This system results in the back up to actions aiming the rationalization of the energy consumption, the promotion of renewable energies and energy substitution. It’s presented as follows:
Resources use
The back up instaured by this system consists in subsidies granting for the realization of the following operations:
 Energy auditing, program contracts and preliminary consultation :
 A Bonus of about 50% of auditing cost with a maximum of 20 000 Dinars;
A Bonus of about 50% of global cost of the pilot project with a maximum of 100 000 Dinars;
A Bonus of about 20% of the investment cost with a maximum of :
a. 100 000 Dinars for establishments with average Annual global energy consumption “CE” : CE < 4 000 TOE;
b. 100 000 Dinars for establishments where 4 000 Tep< CE < 7 000 Tep;
c. 100 000 Dinars for the establishments where CE > 7 000 Tep;
The installation of benches for vehicles engines diagnostic:
A Bonus of about 20% of the investment cost with a maximum of 6 000 Dinars
The Solar water heating in the residential areas and private enterprises:
A Bonus of about 20% of the investment cost with a maximum of 100 Dinars/m² of solar heater
The energy substitution by Natural Gas in the industrial sector, the residential sector and the collective public transport;
In the industrial sector : A bonus of about 20% of the internal piping connection cost and conversion equipments cost with a maximum of 400 000 Dinars
In the residential sector : A bonus of 140 Dinars for every single house;
A bonus of 20 Dinars for every apartment in collective buildings.
And every other operation aiming energy conservation.
The minister in charge of energy orders the payment of the subsidies.
Resources
The energy conservation system is being fed by:
A tax on first registration of tourism class vehicle in a Tunisian series whose tariffs are fixed in accordance to the following table :
|
power of cylinder |
Tax amount
(in Tunisian dinars) |
|
1- Vehicles using gasoline
until 1200 cm3
from 1201 cm3 to 1700 cm3
from 1701 cm3 to 2400 cm3
2401 cm3 and more
2- Vehicles using Gasoil
until 1500 cm3
from 1501 cm3 to 2000 cm3
from 2001 cm3 to 2800 cm3
2801 cm3 and more |
250
500
750
1 000
500
1 000
1 500
2 000 |
This tax is not imposed on tourism class vehicles to be used:
As common transport facility
Exclusively for the transportation of handicapped persons;
As rent cars
As training-school cars;
By non resident aliens who benefits of exemption of taxes on imports
For Saharan tourism and mountainous regions hunting tourism.
A tax on imports and on local productions except for the export of air conditioning systems that has the following custom tariffing numbers 841510, 841590, 841520, and 841869993 at a rate of 10 TD per 1000 thermal unity.
This tax is not on local products if it has been proven that the tax has been paid at imports.
The non – taxable persons, who realize exportation operations of products that are subject to the mentioned tax, may benefit of suspension of theses taxes for their acquisition destinated to export to taxable manufacturers.
The tax is due by the manufacturers as a value-added tax and to the importation as customs duties. |
