What does this mean for you as an employer?

First, the policy you follow regarding reimbursement for home charging sessions should be clearly defined in the company's car policy. Be sure to check with your social secretary for this.

Second, as an employer, you need to decide on what basis you will reimburse your employees for charging sessions. As of 2025,this can be done in 3 ways:

1. At actual cost. Of course, this is still allowed, but for this you must of course be able to prove what the actual cost is. You can still use the "settlements" on the wattify portal for this purpose. More details on this method can be found on the following FAQ article: How to bill based on actual tariffs with Wattify split-billing

2. According to the regional CREG price. Please note that this is new, as we used to be very short on time and used the CREG price of the previous month this will now no longer be possible. The CREG price is now calculated differently by the FPS Finance. Instead of looking at the last month, they look at the average of 3 months, starting with the CREG price of 5 months ago. So the CREG for the first quarter of 2025 is the average CREG price of August, September and October of 2024. In other words, older prices will now be used instead of the previous month. These regional CREG prices are of course monitored and applied to the charging sites that fall under the well-known split-billing on the wattify platform. The region is automatically determined based on the zip code of the employee's address where the charge point is installed.

3. According to the federal CREG price. Note, where previously the federal CREG price was calculated as an average of the 3 regional CREG prices, this is no longer the case. The federal CREG price is now the lowest price of the 3 regional CREG prices. This method ensures that each worker is reimbursed the same price, regardless of which region they live in.

PS: In the 3 cases above, the amount reimbursed is always a maximum amount that may be reimbursed.

What else do you need to do as an employer?

All you need to do is confirmon the wattify portal your choice of federal or regional before 31/12/2024. Given that the circular states that you must keep this choice until the end of 2025, this can only be done once. If you have not set your choice for federal CREG (so actually the minimum of the 3 regions) we assume that you choose the regional CREG. Thus, as of 1/1/2025, your choice of regional or federal CREG will be fixed until the end of 2025.

What happens to the reimbursement for the December 2024 sessions?

For this month, the known and set pricing will be used, just as it has been customary in previous years. So is this illegal? Certainly not, the circular also states that if a method was used that is in line with the new regulations this will also be accepted. Since we have actually been much more precise than required by the circular, this is not a problem.