Here is the text/content of the environmental premium: Press release 16.1.2009 Environmental premium: Ten points you need to know now Hotline at the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control On 14 January 2009, the Federal Cabinet decided on an environmental premium of 2500 euros, which will be paid if an end-of-life vehicle is scrapped and a new car is bought and registered. rd. Euro represent the upper limit. The allocation of funds is carried out exhaustively according to the order of the application receipts. The administrative settlement costs must be paid out of the 1.5 billion euro. 2. The reference date is 14 January 2009 for the purchase and first registration of the new car/for the purchase and registration of the annual car. The term ends on 31.12.2009. 3. Beneficiary group: Natural persons who last assign the end-of-life vehicle to their name in Germany for at least one year. 4. Old cars: at least 9 years old cars, i.e. the first registration of the vehicle must have taken place before 14.01.2000. 5. New vehicles: vehicles, which are registered for the first time and in Germany and meet at least the Euro 4 standard. 6. Annual vehicles are a passenger car, which has been registered for a maximum of one year to a dealer or manufacturer of vehicles established in Germany. 7. Scraping: Proof of utilization in the period from 14.01. to 31.12.2009 by approved dismantling operation in accordance with the end-of-life vehicle regulation. 8. Documents: * Original of the certificate of scrapping of a recognized dismantling operation * Proof of the approval of the old and new vehicle to the applicant 9. Procedures: The applicant is the acquirer of the new vehicle. 10. Abuse measures: By formulating the funding directive accordingly, the susceptibility to abuse must be prevented while ensuring that the procedure is as unbureaucratic and fast as possible. A telephone hotline is now available at the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control, where further questions are answered under 06196/908470. Source: http://www.bmwi.de/…/pressemitteilungen,di d=286520.html