SPAIN: Bars and restaurants request an extraordinary plan to stop the bankruptcy 

Hostelería Madrid considers that the scaled recovery will begin this spring and the outdoor spaces will be essential. For this reason, some of the measures they propose seek to allow, exceptionally, the installation of outdoor consumption areas for premises without a terrace.

On the other hand, although the association assumes that 20% of bars and restaurants (3,827 businesses) are in danger of bankruptcy, they hope that the measures they suggest will help keep the rest of the companies open and overcome this critical period for consumption.

Proposed measures in a first phase:

1. Exceptional authorization for the installation of tables and chairs attached to public catering establishments that do not have an authorized terrace.
2. Extension of the surface of the authorized terraces.
3. Extension of the already authorized seasonal terraces whose duration ends on October 31, 2020 until March 15, 2021.
4. Recovery of the activity hours of the authorized terraces.
5. Temporary waiver of the City Council to collect the terrace fees
6. Campaign to reactivate the tourist image of Madrid

These exceptional measures will have an estimated impact of 289 million euros, which will help to recover 11% of the income expected to be lost during 2020.