Events companies, caterers, travel agencies and “
indoor
”
leisure rooms
whose activity is suffering from the epidemic resumption, will be the subject of “
specific support
” in December, with charge of their fixed costs if their loss of turnover exceeds 50% in particular, announces the government.
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For the month of December, the companies most affected by the health situation will be able to benefit from the + fixed costs + system when they lose more than 50% of their turnover and they experience operating losses ( EBE negative)
, ”said a press release from the Ministry of the Economy on Tuesday.
This system will make it possible to compensate 90% of the operating loss, and 70% for companies with more than 50 employees, he continues, with an amount "
capped at 12 million euros per group, over the entire duration of the crisis
”.
The possible use of government guaranteed loans
As for the partial activity with a remainder at zero charge, it is "
accessible from 65% loss of turnover
", adds Bercy, for companies in these sectors which "are
experiencing a slowdown in their activities
" linked to "
changes in the health situation and recent health recommendations
”. In addition, these companies can still benefit from loans guaranteed by the State (PGE), debt relief plans, social contributions and the transition fund, recalls the ministry.
"
It's good to take, because a company which loses 65% of its turnover, as much to say that it cannot live
", reacted to AFP Hervé Becam, vice-president of the principal hotel and catering union, Umih. However "
these measures do not concern for the moment, the necessary compensation for a large number of catering and hotel establishments
" which suffer for example from the ban on the British to spend the Christmas holidays in France . “
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»Asks Hervé Becam.
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Professional organizations must "at the
very beginning of January
" meet with the government to take stock of December and "
consider measures for companies which have really suffered too much,
" says Hervé Becam, Bercy indicating for his part to continue consultations with the sector.
The government does not rule out going "
beyond
" the restriction measures in force in the event of "a
very strong resumption of the epidemic linked to the Omicron variant
", government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Tuesday.