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APR. MAY. 2021 X in the Dpcm. The service can be used by restaurants and activities that have a licence to serve food and drinks and that respect the minimum space required by the laws in force inside the premises. It is also necessary to be in possession of a contract specifically signed between the operator and the employer of the business and which lists, in a separate annex, the names of the staff who benefit from the service. It is necessary to be in line with the regulations in force, otherwise the activity may be closed. For restaurateurs, the canteen service is in fact a small breath of fresh air while they wait to be able to return to working at full capacity in the white zone (or, in part, in the yellow zone). Oscar Fusini, director of Ascom Bergamo - Confcommercio Imprese per l’Italia, explains that everything has changed since the closure of the red zone last January. “With the assessment of the Ministry of the Interior, from the ‘disappearance’ of the yellow zone onwards, it was thought that the emergency could be resolved, but then the issue of converting restaurants into canteens became topical again”. As an association, Ascom Bergamo insisted on requesting further information on the exemption, but was left bewildered and powerless by ‘many television reports showing workers in Val D’Aosta eating meals in the cold, outdoors’. Mr Fusini, which Ateco code do you need to have in order to benefit from the derogation? One 56.29.1 (canteens) or one 56.29.2. And we would like to underline that you need a SCIA (Segnalazione Certificata di Inizio Attività) 562910 for serving food and drinks in company canteens/schools/ hospitals/religious communities. Is the service operating despite the restaurant being in an orange or red zone? Indifferently, also because in any case the activity is closed by DPCM. So we always remember to put up the closed sign. The restaurant remains closed to the public. What type of authorisation is required to carry out this type of service? None, you just need a simple request to the municipality or the SUAP (Sportello Unico per le Imprese) and you need to be in compliance with the health and hygiene regulations. Finally, you must have a real kitchen. What is the type of contract between the operator and the company to provide the service? A private law contract of agreement. There is no standard contract. However, the names of the beneficiaries must be indicated and the names of the parties, of an agreement between A and B. How does the signing of the contract with a company take place at the bureaucratic level? It takes place before or in the presence of the service. The employee enters but the invoice is paid by the company. It is a canteen service. All the DCPM guidelines must be followed. How is the restaurant organised and divided? In two rooms, one for take-away and the other for the canteen? The DCPM allows a canteen service granted to restaurants. We are talking about an exemption. There must be no internal mixing, if we are talking about the premises; therefore take- away is allowed if done externally. Many restaurants confirm, through their communications, that VAT numbers are also authorised to use the service. Is this true? Unfortunately not, although we have applied to the Ministry of the Interior for an extension. Can lawyers or self-employed individuals who want to have lunch in a restaurant after a morning in the office do so? In what way? No, it is a company canteen service. During the Sanremo festival, the restaurants town remained open to the bitter end, even for dinner and well beyond the curfew hours MAGAZINE Oscar Fusini Aliosha Foglieni