European Commission approves € 500m for Greek food service sector
May 11, 2021
The European Commission has given the green light for the activation of the financial support program for the Greek catering sector which will amount to € 500 million. The platform for applications will open next Friday.
“The Commission today approved a Greek program worth 500 million euros to support businesses in the catering sector. “We actively support the return to normalcy, the recovery of the economy and thousands of Greek companies and families,” wrote on Twitter the vice-president of the Commission, Margaritis Schoinas.
Greece has notified the Commission, under the temporary State Aid Framework, of a € 500 million program to support food-service companies, such as restaurants and take away food service providers, catering, beverage service, and other food-service activities affected by the outbreak of coronavirus.