Covid-19 Emergency – Key Measures for Businesses

On 17 March 2020, Decree Law No. 18, known as the ‘Cura Italia’ decree, was approved. In addition to strengthening the National Health Service, it introduced a series of extraordinary measures aimed at providing financial support to households, workers and businesses.

In April 2020, Decree Law No. 23, known as the ‘Liquidity Decree’, was approved, containing urgent measures concerning, amongst other things, access to credit through the provision of guarantees by SACE, export incentives and the deferral of certain obligations for businesses.
A preliminary analysis of the measures approved, with particular attention to those applicable to businesses.