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Example Claim Form
PART 2 Section D
Economic loss in the tourism sector
and other related businesses
Section D

Completing a claim for economic loss in the

tourism sector and other related businesses

This section of the claim form refers to claims Publications section of the IOPC Funds'
for economic losses in the tourism sector website, www.iopcfunds.org) and the
and other related businesses only. For other checklist.
types of claims, please consider the alternative Checklist
sections of the claim form.
Information required relating to claims for
You must respond as fully and accurately as economic losses in the tourism sector and
possible to avoid delays in processing your
other related businesses:
request. If there is not enough space for your
answer, please use extra pages clearly marking ● Name/type of business, e.g, hotel, restaurant,
them to show to which question they relate. shop (please specify what type of shop),
30 guest house, boat operator, other activity
You must provide documents or other
(please specify)
evidence in support of your claim. Please
provide details of all taxes/levies paid, ● Capacity of the business (e.g. number
including the amounts paid and the recipient. of rooms, covers, etc.)
● Title/position of claimant (owner, manager,
Scope of compensation
etc.). Please provide proof of title
Compensation is payable for: ● Length of period of activity of the business
● Loss of profit for businesses in the tourism under current ownership
sector or which derive a large part of their ● Nature of the loss, including evidence that the
income from tourists; alleged loss resulted from the contamination
● The costs of reasonable measures such as ● Monthly breakdown of income for the period
targeted marketing campaigns, which are of the loss and for the same period for the
intended to prevent or reduce economic previous three years
losses by countering the negative effects ● Annual accounts for the year in which
which can result from a major incident. the loss occurred, if available, and for the
previous three years. For claims made within
Claims for economic loss qualify for
the existing trading year, please provide
compensation if the loss was caused by
annual accounts for the last three full trading
contamination. In order for a claim in this
sector to qualify for compensation there years and monthly management accounts
should be a sufficiently close link of causation for the year to date
between the contamination and the loss or ● Tax return for the year in which the loss
damage. For further information relating to occurred, if available, and for the previous
the types of claims which are admissible for three years
compensation, please refer to the Claims ● Where possible, monthly breakdown of the
Manual and the claimant guidelines relating number of “units” sold for the period of
to this category of claim (available via the the loss and for the previous three years