L 280/36
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
28.10.2022
(19)
‘Resolution of the Regional Government of Madeira No 101/2020 of 13 March’ and ‘Ordinance No 133-B/2020 of the Vice-Presidency of the Regional Government of Madeira and of the Regional Secretariat for Social Inclusion and Citizenship of 22 April’ introduced a number of regional employment-related measures in the autonomous region of Madeira.
The measures are described in Article 3, point (k), of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1354.
The specific measures, including a regional top-up on nation-wide schemes, namely on short-time work, support for the selfemployed and for firms for the resumption of their business activities, were intended to preserve employment in Madeira during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Support under these measures was conditional on firms preserving employment contracts and maintaining their business activities.
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Article 156 of ‘Law No 75-B/2020 of 31 December’, and subject to the conditions set out in points (2)(c) to (f) therein, as further specified in ‘Government Ordinance No 19-A/2021 of 25 January’, and as extended by Article 12 of ‘Decree-Law No 104/2021 of 27 November’, introduced an extraordinary support scheme for self-employed workers, workers without access to other social protection mechanisms, and managers whose income was particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The measure is described in Article 3, point (r), of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1354.
In the case of self-employed workers, the measure provided a benefit equal to two-thirds of the drop in the workers’ monthly income, with an upper limit equal to EUR 501,16.
Eligible self-employed workers were those who experienced a drop in income of at least 40 % in the period from March to December 2020, compared with 2019.
In the case of workers without access to other social protection mechanisms, the measure provided: (i) for employees, a benefit equal to the difference between the monthly reference value of EUR 501,16 and the average monthly wage per adult in the respective household; and, (ii) for self-employed workers, a benefit equal to twothirds of the drop in the workers’ monthly income, with an upper limit of EUR 501,16.
In the case of managers, the measure provided a benefit equal to either their reference average monthly income, when it was below 1,5 times Portugal’s social support index (‘Indexante dos Apoios Sociais’, IAS, at EUR 438,81 in 2021), or two-thirds of their reference average monthly income, when it was equal to or above that index.
Eligible managers were those whose business activities had been temporarily suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, or who had experienced revenue losses of at least 40 % in the period of 30 days preceding the request for support, compared with the same month of the previous year, or with the monthly average of the 2 months prior to that period.
In all cases, the benefit had a lower limit equal to EUR 50, increased to 50 % of the observed monthly income drop when the latter fell between 50 % and 100 % of Portugal’s social support index, or to 50 % of Portugal’s social support index when the income drop exceeded that index.
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Point 2.5.1 of ‘Annex to the Resolution of the Council of Ministers No 41/2020 of 6 June’, as further specified by Articles 10 to 12 of ‘Government Ordinance No 180/2020 of 3 August’, and extended by Articles 5 to 7 of ‘Annex to Government Ordinance No 37-A/2021 of 15 February’, introduced a social support scheme for artists, authors, technicians and other art professionals.
The measure is described in Article 3, point (s), of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1354.
The measure provided for a monthly benefit equal to Portugal’s social support index (‘Indexante dos Apoios Sociais’, IAS, at EUR 438,81 in 2021).
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Portugal further extended or amended a series of health-related measures to address the COVID-19 outbreak.
In particular, this concerns the measures set out in recitals (23) to (27).
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‘Norm No 012/2020 of 6 May’, as amended on 14 May 2020, and ‘Norm No 013/2020 of 10 June’, as amended on 23 June 2020, both issued by the Portuguese Directorate-General for Health, as well as ‘Decree-Law No 10-A/2020 of 13 March’, provided for the purchase of personal protective equipment to be used in the workplace, notably in public hospitals, line ministries, municipalities and the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira.
The measure is described in Article 3, point (n), of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1354.
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‘Decree-Law No 10-A/2020 of 13 March’ introduced a school hygiene campaign aimed at ensuring the safe return to work of lecturers, other staff members, and students.
The measure is described in Article 3, point (o), of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1354.