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The President of the Republic today issued the Government’s diploma on cultural and artistic shows, which provides for “pilot tests” and establishes conditions for the return of ticket prices for delayed shows and festivals.
The diploma was approved by the Council of Ministers, last Thursday, defining new provisions on shows, in the context of the misconfiguration plan, and was promulgated “this afternoon”, by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, as can be read on the page of Presidency of the Republic, on the Internet.
Approved this Thursday in the Council of Ministers, this diploma “modifies the exceptional and temporary measures to respond to the pandemic of the disease covid-19, in the cultural and artistic field”, and “establishes the rules applied to the shows of the year” . 2021 “.
The diploma foresees the possibility of carrying out “pilot tests”, in conjunction with the General Directorate of Health (DGS), to define new technical guidelines in the Culture sector.
Scheduling these test events may eventually pave the way for the possibility of “changing current orientation”, which defines audience boundaries, depending on physical distance and available area, in cultural facilities, such as theaters and movie theaters. , and in Conducting outdoor programming.
The now-promulgated diploma also establishes the conditions for the eventual return of the value of tickets for shows and festivals, initially scheduled for 2020, and in the meantime postponed until 2022.
According to the Government, “in the case of shows and festivals initially scheduled for 2020, and that occur only in 2022, it is expected that consumers can request a refund of the ticket price, within 14 business days from the expected date date for the event to take place in 2021. “
If the consumer does not request the return, “it is considered that he accepts the rescheduling of the show for the year 2022”. The same applies “to vouchers issued valid until the end of 2021, which become valid until the end of 2022.”
In a statement issued at the end of the meeting, the office of the Minister of Culture, Graça Fonseca, said that the creation of a specific credit line is also being analyzed, with the Ministry of Economy, for the sector of shows and festivals. “as proposed by the respective representative entities.”
Among other measures defined by the Government, now enacted, are also the hours of museums, monuments, palaces, archaeological sites, galleries and related establishments, which may reopen from Monday, with the possibility of operating “until 10:30 p.m., in Work days”. and at 1 pm, on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays “, with” the same rules [de segurança] that existed at the time of its closure. “
After the possibility of reopening bookstores and record stores, libraries and archives, on March 15, and the new stage to take place as of Monday, April 5, there will be theaters, theaters and cinemas, with a reopening date scheduled at from the 19th, which also admits the possibility of holding “events abroad, with prior approval” from the DGS.
On May 3, due to the evolution of the epidemiological situation, “large outdoor and indoor events may be held again, subject to the capacity defined by the DGS.”
The information published tonight on the page of the Presidency of the Republic also informs that Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa “also signed the Government Decree executing the state of emergency, putting into practice one more step of the misconfiguration plan.”
This diploma provides for or return to classrooms witnessing the 2nd and 3rd cycles of basic education and the reopening of activity centers for these students, as well as social equipment, a deficiency area, and day centers to support people greater.
It also includes the reopening of commercial and service premises, with less than 200 square meters and a door to the street; from catering to service on terraces, with a limit of four people per group (until 10:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, and at 1:00 p.m., Saturdays, Sundays and holidays).
The diploma now promulgated also provides for the operation of fairs and markets, with the authorization of the local authority, the return to low-risk physical and sports activities, in gyms and gyms, with the prohibition of group classes.
In the field of sports facilities, the diploma also allows the opening of shooting ranges, tennis courts, paddle tennis courts and the like, permanent circuits for motor sports, velodromes, racetracks, athletics tracks and golf courses.
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