Grant for the Purchase of New Bicycles and Conversion of Bicycles to Pedelecs - 2025

Overview

THE INFORMATION BELOW REFERS TO THE GRANT SCHEME FOR 2025 WHICH IS NOW CLOSED. 

 

THE INFORMATION WILL BE UPDATED, AND NEW APPLICATIONS MAY BE ACCEPTED ONCE THE SCHEME FOR 2026 IS LAUNCHED.

 

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

The information included in this page is meant to provide information about this incentive scheme, without prejudice to any provision in the respective scheme as published on the government gazette, downloadable here.

The scheme has three sub-schemes, as explained in the What you’ll get section here under.
 

What you'll get

Type of Sub-Scheme

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.

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

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 under this scheme, together with all the relevant documents, shall be submitted by the applicant during working hours or mailed to Transport Malta’s Driver and Vehicle Licensing Unit (DVLU). For opening hours and addresses refer here.

*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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