#2026-391Temporary Aid for Businesses Facing High Drinking Water Consumption Charges
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This decree creates temporary financial aid for companies whose drinking water consumption charge is high compared with their added value. The support applies for 2025, 2026, and 2027 and is paid by the relevant water agency or water office. The aid is phased down over time: companies may receive the full excess amount in 2025, two-thirds in 2026, and one-third in 2027 when the calculated charge exceeds 0.3% of added value. Businesses that think they qualify for aid for 2025 or 2026 must submit water-use volumes, added value figures, and recent aid received by 31 July 2026.
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Key Changes
- Creates temporary aid for companies with high drinking water consumption charges compared with added value
- Sets a declining aid rate: 100% of the excess in 2025, two-thirds in 2026, and one-third in 2027
- Requires eligible companies to report water volumes, added value, and recent aid received by 31 July 2026 for 2025 and 2026 claims
Obligations
What this law requires
Companies seeking temporary aid for 2025 or 2026 must submit the volumes of drinking water billed by drinking-water service operators, their added value figures, and the amount of recent aid received to support eligibility assessment.
Companies seeking the aid must ensure that the aid received complies with Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2831 on de minimis aid, including applicable de minimis limits and conditions.
Companies with drinking-water consumption in several hydrographic basins must aggregate, for eligibility calculation, the products of the annual average billed drinking-water volumes for each basin multiplied by the applicable charge tariff set by each water agency or water office.
Companies calculating eligibility must determine added value using the methodology set out in Article 1586 sexies of the French General Tax Code.