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New Start for the Repair Bonus: Safer, but with Longer Waiting Times
After an abrupt halt in the summer due to fraud, the repair bonus is now returning. In a revised version aimed at preventing fraud, customers can now apply for the bonus again. However, the security measures are associated with longer waiting times.
The repair bonus is a funding campaign of the Austrian Ministry of Climate Protection for the repair of electrical and electronic devices and is aimed at private individuals. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons/ Smoth 007 / CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)
The intention behind the repair bonus was to offer citizens financial relief for repair services, thus contributing to sustainability and climate protection. However, as is often the case when government subsidies flow, there are always fraudsters who try to profit from them. The ministry under Federal Minister Leonore Gewessler therefore stopped the payments in the summer and promised…
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