Question 5386 — overseas

Summary

Mr. Perceval Gaillard draws the attention of the Minister of State, Minister for Overseas Territories to the possible activation of the Relief Fund for Overseas Territories by his ministry. Indeed, the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Reunion Island, Mr. Pierrick Robert, alerted the MP to the significant number of uninsured companies (34% according to the latest survey conducted by the CCIR) which find themselves in difficulty after the passage of the cyclone Garance in Reunion. The Overseas Relief Fund is a system providing financial assistance for victims of public disasters who find themselves in a fragile economic and social situation, placed in a situation of great precariousness by a disaster. This system is therefore not compensation (of the “insurance” type) but rather relief intended for the most critical situations. Funding for relief From this program is broken down into two categories: the extreme emergency relief system to provide limited but immediate aid to disaster victims to enable them to acquire basic necessities (food products, clothing, tarpaulins for covering houses; etc.); the relief fund itself to help individuals (subject to means testing), artisanal businesses or family whose uninsured property has suffered significant damage; farmers can also benefit from it for their losses of funds and harvest, as can local authorities with regard to their uninsurable assets (bridges, roads, drinking water supply networks, sanitation networks, street furniture in particular). 19 days after Garance's passage to Reunion, the catastrophic situation of many families and businesses fully justify the activation of this fund which was activated in 2024 for storm Candice or cyclone Belal in Reunion or for the storms and hurricanes Philippe and Tammy in 2023 in Guadeloupe. Complementary to the emergency fund of 200 million euros for communities announced during the Minister's visit to Reunion, it would allow a number of artisanal or family businesses to not going out of business and many individuals being able to meet their most essential needs. He wants to know the perspectives on this subject.

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