A decree establishing “exceptional” aid to “compensate for the increase in the cost of supplying paper for printed publications” for press publishing companies affected by the consequences of the war in Ukraine, was published Thursday in the Official Journal. “The total of the aid granted to a group and to the legal persons it controls (…) cannot exceed two million euros”, an amount fixed by an order of the Minister in charge of Communication and the Minister in charge of the Budget , indicates the text.
The eligibility period for this financial aid extends from February 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, “within the limits of available credits”. On December 14, the government announced aid of 30 million euros “to the press publishers most affected by the increase in some of their production costs” following this war.
Reduced pagination
“Faced with these additional costs, some press publishers have been forced to reduce the pagination of their publications and to suppress the publication of special and special issues”, noted in a press release the Ministries of Culture, Economy and Public Accounts, “aware of the threat that this economic crisis poses to certain titles, already structurally fragile, and to the supply of information to the public”.
This envelope will be financed in particular by credits intended for the press sector which have not been consumed within the framework of the recovery plan and by five million euros opened in the amending finance law, specified this press release.