Lex Delles, Luxembourg's Minister for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Minister for Tourism;
Credit: SIP / Jean-Christophe Verhaegen
On Monday 14 April 2020, the Direction générale des classes moyennes of Luxembourg's Ministry of the Economy announced the launch of the online application form for the emergency compensation of €2,500 euros for the self-employed on the professional section of MyGuichet.lu.
As of today, the persons concerned, i.e. freelance / independents can now apply for the emergency assistance of €2,500 on the basis of the Grand-Ducal Regulation of 8 April 2020, the purpose of which is to establish an emergency allowance certified for self-employed people in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The application form is now available on Guichet.lu. Request can be made using an online assistant available online at MyGuichet.lu using a LuxTrust product (e.g. a Token, Smartcard or Signing stick) or an electronic identity card. This online application tool was developed by the Ministry of the Economy with the support of the State Information Technology Center (CTIE).
As announced last week, the granting of this aid is subject to several conditions. The applicant must thus encounter temporary financial difficulties due to the consequences of COVID-19, employ less than 10 people and their professional income serving as a basis for calculating social contributions must not exceed the amount of two and a half times the minimum social wage.
The Minister of the Middle Classes, Lex Delles, underlined that "we want to offer a digital form which facilitates the application process for the self-employed".
Detailed information is available on the Guichet.lu website.
