2023-08-03 18:52:05
By Julie Ruiz
Posted yesterday at 11:06, Updated yesterday at 18:52
A waiter tidies up the terrace of a café during a demonstration in Paris on June 30, 2023. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP
Tobacconists will be able to benefit from aid of up to 10,000 euros. It could concern more than 500 tobacconists.
There is no doubt that this measure will be popular with tobacconists. Traveling to Talence, in the suburbs of Bordeaux, the new Minister of Public Accounts, Thomas Cazenave, announced the creation of a fixed aid package of 10,000 euros for tobacconists who were victims of damage and theft during the riots that occurred at the end of June. . To benefit from it, tobacconists must be able to justify having “suffered damage, destruction, theft, during urban riots, resulting in a closure of at least three consecutive days“, during the violence “occurred between June 27 and July 5, 2023“, Specifies the decree published in the Official Journal on Thursday.
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While visiting a disaster-stricken tobacconist in Talence, Thomas Cazenave affirms that this flat-rate aid, which should cost “just over 2 million euros“to the coffers of the State, must in particular allow “to support the security of businesses». «It’s a local business, it’s part of the life of our cities and of social ties. It’s important to be by their side and allow them to restart in the best possible conditions.“, he justifies.
The president of the National Confederation of tobacconists, Philippe Coy, who accompanied the minister, for his part said he was satisfied with the implementation of this aid. “This support system is important because we have been greatly impacted by the nights of riots and this essential business must reopen as soon as possible.“, did he declare. According to the latest report from the National Confederation of Tobacconists, 545 tobacconists were damaged during the riots, including 64 burned down and completely destroyed.
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The professional union estimates that the total cost of damage for traders in the sector could exceed 20 million euros. In total, “just over 1,000 businesses were directly affected by the riots“, including a majority of tobacco, precisely, and bank agencies, according to Olivia Grégoire, Minister of Commerce.
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