SEBA zero-emission van grant
A closed Dutch grant that helped businesses and nonprofits buy or financially lease new zero-emission goods vehicles, with up to €5,000 per vehicle.
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SEBA permanently closed on 31 December 2024 at noon. The programme supported new electric goods vehicles used in the Netherlands, including vehicles driven by hydrogen fuel cells; it was not limited to zero-emission zones.
Under the final 2024 terms, the grant covered 7% of the N1 vehicle’s net catalogue price or the N2 vehicle’s sale price excluding VAT. Medium enterprises received 10%; small enterprises and nonprofits received 12%. Every rate had a €5,000 ceiling per vehicle. For N1, the calculation included vehicle purchase tax (bpm) and options fitted before registration, but excluded VAT. Other public or EU purchase subsidies were deducted, and support above the applicable EU state-aid ceiling was also deducted.
The published size explanation used fewer than 50 employees and turnover or balance sheet total no higher than €10 million for small enterprises. Medium enterprises had fewer than 250 employees and turnover no higher than €50 million or balance sheet total no higher than €43 million, under the EU General Block Exemption Regulation.
Eligibility
These were the conditions for the closed offer:
- Applicants had to be businesses or nonprofits registered with the Chamber of Commerce and established in the Netherlands. Public-law autonomous administrative bodies with legal personality, provinces, municipalities, water boards and public bodies under the joint arrangements legislation were excluded.
- The vehicle had to be new, fully electric and used exclusively to carry goods: category N1 with a technically permitted maximum mass of up to 3,500 kg, or N2 up to 4,250 kg, with a Dutch commercial registration beginning B or V. The RDW dates of first admission, first registration in the Netherlands and registration to the holder had to match. For operational leases, the registered reservation of the registration code took the place of the holder-registration date. This recorded the leasing company as the party entitled to control the vehicle’s registration code.
- The N1 net catalogue price or N2 sale price excluding VAT had to be at least €20,000. N1 vehicles approved as light vehicles needed a WLTP range of at least 100 km. N1 vehicles approved as heavy vehicles and eligible N2 vehicles had no minimum range. A traction battery could not contain lead.
- When applying, the purchase or financial lease contract had to remain cancellable, so the applicant could withdraw if no grant was awarded. The vehicle could not yet have been delivered or registered to the applicant. For this grant, financial leasing counted as acquisition by the customer: the customer applied for the grant and had the vehicle registered in their name. For operational leasing, the leasing company applied; the customer did not receive the grant directly.
- Applications were refused for an outstanding EU state-aid recovery order, unlawful accumulation of aid, an undertaking in difficulty under the EU General Block Exemption Regulation, or other non-compliance with that regulation.
Recipients had to retain continuous registration to themselves, or their registered reservation of the registration code, for three years from first registration. They had to keep the acquisition contract until three years after that registration and supply it on request. A qualifying new zero-emission replacement could cover the remaining period if RVO amended the award after receiving its registration number; this exception did not apply if a grant was requested for the replacement. The replacement contract had to be kept for the remaining period. Early disposal could lead to proportional repayment: disposing of the vehicle one year early meant repaying one third.
Recipients had to promptly report relevant changes and insolvency-related court applications in writing, and also report actual or expected failure to meet grant obligations. They also had to cooperate with checks and programme evaluation; the award could impose additional obligations.
How to apply
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- Permanently closed; the 2024 budget was fully exhausted.[^c1]
New applications are no longer possible. Existing recipients can use RVO’s “Manage application” portal to provide the vehicle registration number and request final determination of the grant.
Final determination had to be requested within 12 months of the grant award. For delayed 2024 deliveries, request an extension through “Uitstel aanvragen” in that portal; the maximum extension is seven months. The regulation also provided an extension of up to five months if the applicant could demonstrate that multi-stage vehicle approval delayed delivery beyond the 12-month deadline. This approval process applies when a bodybuilder completes a chassis and cab supplied as an incomplete vehicle; final determination can be requested only once that work is complete. Payment follows approval of final determination, and cannot exceed €5,000 or the amount awarded for each vehicle.