P7 2024 | Microcredits 2024

Credit
from EUR 5,000 to EUR 25,000

Funds available
EUR 10 million

100% coverage of eligible business process and/or project costs

Product information

Call for proposals and documentation

Closed

to 11.03.2024

Purpose of the call

The purpose of the product is to directly provide favorable repayable financing sources to micro and small enterprises to cover the costs of business processes and/or projects presented in the financing application.

Amount of funding

  • From EUR 5,000 to EUR 25,000 of credit
  • 100% coverage of eligible business process and/or project costs
    Possibility to submit 1 application.

Funds available

  • EUR 10 million

Loan conditions

  • Repayment period: from 2 to 5 years
  • Moratorium: from 1 to 6 months
    (with the possibility of extension up to ½ of the credit maturity)
  • Interest rate: 37.5% of the 6-month EURIBOR + a fixed margin of 0.8%
  • Security: 8 company bills of exchange
  • No loan management and approval fees

Conditions for application

  • Status of a micro or small enterprise (sole proprietor, limited liability company, cooperative with limited liability)
  • At least 1 employee for full-time employment
  • Company established and operating before January 1, 2022
  • Credit rating of at least SB7
  • The company must not be in difficulty
  • The company does not belong to an excluded sector
  • »de minimis«

Conditions for drawing credit

  • Drawdown: Purpose-bound and in a single amount
    (no later than 45 days after credit approval)
  • Repayment method: monthly, in installments

Eligible costs

  • Tangible fixed assets (purchase of new equipment)
  • Intangible fixed assets (purchase of patented rights, licenses, etc.)
  • Costs of material and merchandise
  • Service costs
  • Labor costs (net salary, income tax, contributions, meal costs, allowance,…)
  • Charged related VAT on other eligible costs

Eligible costs do not include the purchase of vehicles for road freight transport, and the costs of construction, purchase, and renovation of business real estate.

Period of eligible costs: Eligible costs of the business process/project can be incurred up to 6 months before the submission of the application and 18 months after the approval of the credit.

Tender deadlines and method of submitting the application

  • Application submission is electronic, via the ePortal of the Fund
  • The application can be submitted on the following application deadlines:
    • March 8, 2024, until 2:00 PM
    • April 8, 2024, until 2:00 PM
    • or until all funds are exhausted

Information for entrepreneurs

1. Tender and documentation

2. Registration and creation of a company in the ePortal

  • Before completing the application form, the applicant registers and creates a company profile
  • If the applicant needs assistance in preparing the application, they can add an authorized representative who is also registered on the Fund’s ePortal.
  • You can view the operation of the ePortal for submitting the application in the presentation video

3. Preparation of the application

  • Fund form – ePortal
    • Completion of the electronic form “Application for financing P7 2024 MICROCREDITS 2024” in the ePortal, which includes:
      • Questionnaire for determining the political exposure of a person
      • Questionnaire for determining connections with a high-risk country
      • Authorization for the needs of data verification at FURS
  • Mandatory financial attachments
    • Creditworthiness documents S.BON-1 or eS.BON (online credit rating) for companies, sole proprietors, and cooperatives based on the annual report for 2022
    • Accounting statements for 2022 (balance sheet and income statement), which were submitted to AJPES

4. Contact persons of the SPS for entrepreneurs

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