[COVID-19] The tools we recommend to help your business
The COVID-19 pandemic currently raging around the world is causing unprecedented disruption to the global economy and particularly to our country.
In this context, exceptional measures are being taken to respond to the issues and support the economy.
Many questions arise, and the objective of our special report is to provide you with the best possible information by gathering together articles from our lawyers on the subject (covering various sectors and fields). We have also included some public information (via links) that we think will be useful to you in the current situation.
New legislation is constantly emerging and is being closely monitored by our lawyers. This file will therefore evolve and be continuously updated.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our lawyers. They are available to help you during this period.
Financial assistance measures for businesses :
- – PGE: Government broadens and clarifies the eligibility criteria – Published by Bpifrance on May 11, 2020 (in french)
- – Consult the Bpifrance website (in french)
- – Consult the support measures of the Ministry of the Economy (in french)
Corporate Law, mergers & acquisitions
Tax law
Employment law & social protection
– Ordinance No.°2020-560 of 13 May 2020 setting the deadlines for various procedures during the period of health emergency – Published on 14 May 2020
– Report to the President of the Republic on the Ordinance No.°2020-560 of 13 May 2020 setting the deadlines applicable to various procedures during the period of health emergency – Published on 14 May 2020
– Creditor Objection Periods: Non-loss driven capital reduction – Published on 14 May 2020
– Ordinance No.°2020-341 of 27 March 2020: Temporary adaptation of the procedures for dealing with business difficulties – Published on 23 April 2020
– FAQ from the Ministry of Economy and Finance: “Supporting businesses – Coronavirus” – Published on 23 April 2020
– Creditor opposition’s deadlines: Universal transmission of assets – Published on 23 April 2020
– Ordinances of 25 March 2020: what consequences under corporate law ? – Published on March 27 2020 – Updated on 23 April 2020
– Exceptional measure to support the economy: the state-guaranteed loan – Published on April 2 2020 – Updated on 23 April 2020
– Thomas Buffin’s intervention in a webinar jointly organized by Eurasanté and Euratechnology – Published on 22 April 2020
– Business support measures – Published on April 2, 2020 (economie.gouv.fr)
– Government FAQ : “Liability Commitment for Large Companies with Cash Support Measures” – Published on April 2, 2020 (economie.gouv.fr)
– Ad hoc mandate and conciliation – Published on March 27, 2020
– FAQ of the Ministry of Economy and Finance: “Hold your GA and respect the accounting deadlines” – Published on March 27, 2020 (www.tresor.economie.gouv.fr)
– What about the VAT in regard to business payment deferral ? – Published on March 26 2020 – Updated on 15 April 2020
– What consequences on the registration of deeds – Published on March 26 2020 – Updated on 15 April 2020
– Could the coronavirus entail the creation of permanent establishments ? – Published on March 26 2020 – Updated on 15 April 2020
– Will companies that received state aid during Covid-19 crisis be able to distribute dividends or buy back their shares in 2020 ? – Published on April 6, 2020
– Impact of the confinement measures on tax audits and tax collection – Published on March 26, 2020
– Containment of activities or assets exposed to financial or operational risks – Published on March 26, 2020
– Companies aiding each other – Published on March 26, 2020
– Deferral of bank maturities – Published on March 26, 2020
– Exceptional tax measures in favor of businesses – Published on March 18, 2020
– Vulnerable persons, childcare: details on the transition from the “Covid-19” work stoppage to partial activity – Published on 18 May 2020
– End of the suspension of certain deadlines in labour law – Published on 27 April 2020
– Back to work: the employer’s checklist – Published on 27 April 2020
– Dealing with COVID-19 with ones employees – Published on 24 April 2020
– Employment law provisions of Ordinance No.°2020-460 of 22 April 2020 on various measures taken to deal with the Covid-19 epidemic – Published on 24 April 2020
– Deciphering ERB Emergency Measures – Published on 20 April 2020
– Calculation of the indemnity and partial activity allowance for employees under the annual working-day system – Decree of 16 April 2020 – Published on 17 April 2020
– Update on the exceptional purchasing power bonus after the Ordinance of 1 April 2020 – Published on 10 April 2020
– Can I break a Definite-Term Contract on the basis of force majeure due to the general confinement measures ? – Published on march 30, 2020
– Limits on the exercise of employees’ right to withdraw from their employment – Published on march 20, 2020
– How to act towards employees ? – Published on march 11, 2020
Public law
Competition, distribution, contracts & consumer law
Sciences of life
– Covid-19 – Failure of the Contractor: what to do? – Article published on Achat public on 18 May 2020
– State of health emergency: a reversal of the logic of the distribution of local competences – Article published on Achat Public on 21 April 2020
– An ordinance of 15 April 2020 improves the fate of planning permission during a state of emergency – Published on 16 April 2020
– Total lockdown will not take place – Article published on Actu Juridique on April 15, 2020
– The fate of planning permission during a state of emergency – Published on April 7, 2020
– State of emergency, its effects on the permits’ challenge time limit and related posting terms – Published on April 3, 2020
– Municipality governance during a state of health emergency – Published on April 3, 2020
– Emergency law to deal with the epidemic : what are the most significant for the public sector ? – Published on march 24, 2020
– What are the consequences on public contracts and state aid regulations ? – Published on march 19, 2020
– Rules relating to business difficulties linked to the health emergency: a new ordinance completes and clarifies its provisions – Published on 12 June 2020
– Regulation of the selling price of single-use surgical masks – Published on 6 May 2020
– Publication of a Communication from the European Commission setting out a “temporary framework” for competition – Published on 6 May 2020
– The Health Emergency Law has been published – Published on march 24, 2020
Litigation & arbitration
Meritas
Legal and commercial impacts in Europe
– Ordinance No. 2020-306 of 25 March 2020 on the extension of time limits during the emergency period: what consequences in civil matters ? – Published on April 2, 2020
As a member of the Meritas international network of law firms, Bignon Lebray participates in writing a number of articles published by Meritas (in English) and dealing with the main legal and commercial impacts resulting from the coronavirus epidemic in Europe.
