Sustainable Development

Decree on rainwater recovery

The ministry of ecology and sustainable development published the order taken to be the application of the Code of levies relating to expenses concerning the installations of recovery of rainwater

Published by Développement Durable the 2008-03-14
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France.- The French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development published this decree redacted for the application of the Code of taxes related to the rainwater harvesting installation expenses in the house. In this year, citizen who will engage works integrating equipments for the water harvesting will profit from the tax credit.

The Members of Parliament adopted on Wednesday, 17th May 2006 in second session an amendment to order a tax credit for the private individuals who installed in their houses a rainwater harvesting system between the beginning of 2007 and by the end of 2011.

This amendment (596) included in the bill on water was passed by unanimity. Specifically, private individuals who installed in their homes a harvesting system and between the 1st January, 2007 and the 31st December 2011 will have right to a taw credit. This represents the 40% of the total of the equipments and the works done with a value of 5,000 maximum. Some Members of the Parliament said that rainwater can be used in housework “no- nutritious nor corporals” like doing the washing machine (this water is not too much chalky so it permits divide in two the consumption of the products and eliminate water softener), to irrigate the garden (because it is few mineralized) or for the cistern (35% of the drinking water bill).

A decree of the Ministry in charge with the budget established for the equipment list, materials, instruments and the nature of works permits receiving the tax credit. This specifies the technical characteristics and the minimal requirements to benefit from that credit.

The credit tax is included in the personal income tax after the imputation of the tax reduction, the tax credits and the previous deduction or the deducted in non- discharge of tax.