Flood contributions in Tuscany: reporting portal opens
Flood contributions in Tuscany, balance sheet Tuscany region with the president Eugenio Giani ondisbursement of the 25 million contributions allocated by the Region itself after the flood that brought Tuscany to its knees at the beginning of last November. With eight victims.
And from July 1st, Giani announces, opening of the portal for the reporting procedure after the allocation of 66 million by the Government “in which citizens and businesses will be able to enter invoices and expenses incurred and thus have access to the reimbursements provided for by national provisions, up to 5 thousand euros for families and up to 20 thousand for businesses affected by the flood”.
The procedure for disbursing the 25 million contributions allocated immediately after the flood, Giani points out with councilors Monni and Marras “is going well with almost 17 million already disbursed (6437 requests processed) and 3 million 723 thousand euros in the process of payment this week (1433 requests)”.
Giani: “We have exceeded the threshold of 20 million compared to the 25 that we have allocated. It means that the requests for contributions are finally being successful. The activation of the platform from 1 July will lead us to distribute the 66 million allocated by the Government of which I am executive commissioner for families and businesses. I am contributions that can be combined with the 3000 euros that families have received or are receivingso families can immediately take action to obtain these 5000 euros which come from the law decree”.
Giani also focuses on structural interventions “hoping that also in this case the Government takes action with a figure that could be 300 million euros compared to the plan of over 1 billion interventions sent by the Region to the Government and on which to date there is no evidence”.
“The requests in the preliminary phase are decreasing, which to date are 761 (last month they were 1123) and the number of people who have not yet communicated their IBAN is also decreasing, which to date is 761.
On emergency sums, the Government recognized 122 million against a request for 162 million. Means that 40 million are missing which will partly fall on the Municipalities already hard hit”.
Monni: “We are moving forward with the most urgent interventions. The repair works for the damage that occurred on the night of the flood remain at 40 million which will be moved to reconstruction interventions; it means that the Government recognizes the importance of these works, but has not recognized their utmost urgency. There are over 700 requests that have not been integrated with the IBAN and clearly without the IBAN we cannot do the settlements. Check and integrate if necessary. For citizens who have not submitted their application within the correct deadlines, we will try to meet their needs, if the resources are available”.
Then Monni: “Those who have a refund request exceeding 8,000 euros can request an advance of 2,500 euros which can be liquidated before the summer. The interventions to reduce the residual risk that the territories will need to live more peacefully are over 1 billion in need in the Region, but we still know nothing about this. We are worried because here lies the Government’s real political choice. While reimbursements are sanctioned by law and are a right, these are a precise choice of the Government both in quantity and timing and we urgently need to start the work possibly now, in the summer, to have the interventions finished before next winter”.
Business support interventions.
Marras: “The activities that we will ask companies for reporting and obtaining the contribution can subsequently also be used as an anticipation of a possible further reimbursement which we hope will occur thanks to further State funding. In this phase, 100% of the amounts incurred are recognized, up to the damage, up to the maximum limit of 20 thousand euros.
For eligibility, applicants must have a regular DURC, be active (not terminated), not subject to insolvency proceedings (bankruptcy, liquidation), located in the flooded municipalities (hence the case of the company which in the meantime has changed headquarters and is no longer located in the flooded municipality and will not be admitted).
With regard to eligible expenses, these must refer to the damages declared in the C1 form (properties, systems, equipment, machinery, goods, stocks, in the case of an unusable location, the costs for the rental of temporary structures).
The expenses incurred must be proven. All the payments must be tracked, Cash payments are not permitted.
Then there are other regional interventions on flooded businesses. On this front there is an investment call for 5.9 million euros, a program agreement signed between the Tuscany Region, the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy and Invitalia for 50 million.
And then there are the Government’s interventions through Simest, the company of the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group. Non-refundable contributions have been activated for all exporting companies, and for those belonging to a production chain with an export vocation and whose turnover derives from proven operations with companies directly operating in foreign markets, located in the affected territories. The overall budget for the extraordinary measures which includes both the events in Emilia-Romagna/Tuscany in May 2023 and those in Tuscany in October/November 2023 is 300 million euros
For companies affected by the flood in Tuscany, there is the possibility, as per the package of SIMEST measures under Fund 394, to allocate 90% of the financing to expenses for capital strengthening, as well as a reserve of 400 million euros and the possibility of accessing a non-repayable share of 10%”.
