Hello, I have just approved the support for DPF: motorists can expect tax support of one-time 330 euros if they subsequently install a diesel soot filter. After the agreement of the Environment Ministers also the Länder Finance Ministers approved the eco-bonus on Thursday. However with slight changes, as it was called in Berlin after the Finance Ministers’ Conference. Thus, the tax discount is granted retroactively from the beginning of 2006 until including 2009 In addition, the surcharge for the car tax is lower, which is to be paid in return for non-refurbished vehicles. Instead of EUR 1.60, EUR 1.20 per 100 cubic centimetre of engine capacity is now planned. Thus, the dispute over the one-time discount for the car tax, which has been ongoing since March 2005, is about to end. As the prime ministers and the federal government are also behind it, a definitive deadline is due to expire. With the surcharge for vehicles without a soot filter, the subsidy is to be financed without failures for the national budgets to which the vehicle tax is due. Environment ministers had agreed on a review clause to be re-adjusted. Retrofit costs an average of about 600 euros. In Germany there are an estimated 10 million diesel vehicles. According to previous calculations, at least two million old vehicles could be used. The aim is to reduce air pollution with particulate matter. The initial Skepis Union and SPD agreed in the coalition agreement on the income-neutral promotion of diesel soot filters. The finance ministers were sceptical about the project from the outset. However, the majority do not see any problems, according to the ministerial meeting. In the original version, too. (Source: www.autogazette.de) //Marc