A participant is an entrepreneur, including micro, small-scale and medium-scale enterprises, and a resident of Ukraine:
- an individual entrepreneur registered under the law;
- a legal entity with ultimate beneficial owners (controllers) who are natural persons and residents of Ukraine;
- an agricultural product manufacturer;
- an economic entity belonging to the state-owned or public sector.
- a multi-apartment building owners association (per the definition given in the Law of Ukraine “On Multi-apartment Building Owners Associations”) and/or housing association — a legal entity created by individuals and/or legal persons under the Law of Ukraine “On Cooperation” and representing the owners of the multi-apartment building it manages.
Not a person with participants (shareholders, members) or ultimate beneficiaries who are citizens or legal persons of a country named an aggressor state / occupier by Ukraine, except those residing in Ukraine legally, and/or persons that belong or used to belong to terrorist organizations.
Registered and conducting business in the territory of Ukraine (except areas temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation for which no date of the temporary occupation cessation has been determined) induced to the list approved by the Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine.
as not received state assistance exceeding the equivalent of EUR 200 thous. per the official currency exchange rate by the National Bank as of the last day of the financial year in the last three calendar years together with the participants of their group of related contractors. ***
Does not meet the criteria for restrictions for provision of state support determined in article 13 of the Law of Ukraine “On Development and State Support for Small- and Medium-scale Entrepreneurs” (with the exception of subjects not covered by the provision under the current law of Ukraine and during the term established therein).
Newly created enterprises (economic activity for less than 12 months) need to have related experience and a business plan for an investment project implementation
Borrowers operating in the agricultural industry (primary section A KVED) and the agricultural products processing industry (primary KVED in groups 10.51, 10.61, or 10.71) of the National Classifier of Ukraine must implement and observe Environmental and Social Standards of the World Bank. The requirement has been in force since December 01, 2024.
An entrepreneur manufacturing agricultural products must be registered in the State Agricultural Register Information and Communication System.
For medium-scale entrepreneurs: the modified coefficient of the interest coverage with operational income, calculated as the ration of (A) the financial result of the medium-scale entrepreneur’s operations before deduction of depreciation adjusted for one-time non-recurrent components of other operational income/expenses and (B) estimated annual financial expenses of such an entrepreneur as a debtor for their cumulative debt to all creditor banks and other creditors – financial institutions due within the next 365 calendar days under the terms of the respective agreements (with consideration to the loan for which the medium-scale entrepreneur has applied to an authorized bank, and state support received hereunder), must not exceed 5 as of the date of the credit risk assessment by the authorized bank. The coefficient of the interest coverage with operational income is calculated by authorized banks according to the Rules for Banks in Connection with Martial Law in Ukraine approved by Decree of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine No. 23 dated February 25, 2022. The criteria in this paragraph is applied to medium-scale entrepreneurs who received or will receive a loan after September 1, 2026.
*** Limits for the state support amount are not used for entrepreneurs conducting business in the agricultural production and fishing industries, as well as while martial law is in place.