Factsheet for measure
IT-2020-44/1375
– measures in Italy
Fund to sustain enterprises in the agriculture, fishery and acquaculture industries
Misure di sostegno alle imprese appartenenti alle filiere agricole,
della pesca e dell'acquacoltura
Background information
The Law Decree no. 137, issued on 28 October 2020, allocated a special fund (article 7) to financially support the enterprises in the agriculture, aquaculture and fishery industries, hit by the new limitations to the economic activities established by the Government on 25 October 2020 to contain the spread of the second COVID-19 infection.
Content of measure
The Law Decree no. 137, in the article no. 7, allocated a special and extraordinary fund, for the year 2020, amounting to €100 million devoted to the financial support of enterprises in the agriculture, aquaculture and fishery industries, whose activity has been damaged by the new limitations imposed through the Decree of the President of the Ministers’ Council on 25 October 2020.
The Minister for Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, together with the Minister of the Economy, will established the criteria to allocate the fund and to select the beneficiaries. The Revenue Agency will be in charge of the payment of this subsidy.
Use of measure
The fund has been introduced very recently: information on the application and on the effectiveness are not available yet.
Target groups
Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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National government
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National funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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No involvement
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No involvement
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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Unknown
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Main level of involvement: Unknown
Involvement
The social partners have not been involved in designing, implementing and monitoring of this measure.
Views and reactions
The measure has been approved only a few days ago: accordingly reactions are not available yet. Surely, the financial support to the economic activities is generally positively received by the social partners, in particular by the employers’ associations.
Sectors and occupations
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This case is sector-specific
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Economic area
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Sector (NACE level 2)
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A - Agriculture, Forestry And Fishing
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A2 Forestry and logging
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A3 Fishing and aquaculture
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This case is not occupation-specific.
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