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What are eco vouchers?

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Eco vouchers are vouchers for buying environmentally friendly products and services, up to €250 a year, free of tax and contributions. In Dutch: ecocheques.

Definition of eco vouchers

They are granted by a sector or company collective labour agreement (CLA), usually on an electronic card. They can be used for products and services on an official list.

The coalition agreement announces their abolition, but no law or date had been set by 6 March 2026: their status in 2027 is still to be confirmed.

The key figure in 2026

€250Maximum tax-free eco vouchers, per worker per year

Source: Instructions administratives : éco-chèques, National Social Security Office (NSSO). 2027 amount: not yet published. This entry will be updated as soon as it is.

Worked example

€250 in eco vouchers means €250 of purchasing power. Spread over the year as gross salary (€20.83 a month at €3,000 gross), the same €250 would leave you only about €59.64 net.

In Dutch: ecocheques

On a Dutch-language payslip or statement, eco vouchers are called ‘ecocheques’; on a French-language one, ‘éco-chèques’. On Indexo’s English pages: eco vouchers.

Dutch term taken from: CSC/ACV (secondary source).

Not to be confused with…

  • Meal vouchers: vouchers for buying food, paid mostly by the employer, free of tax and contributions up to €10 per voucher.

Calculate it for your situation

What is left in net pay from a pay rise, and what the same budget would give in meal vouchers, telework allowance or a CLA 90 bonus.

Pay rise or benefits?

Related terms

  • Meal vouchersBonuses, holiday pay and benefits · in Dutch: maaltijdcheques
  • Joint committeeIndexation and minimum wages · in Dutch: paritair comité

Sources

Parameters in force on 1 October 2026. Each parameter links to its source, the official one where it exists; a secondary source is flagged as such.