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Accompanied by a Request for Cooperation in Shortening Business Hours "Gifu Prefecture New Coronavirus Infectious Disease Spread Prevention Assistance Fund (9th)" Implementation Outline

 

 

Accompanied by a Request for Cooperation in Shortening Business Hours

"Gifu Prefecture New Coronavirus Infectious Disease Spread Prevention Assistance Fund (9th)"

Implementation Outline

 

1. Purpose

 In order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infectious disease, which is spreading every day, the stores subject to the request should respond to the request of the prefecture. During the entire target period, we will provide assistance fund to businesses that can fully cooperate in shortening business hours.

 

2. Request details

Request Period etc.

From January 21, 2022 (Friday) until March 6, 2022 (Sunday) [45 days]

※ However, it is acceptable to start on January 22nd (Saturday),or 23rd (Sunday) 2022.

Target area

All 42 municipalities in Gifu Prefecture 

Target industry

・Restaurant

  ※Restaurants (including taverns ), coffee shops, etc. (excluding home delivery and take-out services)

  ※Wedding halls are treated in the same way as restaurants

・Entertainment facilities, etc.

  ※Bars & karaoke boxes, etc. that are licensed to operate under the Food Sanitation Law

(Excluding facilities such as internet cafes and manga cafes that are expected to be used for long-term stays at night.)

 

Request details

・Shortening of business hours to from 5:00 AM until 8:00 PM

・No alcoholic beverages (including those brought in by patrons) shall be served (all day).

・Avoid eating with more than 5 people in the same group at the same table.

 

Payment amount

※The sales to be calculated are only the sales of the restaurant business.

•Sales related to food and beverage takeout, the sales of the accommodation business associated with the hotel business industry and the sales of the karaoke associated with the karaoke business, etc. should calculate food service sales by excluding sales from those businesses.

〇Small and medium-sized enterprises

(The daily payment unit price is determined according to the daily sales(excluding tax) of the restaurant business in the previous year or the year 2 years ago.)

• Stores with daily sales of 75,000 yen or less in the previous year or the fiscal year 2 years ago: 30,000 yen / day

• Stores with daily sales of 75,000 yen to 250,000 yen in the previous year or the fiscal year 2 years ago: 30,000 yen / day up to 100,000 yen / day

【(Daily restaurant sales in the previous year or the fiscal year 2 years ago) x 0.4】

• Stores with daily sales of 250,000 yen or more in the previous year or the fiscal year 2 years ago: 100,000 yen / day

〇Large companies (Small and medium-sized companies can also select this method)

 •Decrease in restaurant sales per day x 0.4 (upper limit: "200,000 yen" )

 

3. Application requirements

・The target facility(both third-party certified and non-certified stores) must be a restaurant, entertainment facility, etc. that is open from 8:00 PM until 5:00 AM the next day.

※The applicant must have obtained all necessary permits, etc. for the business types that are valid during the entire request period.

※It is necessary to be able to confirm from objective materials that it was widely known that the business hours were from   

8:00 PM until 5:00 AM the next day.

・Business operators must fully cooperate with the request to shorten business hours and to refrain from serving alcoholic beverages (including those brought in by patrons) throughout the day during the request period.

※Full cooperation means that the business operators cooperate in shortening the business hours of stores in the target area during all of the above-mentioned request periods. This also applies to businesses that close all day during the request period.

※A request to shorten business hours means "a request to close from 8:00 PM until 5:00 AM the next day". However, on the last day of each request period, the request will finish at midnight (0:00 AM).

・Avoid eating with more than 5 people in the same group at the same table.

・It is necessary to be able to clearly confirm from objective materials that businesses have been in operation prior to the start date of the request for shortening of business hours, and the actual status of its continuous operation in the form of a store.

※The request for shortened working hours by the first wave (April 18, 2020), stores that have voluntarily shortened working  hours for the purpose of preventing the spread of new coronavirus infection are also eligible. (Except for leave when the actual management cannot be confirmed for a considerable period of time such as longer than 6 months.)

※Only if it is clear from the exterior and interior views that the store is in the form of a store and is regularly in operation. Also, we may check to see if the business is still in operation attracting a wide range of customers even after the request period has ended.

・The store must be located in the target area (Municipalities in Gifu Prefecture) during the request period. Also, the applicant must be a person who has the authority to make decisions regarding business operations such as business hours and contents, etc.

・For restaurants (cabaret clubs, host clubs, etc.), karaoke shops, and live houses that accompany entertainment, an

 infection control manual must be prepared and submitted and confirmed.

・In addition to violations of related laws and regulations or the governor's disposition based on this, and criminal acts such as fraud, etc., there must be no false or fraudulent applications in all applications for the Gifu Prefecture Coronavirus Infectious Disease Spread Prevention Assistance Fund.

※Duplicate applications for the same store, whether corporate or individual, may constitute fraudulent applications and may all be denied.

・Not being a gangster organization or a corporate body whose representatives or directors belong to gangster organizations, etc. Also, gangsters are not actually part of the management. Not being an individual belonging to antisocial forces such as gangster organizations, etc.  

・Stores other than those certified by the Governor as having spread the new coronavirus infection due to reasons such as inadequate infection prevention measures, including the occurrence of clusters of new coronavirus infection during the period requested by the "Special Measures for the Prevention of the Spread of New Coronavirus"

・Complying with the "Guidelines by Industry Type" and the "Action Guidelines for Surviving the Corona Society."

・At the time of application, the national and prefectural governments have not provided any benefits or subsidies, etc. that

  are subject to the condition of prohibition of simultaneous payment. (Ex.: Gifu Prefecture Omicron Variant Measures Special Support Fund, etc.)

 

4. Application acceptance period

 From March 7, 2022 (Monday), until May 6, 2022 (Friday)

・The postmark is valid on May 6, 2022 (Friday).

・Please be careful as we will not be able to accept late applications.

 

5. Inquiries Regarding the Assistance Fund (9th)

"Gifu Prefecture Assistance Fund (9th) Consultation Center (Call Center)":

TEL: 058-272-8192 (Open from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM )

Please check the Gifu Prefectural Government's official website for further information: (Japanese only)

https://www.pref.gifu.lg.jp/site/covid19/196002.html