Companies and independent operators can apply for the February and March salary support within the fifth set of anti-crisis measures by April 30 after the Parliament’s Committee on Finances and Budget endorsed the required amendments on Wednesday.

Independent operators and employers which profit dropped by 30 percent are eligible to apply for the support, with an obligation to return 50 percent of the funds or reinvest them.

Companies that are fully closed or operate with up to 50 percent of their capacity can also apply for salary support.

The committee also accepted an amendment that ensures citizens with low income, pension beneficiaries, welfare beneficiaries, young people, single parents, orphans, artists and other individuals working in the field of culture, film workers and musicians to apply for support in the amount of Mden 6,000 (EUR 100) by May 31, part of the Government’s fourth stimulus package.

At the start of the session, the committee chair briefed members that coalition Alliance for Albanians/Alternativa withdrew the thousands of amendments to the anti-crisis legislation after parties reached an agreement on the Citizenship Law.