Background information

Subject to certain conditions, the Luxembourg State grants aid in the form of repayable advances to support businesses, including natural persons carrying out their activities as their main activity and in self-employment, experiencing temporary financial difficulties as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.

They are based on the amended law of 3 April 2020 on an aid scheme for businesses in temporary difficulty and amending the amended law of 19 December 2014 on 1) social measures for the benefit of independent professional artists and intermittent workers in the entertainment industry, and 2) the promotion of artistic creation.

Content of measure

This reimbursable financing can be used by:

1. commercial, craft or industrial enterprises that hold a business license and are not active in an excluded sector (for example, fishery, agriculture). The employer must not have been convicted at least twice for illegal employment or employment of third-country nationals in an irregular situation (exclusion for three years from the date of the judgment) and
2. by natural or legal persons established in Luxembourg and carrying out one of the following activities on a principal and independent basis. The aid will be granted if the business is active in an eligible sector, has temporary difficulties (for example, having a negative cumulative amount exciding the subscribed share capital or has been subjected to collective insolvency proceedings or has received rescue aid and has not reimbursed the loan). Eligible costs are staff costs or, if the business is independent, 2.5 times the social minimum wage and rental costs (€10,000 per month). The application must be submitted before 1 November 2021.

Use of measure

Until 20 May 2021, 2,117 applications were eligible and processed with an total amount of €162,189,501.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Sector specific set of companies One person or microenterprises	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	No involvement
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

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

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

Involvement

Social partners where not involved.

Views and reactions

Not available.

Sources

• 20 May 2021: Dasboard aid (meco.gouvernement.lu)
• 09 July 2021: Repayable financial aid to compensate for temporary financial difficulties caused by the COVID-19 crisi (guichet.public.lu)