The increase in the price of non-road diesel will be compensated this year for small construction companies, announces Bercy

The increase of 5.99 cents per liter in a tax on non-road diesel (GNR) planned for this year for the construction sector will be compensated by the State for companies with a maximum of 15 employees, the ministry announced on Tuesday February 13 economy.

This measure is announced “in a context of declining activity in the sector”, notes the ministry. This reimbursement, described as “A support”will be paid at the beginning of 2025, up to a maximum amount of 20,000 euros per company, specifies Bercy.

Farmers had also made non-road diesel one of their struggles. A first decree, published at the beginning of February, now allows farmers to request from February a 50% advance on the partial reimbursement of the excise on energy products (ex-TICPE) concerning in particular non-road diesel (GNR), the main fuel for agricultural machinery , for the year 2024