After the passage of Storm Kirk in Seine-et-Marne and the rising water levels around the Grand Morin, the time has come for cleaning for the residents and traders of the municipalities concerned, such as in Coulommiers, Pomeuse et Crécy-la-Chapellewhere the water is climb to more than 1m30 in the streets. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Seine-et-Marne comes to the aid of affected businesses and traders, with a support system from this Monday, October 14. “The businesses affected are very diverse, from car dealerships to bookstores and others”lists the president of the CCI of the department, Jean-Charles Herrenschmidt, guest of France Bleu Paris this Monday morning.
Insurance, personnel, financial aid
The Chamber of Commerce has opened a call and listening platform for professionals, at 0800.730.492 (or by email at [email protected]). “This toll-free number allows each company to call a team at the Chamber who can advise them on the different stages of this crisis. First there are the most urgent stages, the first actions to take after a flood. lands are waterlogged in Seine-et-Marne, so it is not impossible that it will start again. There are also the procedures to follow with insurance, very important, because you have ten days, and then the management of the. personnel with the use of partial activity, everything that involves cleaning the affected premises, assistance from the commercial courts and the URSSAF. There is both the technical side, but also the human side which is important. “assures the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Seine-et-Marne. Two physical reception sites of the CCI are also open in Coulommiers and Crécy-la-Chapelle.
Recognition of the state of natural disaster
The Seine-et-Marne prefecture has launched an accelerated procedure for recognizing the state of natural disaster. “This procedure aims to enable the adoption of decisions recognizing the state of natural disaster more quickly than in the ordinary procedure for the benefit of municipalities which have suffered a natural phenomenon of exceptional magnitude and whose abnormal intensity there is little doubt”explains the prefecture on its site. The municipalities concerned have until Thursday October 17 at 5 p.m. to submit their application online at the website of the Ministry of the Interior.
