iA to sign the new appeal are the following Associative realities in the country: ADG, Italian Association of Ambassadors of Taste; AIG, Italian Gelato Makers Association; AMPI, Academy of Italian Pastry Chefs; APAR, Provincial Association of Artisan Pastry Chefs Reggini; APCI, Professional Association of Italian Chefs; APGA, Association of Artisan Confectioners, Ice Cream Makers; APN, Neapolitan Pizzaiuoli Association; APT, Pizza Tramonti Association; Follonica Restaurant Association; CHIC, Charming Italian Chef; Middle food; Ice Cream Company; Conpait, Italian Confectioners Confederation; Conpait Gelato; Parma Quality Restaurants Consortium; EPPCI, Professional Excellence in Italian Chocolate Pastry; FIC, Italian Federation of Chefs; Ice cream makers for ice cream; Entrepreneur Group Catering; JRE, Jeunes Restaurateurs Italia; The stops of Ulysses; Ri.Un., Restaurateurs United; Buongusto restaurants; Restaurateurs from Sannio and Alto Casertano; Emilia Romagna Restaurateurs; Union of Buon Ricordo restaurants.
The Government is asked to immediately adopt the following 8 essential measures for the survival of many representatives operating in the sector:
1. Cancellation of the relevant national and local taxes (indicative and non-exhaustive TARI, IMU, billposting, occupation of public land, etc.), credit for utilities related to commercial activities; payment by installments of the IRES, IRAP payments expected in June and without interest.
2. Extension of the extraordinary redundancy fund for staff in force on 23.02.2020 and until 31.12.2020.
3. Suspension of operating leases, mortgages and rentals until 31.12.2020, recovery of the frozen monthly payments at the end of the period envisaged by the relative measure put in place.
4. Harmonization by the State of the rules for access to credit.
5. 60% tax credit recognized to the owner until 31.12.2020 with 40% of the amount paid by the tenant and simplified measure (dry coupon).
6. Tax relief (overtime) on the human resources in the workforce, tax relief on social security contributions and benefits until June 30, 2021.
7. Possibility extended to the entire catering sector to take away.
8. Non-refundable support measures, refreshments and indemnities, for the mandatory closure period imposed by law by the covid-19 emergency (equal to 10% of the turnover in relation to the same reference period).
These actions are considered necessary in the awareness of the centrality that food and wine tourism, craftsmanship and hospitality represent. A sector that is in fact a strategic lever for the economic recovery of the country and the main tool for enhancing Made in Italy.
It is the first time that such a representative initiative has been carried out in Italy. Its genesis is linked to the belief that, especially in such a difficult and unpredictable situation, the common good must overcome all types of individualism. Only a coordinated and synergistic action is able to guarantee an effective approach and a concrete result, without which it is difficult to leave the tunnel.
In this regard, given the presence of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Hon. Pier Paolo Baretta, the sector's appeal will also be presented during today's "New Scenarios of Gastronomic Entrepreneurship" webinar promoted by the Italian Association Taste Ambassadors together with LUM Jean Monnet University. The meeting will begin at 15:00 and will be broadcast via the university and association social channels.
The will of all members of this collective appeal is that the work put in place to respond to the emergency generated by the pandemic does not end with the ceased danger, but that it becomes a project, a basis for restarting. A stimulus for the consolidation of a unified working method to make a common front in all those occasions when it will be necessary to get the voice of Italian catering.
