#2026-516Changes to France’s Energy Renovation Grant Rules
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This decree changes the rules for France’s energy renovation grant by cancelling a 2025 amendment and adjusting eligibility dates and conditions under the 2020 framework. It delays several cut-off dates from 1 January 2026 to 1 January 2027 and adds a condition for one listed type of eligible expense: the home must be rated E, F or G before the renovation work. The changes affect grant applicants, property owners, renovation advisers and contractors working on subsidized home energy upgrades.
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Key Changes
- Repeals the 2025 decree that had amended the 2020 energy transition grant rules.
- Moves several eligibility-related dates from 1 January 2026 to 1 January 2027.
- Adds a pre-work energy rating requirement of E, F or G for one listed eligible expense category.
Obligations
What this law requires
For energy renovation grant applications filed from 30 September 2025, apply the revised eligibility cut-off date of 1 January 2027 instead of 1 January 2026 where the decree replaces that date in Article 1 and Article 2 of the 2020 framework.
For the expense listed at item 15 of Annex 1 to be eligible for the energy renovation grant, verify that the dwelling is rated class E, F, or G under Article L. 173-1-1 of the Construction and Housing Code before renovation work begins.
For energy renovation grant applications filed from 1 January 2026, do not rely on eligibility provisions corresponding to the deleted fourth, fifth, and twenty-first paragraphs of Annex 1 of the 2020 decree.