Background information

The Law Decree no. 34, issued on 19 May 2020, established an emergency fund for local broadcasters to finance an extraordinary contribution in favour of local radio and television broadcasters which undertook to transmit institutional communication messages relating to the COVID-19 health emergency through the daily transmission of local information for the benefit of citizens (article 195). Give the prolonged pandemic crisis and the relevance of the communication and information activities carried out by local broadcasters, the fund was further financed for the year 2021.

Content of measure

The Law Decree no. 34, issued on 19 May 2020, established an emergency fund for local broadcasters to finance an extraordinary contribution in favour of local radio and television broadcasters amounting to €50 million for the year 2020. The fund was further financed for the year 2021, with an endowment amounting to €20 million for the year 2021.

Only local broadcasters who commit to transmitting institutional communication messages relating to the health emergency within their information spaces can access the extraordinary contribution. The contribution is allocated according to the criteria set out in the decree of the Minister of Economic Development issued on 10 September 2021, containing verification criteria, methods of payment, and the effective fulfillment of the information obligations.

Use of measure

724 local radio and television broadcasters have submitted an application for access to the extraordinary contribution in 2021.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to 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	No involvement as case not in social partner domain	No involvement as case not in social partner domain
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

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

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

The social partners have not been involved.

Views and reactions

The social partners have not been involved.

Sectors and occupations

This case is not occupation-specific.

Sources

• 19 May 2020: Law Decree No. 34 of 2020 (www.gazzettaufficiale.it)
• 10 September 2021: Decree of the Ministry of Economic Development of 10 September 2021 (www.mise.gov.it)