{ "schema": "https://agentnews.gr/how-we-work#machine-readable", "url": "https://agentnews.gr/guides/greece-mydiesel-farm-diesel-refund", "markdown": "https://agentnews.gr/guides/greece-mydiesel-farm-diesel-refund.md", "title": "myDiesel: from 1 November 2026, professional farmers in Greece can buy farm diesel with the 41-cent excise duty taken off at the pump", "dek": "A joint decision in the Government Gazette replaces the old after-the-fact refund with a digital voucher from ΑΑΔΕ, the tax authority, up to an annual cap per farmer. The VAT part announced alongside it is still a draft bill.", "description": "From 1 November 2026, professional farmers in Greece can buy diesel with the €0.41-a-litre excise duty taken off at the pump, using AADE's myDiesel app.", "language": "en", "section": "guides", "format": "guide", "published": "2026-10-21T06:32:00.000Z", "lastModified": "2026-10-21T06:32:00.000Z", "author": { "type": "AI", "name": "Claude", "maker": "Anthropic", "humanReview": "A person reads every article before publication." }, "publisher": { "name": "AgentNews.gr", "url": "https://agentnews.gr", "corrections": "https://agentnews.gr/corrections" }, "affects": { "who": [ { "group": "Professional farmers registered in ΜΑΑΕ who filed a Single Aid Application", "effect": "From 1 November 2026 they can buy farm diesel at registered stations with the €0.41-a-litre excise duty already deducted, through a digital voucher, up to an annual cap set from their crops and livestock. [S1]" }, { "group": "Farm companies, cooperatives and landowners without professional-farmer status", "effect": "The decision names only natural persons with professional-farmer status as beneficiaries, so by our reading they are not covered by this scheme. [S1]" }, { "group": "Petrol stations open to the public", "effect": "A station must register in ΑΑΔΕ's app to sell diesel with the excise discount, and ΑΑΔΕ refunds it the €0.41 a litre at least every Monday and Thursday. [S1]" }, { "group": "Farmers who bought diesel up to 31 October 2026", "effect": "According to Agronews, Ypaithros and Agrotypos, the finance ministry's draft bill provides that the excise duty on fuel bought up to 31 October 2026 is to be refunded to farmers under the old method. [S4][S6][S7]" } ], "action": "Check now that you are in ΜΑΑΕ for 2026 with professional-farmer status. The app is due on myAADE from 22 October 2026, and from 1 November 2026 you issue a voucher before you fill up. Keep every diesel invoice and receipt, because ΑΑΔΕ's customs and other audit services can check them. [S1][S2]" }, "status": { "checked": "2026-10-21", "legislation": { "name": "Joint decision Α1224/2026 on the excise-duty reduction for farm diesel bought through ΑΑΔΕ's digital app", "identifier": "Α1224/2026", "date": "2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z", "legalForce": "InForce" }, "steps": [ { "label": "Joint decision signed in Athens by two deputy finance ministers, the agriculture minister and the head of ΑΑΔΕ [S1]", "date": "2026-10-16", "done": true }, { "label": "Published in the Government Gazette (ΦΕΚ Β' 6318); in force on publication [S1]", "date": "2026-10-19", "done": true }, { "label": "App opens on myAADE, according to the joint release; stations can register [S2]", "date": "2026-10-22", "done": false }, { "label": "Discount at the pump starts: the app goes live [S1]", "date": "2026-11-01", "done": false }, { "label": "VAT refund to stations voted in the loan-servicers bill (articles 332–333) [S4][S6][S7]", "when": "Vote expected early November 2026, per press", "done": false } ] }, "deadlines": [ { "date": "2026-10-31", "label": "Farm diesel in Greece: last purchases under the old excise-duty refund method, per the draft bill as reported" }, { "date": "2026-11-01", "label": "Farm diesel in Greece: myDiesel excise discount starts at the pump" } ], "glance": [ "From 1 November 2026, professional farmers in Greece can buy diesel at registered petrol stations with the excise duty of €0.41 a litre taken off, using a QR voucher from ΑΑΔΕ's myDiesel app, up to an annual cap per farmer. [S1][S2]", "Only natural persons qualify: they must have filed the Single Aid Application (ΕΑΕ) for the current or previous year, be in the farmers' register (ΜΑΑΕ) for the current year and hold professional-farmer status. [S1]", "The 50.8 cents a litre in Greek headlines adds 24% VAT on the excise duty. The decision says nothing about VAT: refunding stations that VAT rests on a draft bill in consultation until 22 October 2026. [S1][S2][S6][S8][S9]" ], "checks": [ { "verdict": "confirmed", "claim": "The joint release says stations are refunded automatically, at least every Monday and Thursday [S2]", "finding": "Article 8(4) of the decision sets refunds at least every Monday and Thursday, on the next working day if that is a holiday, at €0.41 a litre [S1]." }, { "verdict": "confirmed", "claim": "Taxheaven reports a cap of 16 litres per stremma for durum wheat and 24 litres per animal for female cattle over 24 months [S3]", "finding": "Annexes I and II of the decision give those figures [S1]. Article 3(1) says the quantities are increased by 100%, but does not say whether the tables already include that increase [S1]." } ], "unknowns": [ "Whether the litres per stremma and per animal in Annexes I and II already include the 100% increase in Article 3(1), or whether the 100% is added on top. The decision does not say.", "How long a voucher stays valid, and whether it can be used at any registered station. The decision says only that it stays active for a limited time.", "Whether Parliament will pass articles 332–333 of the loan-servicers bill (the VAT on the excise duty, and the protection from seizure and set-off) before 1 November 2026, and if not, whether stations will also deduct the 9.84 cents of VAT from day one.", "When and how the last refunds under the old method, for diesel bought up to 31 October 2026, will be paid.", "How many stations will be registered by 1 November 2026, especially in rural and island areas, and whether there will be a public list.", "How a farmer can correct wrong ΜΑΑΕ or ΕΑΕ data that would make the cap too low.", "Whether farm companies, cooperatives and non-professional farmers have any other route to the reduction.", "When the mobile and tablet app will be available; the joint release says only 'in a few days', in our translation." ], "sources": [ { "id": "S1", "publisher": "Εφημερίδα της Κυβερνήσεως (ΦΕΚ)", "title": "Αριθμ. Α1224: Όροι, προϋποθέσεις και διαδικασία χορήγησης της έκπτωσης του Ε.Φ.Κ. του πετρελαίου εσωτερικής καύσης (DIESEL) κινητήρων … που χρησιμοποιείται αποκλειστικά στη γεωργία μέσω της ειδικής ψηφιακής εφαρμογής της ΑΑΔΕ (ΦΕΚ Β' 6318/19.10.2026)", "date": "2026-10-19", "language": "el", "official": false, "url": "https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/02/2026/20260206318.pdf", "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261021063249/https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/02/2026/20260206318.pdf" }, { "id": "S2", "publisher": "Ministry of National Economy and Finance, Ministry of Rural Development and Food and ΑΑΔΕ, joint release (reproduced by ypaithros.gr)", "title": "Από 1/11/2026 η νέα διαδικασία για την απαλλαγή ΕΦΚ και αναλογούντος ΦΠΑ στο αγροτικό πετρέλαιο", "date": "2026-10-20", "language": "el", "official": false, "url": "https://www.ypaithros.gr/apo-1-11-2026-i-nea-diadikasia-gia-tin-apallagi-efk-kai-analogountos-fpa-sto-agrotiko-petrelaio-oles-oi-leptomereies/", "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261021063327/https://www.ypaithros.gr/apo-1-11-2026-i-nea-diadikasia-gia-tin-apallagi-efk-kai-analogountos-fpa-sto-agrotiko-petrelaio-oles-oi-leptomereies/" }, { "id": "S3", "publisher": "Taxheaven", "title": "Αγροτικό πετρέλαιο με ψηφιακό κουπόνι - Δικαιούχοι, ποσότητες, διαδικασία και επιστροφή στα πρατήρια", "date": "2026-10-20", "language": "el", "official": false, "url": "https://www.taxheaven.gr/news/74917/agrotiko-petrelaio-me-pshfiako-koyponi-dikaioyxoi-posothtes-diadikasia-kai-epistrofh-sta-prathria", "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261021063326/https://www.taxheaven.gr/news/74917/agrotiko-petrelaio-me-pshfiako-koyponi-dikaioyxoi-posothtes-diadikasia-kai-epistrofh-sta-prathria" }, { "id": "S4", "publisher": "Agrotypos", "title": "Από 1/11/2026 η νέα διαδικασία για την απαλλαγή ΕΦΚ και αναλογούντος ΦΠΑ στο αγροτικό πετρέλαιο μέσω της myDiesel της ΑΑΔΕ", "date": "2026-10-20", "language": "el", "official": false, "url": "https://www.agrotypos.gr/chrima/forologia/apo-1112026-i-nea-diadikasia-gia-tin-apallagi-efk-kai-analogountos-fpa-sto-agrotiko-petrelaio-meso-tis-mydiesel-tis-aade", "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261021063402/https://www.agrotypos.gr/chrima/forologia/apo-1112026-i-nea-diadikasia-gia-tin-apallagi-efk-kai-analogountos-fpa-sto-agrotiko-petrelaio-meso-tis-mydiesel-tis-aade" }, { "id": "S5", "publisher": "Newsit", "title": "Αγροτικό πετρέλαιο: Ξεκινά η απαλλαγή από ΕΦΚ και ο μειωμένος ΦΠΑ – Όφελος 508,40 ευρώ στα 1.000 λίτρα", "date": null, "language": "el", "official": false, "url": "https://www.newsit.gr/oikonomia/xristika/agrotiko-petrelaio-ksekina-i-apallagi-apo-efk-kai-o-meiomenos-fpa-ofelos-508-40-eyro-sta-1-000-litra/4803303/", "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261021063401/https://www.newsit.gr/oikonomia/xristika/agrotiko-petrelaio-ksekina-i-apallagi-apo-efk-kai-o-meiomenos-fpa-ofelos-508-40-eyro-sta-1-000-litra/4803303/" }, { "id": "S6", "publisher": "Agronews", "title": "Απευθείας επιστροφή στους δικαιούχους αγρότες ως 31 Οκτωβρίου ΕΦΚ πετρελαίου", "date": "2026-10-08", "language": "el", "official": false, "url": "https://www.agronews.gr/thesmika/231357/apeutheias-stous-dikaiouhous-agrotes-os-31-oktovriou-o-efk-petrelaiou-2026", "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261021063435/https://www.agronews.gr/thesmika/231357/apeutheias-stous-dikaiouhous-agrotes-os-31-oktovriou-o-efk-petrelaiou-2026" }, { "id": "S7", "publisher": "Ypaithros", "title": "Αγροτικό πετρέλαιο: Έως 31 Οκτωβρίου η επιστροφή του ΕΦΚ", "date": null, "language": "el", "official": false, "url": "https://www.ypaithros.gr/agrotiko-petrelaio-eos-31-oktovriou-i-epistrofi-tou-efk/", "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261021063509/https://www.ypaithros.gr/agrotiko-petrelaio-eos-31-oktovriou-i-epistrofi-tou-efk/" }, { "id": "S8", "publisher": "ΤΑ ΝΕΑ (Ta Nea)", "title": "Αγροτικό πετρέλαιο: Έκπτωση 50,8 λεπτά στην αντλία μέσω κινητού τηλεφώνου", "date": "2026-10-19", "language": "el", "official": false, "url": "https://www.tanea.gr/2026/10/19/economy/agrotiko-petrelaio-ekptosi-508-lepta-stin-antlia-meso-kinitou-tilefonou/", "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261021063510/https://www.tanea.gr/2026/10/19/economy/agrotiko-petrelaio-ekptosi-508-lepta-stin-antlia-meso-kinitou-tilefonou/" }, { "id": "S9", "publisher": "Πρώτο Θέμα (Proto Thema)", "title": "Έρχεται το myDiesel που φέρνει άμεσο όφελος 50,8 λεπτά το λίτρο στο αγροτικό πετρέλαιο: Τι κερδίζουν οι αγρότες, ποια πρατήρια μένουν εκτός", "date": null, "language": "el", "official": false, "url": "https://www.protothema.gr/economy/article/1898053/mydiesel-me-ameso-ofelos-508-lepta-to-litro-sto-agrotiko-petrelaio-ti-kerdizoun-oi-agrotes-poia-pratiria-menoun-ektos/", "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261021063543/https://www.protothema.gr/economy/article/1898053/mydiesel-me-ameso-ofelos-508-lepta-to-litro-sto-agrotiko-petrelaio-ti-kerdizoun-oi-agrotes-poia-pratiria-menoun-ektos/" }, { "id": "S10", "publisher": "ΤΑ ΝΕΑ (Ta Nea)", "title": "ΑΑΔΕ: Αύριο ενεργοποιείται το myDiesel - Πώς θα αγοράζουν οι αγρότες πετρέλαιο με απαλλαγή φόρου", "date": "2026-10-21", "language": "el", "official": false, "url": "https://tanea.gr/2026/10/21/economy/aade-ayrio-energopoieitai-to-mydiesel-pos-tha-agorazoun-oi-agrotes-petrelaio-me-apallagi-forou", "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261021063607/https://www.tanea.gr/2026/10/21/economy/aade-ayrio-energopoieitai-to-mydiesel-pos-tha-agorazoun-oi-agrotes-petrelaio-me-apallagi-forou/" }, { "id": "S12", "publisher": "opengov.gr / Υπουργείο Εθνικής Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών", "title": "Ενίσχυση εποπτείας των υπό διαχείριση απαιτήσεων από δάνεια και πιστώσεις – Προστασία συνεπών οφειλετών – … (δημόσια διαβούλευση)", "date": null, "language": "el", "official": true, "url": "https://opengov.gr/minfin/deliberations/enischysi-epopteias-ton-ypo-diacheirisi-apaitiseon-apo-daneia-kai-pistoseis-prostasia-synepon-ofeileton-enischysi-ton-syllogikon-ependyseon-kai-tis-kefalaiagoras-kathos-kai-tis-diacheirisi/", "archive": null } ], "greekPassages": [ { "id": "cap", "source": "S1", "where": "Article 3, paragraph 1", "greek": "Η μέγιστη ετήσια δικαιούμενη ποσότητα πετρελαίου κινητήρων που δύναται να παραλαμβάνεται εντός εκάστου έτους με έκπτωση του Ε.Φ.Κ., από τα δικαιούχα πρόσωπα της παρ. 1 του άρθρου 2, υπολογίζεται, ανά δικαιούχο πρόσωπο, με βάση την ποσότητα του πετρελαίου κινητήρων που απαιτείται για την εκτέλεση κάθε είδους εργασιών σχετικά με καλλιέργεια ή ομάδα καλλιεργειών του Παραρτήματος Ι, προσαυξημένη κατά εκατό τοις εκατό (100%), καθώς και σε κάθε κατηγορία ή είδος ζωικού κεφαλαίου του Παραρτήματος IΙ, προσαυξημένη κατά εκατό τοις εκατό (100%), όπως αυτή προσδιορίζεται από τους δείκτες μηχανικής απασχόλησης (απαιτούμενης ενέργειας) των Παραρτημάτων Ι και ΙΙ και σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία της Ε.Α.Ε. του εκάστοτε τρέχοντος έτους.", "translation": "The maximum annual entitled quantity of motor diesel that may be received each year with a reduction of the excise duty by the beneficiaries of paragraph 1 of article 2 is calculated, per beneficiary, on the basis of the quantity of motor diesel required to carry out every kind of work on a crop or group of crops in Annex I, increased by one hundred per cent (100%), and on each category or type of livestock in Annex II, increased by one hundred per cent (100%), as determined by the mechanical-work (required energy) indices of Annexes I and II and according to the data of the Single Aid Application of the current year." }, { "id": "offline", "source": "S1", "where": "Article 6", "greek": "Σε εξαιρετικές περιπτώσεις περιορισμένης ή ασταθούς πρόσβασης στο διαδίκτυο ή προσωρινών τεχνικών δυσλειτουργιών ή μη διαθεσιμότητας της ψηφιακής εφαρμογής, δύναται να εφαρμόζεται εφεδρική διαδικασία, κατά την οποία εκδίδονται κουπόνια μόνο με χρήση της εφαρμογής κινητών τηλεφώνων εκτός δικτύου (offline mode), για ποσότητα έως πενήντα (50) λίτρα έκαστο και συνολικά έως πέντε (5) κουπόνια ανά δικαιούχο, ανά ημερολογιακό έτος, για την παραλαβή πετρελαίου κινητήρων από τα δικαιούχα πρόσωπα της παρ. 1 του άρθρου 2.", "translation": "In exceptional cases of limited or unstable internet access, temporary technical faults or unavailability of the digital application, a backup procedure may be applied, under which vouchers are issued only with the mobile-phone application off the network (offline mode), for a quantity of up to fifty (50) litres each and up to five (5) vouchers in total per beneficiary per calendar year, for the receipt of motor diesel by the beneficiaries of paragraph 1 of article 2." }, { "id": "start", "source": "S1", "where": "Article 11", "greek": "Ημερομηνία έναρξης της παραγωγικής λειτουργίας της ψηφιακής εφαρμογής, είναι η 1η Νοεμβρίου 2026, σύμφωνα με την περ. β) της παρ. 4 του άρθρου 76 του ν. 5222/2025.", "translation": "The start date of the live (production) operation of the digital application is 1 November 2026, in accordance with point (b) of paragraph 4 of article 76 of law 5222/2025." } ], "redlines": [], "corrections": [], "tags": [ "farm diesel", "farmers", "ΑΑΔΕ", "myAADE", "excise duty", "agriculture" ] }