Background information

The objective of this policy is to help companies in the cultural sector to face the economic and social impact of COVID-19. The policy consists of a budgetary investment of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of €76.4 million, without taking into account the impact of fiscal measures such as fiscal deductions and incentives or the improvement of the system of incentives for audiovisual production in the corporation tax.

Content of measure

The Royal Decree consists of two types of measures:

First, support for workers in the cultural sector who have not been covered by the unemployment protection system or extraordinary mechanisms established to date. In this way, a response is given to groups of artists who partake in public shows framed in the General Social Security Scheme, they are especially vulnerable in current circumstances, given that due to the intermittency that characterizes artistic activity, they do not meet the requirements to claim unemployment benefit.

Secondly, the law also opens a new line of credit of €17 million for cultural companies. These credits are made accessible to cultural companies through the Sociedad de Garantía Recíproca Audiovisual Fianzas SGR.

Use of measure

No information available

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Applies to all workers	Sector specific set of companies	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government	National funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	Consulted	Consulted
Form	Direct consultation outside a formal body	Direct consultation outside a formal body

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: Peak or cross-sectoral level

Involvement

Social partners were consulted about these measures

Views and reactions

Both trade unions (Agrupación de Asociaciones del Audiovisual, AAA; Foro de Asociaciones de Guionistas de Audiovisuales, FAGA; Sindicato de Técnicos Audiovisuales y Cinematográficos del Estado Español, TACEE) and employer organisations (Spain film Commission, PROFILM ) in the film, audiovisual and broadcasting sector made a very positive assessment of this measure.

Sectors and occupations

Sources

• 06 May 2020: Royal Decree 17/2020 (www.boe.es)
• 06 May 2020: La industria de los rodajes satisfecha con las medidas del gobierno (www.audiovisual451.com)