased.
Maximum funding / subsidy / grant amount: up to EUR 1,000