Urgent aid for damage from 2019 floods and wildfires

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1. Several provinces and autonomous communities are declared areas seriously affected by a civil protection emergency due to the 2019 wildfires, floods and storms, including the September DANADANA Spanish acronym for an isolated high-level low-pressure system, a weather event that brings very heavy rain.. The measures also apply to similar events since April 1, 2019, and the Government may extend them to other similar events until March 31, 2020.
2. Aid is granted for death, disability, damage to homes, household goods and businesses, under Royal Decree 307/2005. Applications must be filed within two months and are resolved by the Minister of the Interior.
3. Farmers and livestock owners with losses above 30% of their production can receive aid, whether or not the damage was insured. There is also aid for uninsurable items on the farm, up to 70% of the assessed damage with a maximum of 8,000 euros.
4. Tax benefits are approved: an exemption from the property tax (IBI), a reduction in the business activity tax (IAE), exemptions from traffic agency fees, and an income taxincome tax The personal income tax (IRPF in Spain): what people pay on what they earn from work, business or savings. exemption for personal damage aid. Losses suffered by municipalities and other entities are compensated from the State Budget.
5. Labor and Social Security measures: contract suspensions and collective layoffs caused by the damage count as force majeure, employers may be exempt from paying Social Security contributions, and companies and self-employed workers can request a moratorium of up to one year, interest free, on contribution payments.
6. Aid for local entities is established: up to 100% of emergency expenses and up to 50% of the cost of infrastructure repair works. Urgent forest, river and coastal restoration actions are also provided, and an interministerial commission is created to monitor the measures.

Who it affects

• Residents of the affected areas: They can apply for aid for death, disability, and damage to their home and household goods.
• Damaged businesses and shops: They receive aid, tax benefits, and can request moratoriums on Social Security contributions.
• Farmers and livestock owners: They can receive aid for production losses and uninsurable damage, plus tax reductions.
• Workers and self-employed people: Force majeure rules, unemployment or business cessation benefits, and contribution moratoriums apply.
• Municipalities and other local entities: They receive aid for emergency expenses and to repair infrastructure.

Words worth knowing

DANA

Spanish acronym for an isolated high-level low-pressure system, a weather event that brings very heavy rain.

Fuerza mayor (force majeure)

An extraordinary, unforeseeable cause that allows suspending contracts or carrying out collective layoffs under special rules.

Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros

Public body that compensates damage caused by extraordinary risks, such as floods.

Dominio público hidráulico y marítimo terrestre

Public areas such as river channels, beaches and the coast.

Moratoria

A deferral of a debt payment, here of Social Security contributions.

income tax

The personal income tax (IRPF in Spain): what people pay on what they earn from work, business or savings.

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