Aid to businesses in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak in Brittany

The Solidarity Fund

In the context of the COVID-19 outbreak, the State has set up, together with the Regions, a solidarity fund with EUR 1.7 billion for March 2020 that will allow the payment of tax-free assistance of up to EUR 1500 to the smallest companies, self-employed, micro-entrepreneurs and liberal professions affected by the coronavirus crisis. This fund will be maintained as long as the health emergency lasts.

Further information on the Solidarity Fund can be found on the information page available at https://www.impots.gouv.fr/portail/.

**Description of data
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These data are derived from:

• The SIRENE base of the INSEE companies and their establishments;
• The Official Geographical Code (COG) of INSEE;
• The French activity nomenclature of INSEE
• The Solidarity Fund aid database operated by the Directorate-General for Public Finance (DGFIP) for Component 1.

The data inform, to the regional granularity, and for the successive parts of the allocation of aid (component 1, component 2 and component 3 to come):

• the number of aid granted;
• the total amount of aid granted in euro;
• the sector of activity of the beneficiary companies (via a section of the NAF code).

** Enrichment**

• addition of the iso 3166 codes of the different zones;
• addition of centroids from departments.