ADVENIR: France's EV charging subsidy

What is ADVENIR?

ADVENIR is the French subsidy programme for EV charging points. It's run by AVERE-France, the national electric mobility association, and funded by energy companies. It pays towards chargers in apartment buildings and copropriétés, on public roads and at businesses. It never funds a charger at an individual house (maison individuelle). If you own a villa on the Côte d'Azur and want a wallbox in the garage, ADVENIR doesn't apply to you. The terms and current amounts are on advenir.mobi, and they change between programme rounds, so we don't quote them here.

Which EV charging projects does ADVENIR fund?

Apartment buildings (immeubles collectifs): chargers in the shared car park or garage of a copropriété (the building's co-ownership). This is the stream you'll meet if you own a flat in a residence with communal parking.
Public roads (voirie publique): chargers on streets and in public car parks, applied for by local authorities.
Businesses: charging for lorries and coaches at commercial sites.
Corsica and the overseas territories: a separate stream on its own terms.

Individual houses are excluded outright. The ADVENIR site states that "les bornes en maison individuelle ne sont pas prises en charge par le programme". Some French blogs claim a house owner can get an ADVENIR payment, and they're wrong.

What help is there for an EV charger at a house in 2026?

Reduced TVA (French VAT) at 5.5%: the main national help. It applies when an IRVE-qualified electrician supplies and fits the charger on one invoice. It's applied on the invoice, with nothing to claim. If you buy the charger yourself and pay only for fitting, the 5.5% rate doesn't apply.
Alpes-Maritimes grant: the Département pays half the installation cost before tax, up to 400 EUR, with no income condition. The installer must be IRVE-qualified, and you claim within six months of the invoice. It's for owners living in the house as their principal residence and for landlords letting it. A second home that you use yourself doesn't fit either case.
The CIBRE tax credit: this ended on 31 December 2025 and wasn't renewed. A charger installed and invoiced before then can still go on the 2026 tax return. Nothing installed later qualifies.

Ask the installer to show the 5.5% rate on the devis (written quote), and to print their IRVE number on it before you pay a deposit. Both the rate and the Département grant depend on it.

Why does IRVE qualification matter for EV subsidies?

IRVE qualification is the thread that runs through every route. A home charger over 3.7 kW must by law be fitted by a qualified installer. The 5.5% TVA rate needs one. So does the Département grant, and so does any ADVENIR application in an apartment building. An electrician without it can't get you any of this help.

Does an EV charger need a CONSUEL attestation?

In an apartment building, every new charging point needs a CONSUEL (the electrical safety inspectorate) attestation, whether or not ADVENIR pays towards it. That's a safety rule, separate from the subsidy, and the installer arranges it. At a house, a normal home wallbox doesn't need one.

How does ADVENIR work in a copropriété?

If you own a flat with a parking space in a shared residence, the ADVENIR application goes through the copropriété, not through you. It usually runs like this:

The co-owners vote to install charging at the general meeting (assemblée générale).
The syndic (the building's managing agent) hires an IRVE-qualified installer.
The installer applies to ADVENIR on the AVERE-France platform.
The subsidy cuts the cost the co-owners share.

You can also ask for a charger for your own space under the droit à la prise (right to charge). This gives residents of a shared building the right to have a private charger fitted at their own cost. ADVENIR can still pay towards it, because the charger is in a collective building. If you're not in the residence when the vote comes up, ask the syndic whether a charging project is on the agenda and how the cost will be split.