Sports shops are allowed to sell, maintain and repair bicycles, but are not eligible for the repair bonus. This irritates Intersport Austria boss Thorsten Schmitz, who, together with the association and other retailers, recently wrote a letter to Federal Minister Leonore Gewessler.
More than a million devices have already been repaired; There is 92 million euros in the financing pot for this year and 32 million euros for next year; From September there will be an expansion to normal bicycles – you might think that the recently announced information about the repair bonus would make Thorsten Schmitz happy. But far from it!
Because the boss of Intersport Austria believes that the repair bonus needs to be repaired. “Although e-bikes are eligible for financing according to the guidelines, customers cannot apply for the bonus at sports stores,” Schmitz says angrily.
Why is it like this? “Although we are allowed to repair bicycles under secondary law and are therefore considered a workshop, we would have to register a new company for the repair bonus in order to register as a partner company.” sub-trade in bicycle technology, the sports retailers have the opportunity to get on the list that partner companies have refused.
The Association of Sports Retailers, VSSÖ for short, recently wrote a letter to Federal Minister Leonore Gewessler.
The goal: to revise the eligibility criteria – with the result that nothing has changed so far. Currently, bicycle specialist shops and bicycle workshops still have priority.
Source: Krone
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