Grants amounting to a total of up to BGN 6,000,000 will be awarded to tour operators, which will only be used to reimburse clients for travel not made in the period from 1 March 2020 to 31 December 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
The measure is a state aid scheme in the form of a direct grant under point 3.1 of the Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the current epidemic of COVID-19 C (2020) 1863, adopted on 19 March 2020 and its amendments C (2020) 2215 of 3 April 2020, C (2020) 3156 of 8 May 2020, C (2020) 4509 of 29 June 2020, C (2020) 7127 of 13 October 2020 C (2021) 564 of 28 January 2021 and C (2021) 8442 of 18 November 2021 and valid until 30 June 2022.
The grants are paid after receiving a positive decision from the European Commission on the compatibility of the aid with the internal market on the basis of Art. 107 (3) (b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Deadline: 11.02.2022 18:00
