The City of Lorca recalls also can accommodate the relocated stores by demolish the building after the earthquake.
All recipients must commit to reopen its doors in less than 5 months.
April 11, 2012.
Councilman Trade of the City of Lorca, Eduardo Sanchez, recalled that on Friday morning is the deadline by the Session open for submission of applications for financial assistance aimed at traders whose uninsured business was damaged by earthquakes.
Sanchez Abad explained that since the beginning of March may be beneficiaries of this aid the natural or legal owners of the business or commercial establishments, industrial or services (trade and / or traders) that as of May 11, 2011, were trade or business with fewer than fifty employees and were available at the time of the earthquake insurance policy in force and which are not beneficiaries of any other public assistance as a result of malfunction or damage to facilities for the same reason .
It is envisaged that traders hit by the earthquake can receive up to € 8,000 based on this new package of economic assistance.
Councilman has detailed that this line of support has a budget of 1 million and half euros and is intended to facilitate the rehabilitation of the damage or deterioration in individual business establishments, and is encompassed within the criteria entered in the agreement between the Ministry of Tourism and the city of Lorca, initialed by the solidarity of all the Autonomous Community.
However, the management committee of this line of support may also award grants to businesses relocating buildings demolished or awaiting demolition as a result of earthquakes.
Applications may be filed in the office for processing aids Lorca City Council has authorized for that purpose in the Cultural Center of the City in the morning (8:00 to 15:00) to Friday 13 April .
All recipients of these grants must agree to reopen within a maximum of 5 months of the granting of aid.
The resolution of the files will be made by a commission composed of representatives of the City of Lorca, the Chamber of Commerce and Ceclor special attention to the display and sales area damaged.
So far there have been 77 of these requests.
On the other hand, the councilman of Commerce pointed out that until May 1 remains an open line of support of up to 8,000 euros for merchants who have insurance and is complementary to the Insurance Compensation Consortium, which have been 249 submitted applications.
Aid for Trade will exceed 5.5 million euros
The amount of aid for trade Lorca after earthquakes will be close to 5.5 million, not including preferred ICO credit lines to help companies with presence in the municipality, or aid to communities of owners, who also include an amount based on the low commercial or compensation from the Insurance Compensation Consortium.
Specifically, the lines of support implemented in this area are:
- Financial Assistance to the Bureau of Commerce: 500,000 €
- Rehabilitation for the new headquarters of the market square: 70,000 €
- Aid from the Ministry of Tourism CARM the innkeepers (through Hostelor): 200,000 €
- Aid for reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Directorate General for Trade of the CARM: there have been 270 applications to date, which will be awarded a maximum amount of € 1,992,000
- Line of aid to traders without insurance: 1,500,000 €
- Lines of support for the revitalization of trade approved by the Royal Decree: 1.5 million
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca