The Walloon government grants you a new allowance if you belong to the sectors that have been most affected since the start of the health crisis.
Provided that you meet certain conditions, you can apply for the allowance on the Walloon platform indemnitecovid.wallonie.be from 25 August 2021 onwards.
Do you qualify for this allowance?
To be entitled to this allowance, you must meet the following conditions:
- You are a very small, small or medium-sized enterprise OR a natural person carrying out a professional activity as a main activity and you are liable to social security contributions;
- As a result of the measures taken to combat the pandemic, you have lost at least 60% of your turnover in the period from Q2/2020 to Q1/2021 compared to the period from Q2/2019 to Q1/2020;
- You are active in the sectors that have been closed the longest since March 2020 or the activity of which is linked to the ban to travel abroad (see list of NACE-Bel codes below).
|
Description of the activity |
NACE code |
|
Retail sale via stalls and markets of food, beverages and tobacco |
47.810 |
|
Retail sale via stalls and markets of textiles, clothing and footwear |
47.820 |
|
Retail sale via stalls and markets of other goods |
47.890 |
|
Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets |
47.990 |
|
Hotels and similar accommodation |
49.390 |
|
Youth hostels |
55.100 |
|
Holiday and other short-stay accommodation |
55.201 |
|
Guest Rooms |
55.202 |
|
Tourist and other short-term accommodation |
55.203 |
|
Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks |
55.204 |
|
Other accommodation |
55.209 |
|
Full-service catering |
55.300 |
|
Limited service catering |
55.900 |
|
Event catering activities |
56.101 |
|
Cafés and bars |
56.102 |
|
Discotheques, dance halls and the like |
56.210 |
|
Other drinking establishments |
56.301 |
|
Motion picture projection activities |
56.302 |
|
Travel agency activities |
56.309 |
|
Tour operator activities |
59.140 |
|
Tourist information services |
79.110 |
|
Other reservation service and related activities |
79.120 |
|
Organisation of conventions and trade shows |
79.901 |
|
Sports and recreation education |
79.909 |
|
Cultural education |
82.300 |
|
Promotion and organization of performing arts events |
85.510 |
|
Operation of theatres, concert halls and the like |
85.520 |
|
Operation of cultural centres and multifunctional cultural halls |
90.021 |
|
Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions |
90.041 |
|
Botanical and zoological gardens |
90.042 |
|
Gambling and betting activities |
91.030 |
|
Operation of sports facilities |
91.041 |
|
Activities of football clubs |
92.000 |
|
Activities of tennis clubs |
93.110 |
|
Activities of other ball sports clubs |
93.121 |
|
Activities of cycling clubs |
93.122 |
|
Activities of martial arts clubs |
93.123 |
|
Activities of water sports clubs |
93.124 |
|
Activities of equestrian clubs |
93.125 |
|
Activities of athletics clubs |
93.126 |
|
Activities of other sports clubs |
93.127 |
|
Fitness facilities |
93.128 |
|
Other sports activities n.i.e. |
93.129 |
|
Fairground activities |
93.130 |
|
Operation of amusement and theme parks |
93.199 |
|
Operation of snooker and billiard halls |
93.211 |
|
Operation of recreational areas |
93.212 |
|
Other amusement and recreation activities |
93.291 |
|
Hair care |
93.292 |
|
Beauty care |
93.299 |
|
Physical well-being activities |
96.021 |
|
Dating agencies |
96.022 |
|
Tattooing and piercing services |
96.040 |
|
Other personal services |
96.091 |
What is the amount of the allowance?
The allowance is equal to 15% of your turnover during the period Q1/2019 up to and including Q4/2019.
However, ceilings are set on the basis of your loss of turnover and your workforce calculated in full-time equivalents (FTE).
The number of FTEs is equal to:
|
Your loss of turnover |
FTE 0 |
FTE >0 to <10 |
FTE 10 to <50 |
FTE 50 and + |
|
Up to 75% of the turnover |
€ 30,000 |
€ 60,000 |
€ 120,000 |
€ 240,000 |
|
More than 75% of the turnover |
€ 37,500 |
€ 75,000 |
€ 150,000 |
€ 300,000 |
The Walloon allowances received in the past, i.e. allowances 1 to 16, will be deducted from the amount calculated for the current mechanism.
What do you need to do?
You need to submit a request for allowance on the website www.indemnitécovid.wallonie.be (allowance 20) from 25 August 2021 up to and including 24 September 2021.
Sources: Decree of the Walloon government of 1 July 2021 relating to the establishment of a resilience mechanism for the sectors most durably affected since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, Belgian Official Gazette of 09.07.21; Ministerial decree of 23 August 2021 implementing the decree of the Walloon government of 1 July 2021 relating to the establishment of a resilience mechanism for the sectors most durably affected since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, Belgian Official Gazette of 06.09.2021