Rome, April 24, 2021 – Less than two lines to the chapter catering services. “It remains excluded with regard to public establishments for the administration of food and beverages, the possibility of drink at the counter “. A circular of the Ministry of the Interior still in draft – “is in the process of definitive drafting and will be adopted as soon as possible ”, the clarification of the Interior Ministry at 15 today – is causing an uproar the bartenders of Italy on the eve of the reopening, scheduled for Monday, when fifteen regions will turn yellow.
Reopening of the yellow area, the Interior Ministry checks
Rules of the yellow zone: what can be done from 26 April
And right on rules set for the area of the restart, what has already been renamed “the war of coffee at the counter” is breaking out. A strategic economic resource especially for those who do not have open spaces (in the category accounts, it would be in these conditions more than 50% of the bars). So for many to be denied the possibility of breakfast at the counter would mean being condemned to closure. Hence the mobilization of the category, starting with the highest positions of Confcommercio.
These are hectic hours of negotiations, also in order to be able to give clear indications to companies that need to plan. The numbers are really important, just under 144mila the premises surveyed by Confcommercio. Not only. They represent a sign of a return to normality and one of the most loved habits of Italians. After the release of the decree, the association headed by Carlo Sangalli he had examined the text with his lawyers and the national vice president Fipe Aldo Cursano he concluded: “The Dpcm of 2 March is valid, in the yellow areas it will be possible to consume food and drinks at the counter until 6 pm”. The same conclusion, in the day, had been put in writing by Confartigianato in a circular addressed to all the offices in Italy. The line had been more cautious Confesercenti, which had asked the government for clarification with an urgent question. Today he is asking for “an urgent review of the provision. This is how bars are killed. Businesses are desperate and it is not rhetoric”. And now? Diplomacy is at work. If the new rumors are confirmed, some associations would already have the appeal to the Tar.
In the evening the circular of the Viminale, signed by the head of the cabinet, is peremptory. From Monday in the yellow zone “it is allowed to carry out the activity of catering services with consumption at the table only outdoors between 5 and 22. Until May 31, the counter service will remain possible in the presence of structures that allow consumption outdoors”. In other words, coffee is drunk outside.
The Viminale circular in Pdf
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