Law No. 3/2020 of 23 March on exceptional and urgent measures for the emergency situation of health caused by the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2. Country/Territory Andorra Document type Legislation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject General Keyword Public health Financing Social protection Fiscal and market measures Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Tax/levy Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Andorra. Abstract This Law is approved, through the procedure of extreme urgency and need provided for in article 60 of the Constitution. The Law establishes a very varied exceptional and urgent measures, of limited temporal scope aiming to mitigate the first effects that the situation of health crisis has on the people and on the companies. It is structured in 7 Chapters and 26 articles, and additional provisions. Chapter one contains a series of measures on labour; among them, the most important are aimed at guaranteeing the continuity of employment contracts, in order to safeguard the situation of the workers' collective, which is considered the most vulnerable. Chapter two contains various measures on social security, such as granting, for all insured persons who have been diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2, as well as those who have been affected by an isolation measure and who cannot work, the right to receive financial benefits for temporary disability under the conditions established by the Social Security Law for the event of an occupational accident or occupational illness. Chapter three sets out measures in relation to leasing premises for business. Chapter four deals with measures in relation to the financial sector. Chapter five sets out various measures aimed at making it easier to fulfill tax obligations and adapting certain legal provisions, which are intended for a normal period of time, to this exceptional situation. Chapter six establishes meetings of the collective bodies of legal entities; and Chapter seven the suspension of deadlines and other measures. Full text Catalan Website www.bopa.ad References - Legislation Implemented by Decree of 8 April 2020 approving the Regulation governing the extraordinary paid leave to care for dependent children during the period of exceptional and urgent measures arising from the health emergency caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Legislation | Andorra | 2020 Keyword: Public health, Financing, Social protection Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree of 3 April 2020 establishing the criteria of application of the assistance provided in the field of social security to the Law No. 3/2020 of exceptional and urgent measures for the situation of sanitary emergency caused by the pandemic of SARS -CoV-2. Legislation | Andorra | 2020 Keyword: Public health, Financing, Social protection, Fiscal and market measures Source: FAO, FAOLEX