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Access to finance - Portugal

Updated 05/2013

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National sources of finance

In order to counter the effects of the global financial crisis, which significantly worsened in depth and extent from the last quarter of 2008, the government adopted the budget programme known as the Investment and Employment Initiative (IIE). This represents the national contribution to the European coordinated anti-cyclical effort.

  • Investment and Employment Initiative (IIE) pdf [376 KB] português

Public finance

Indirect support

To support the creation of new businesses, the Institute for Support to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Innovation (IAPMEI) set up the FINICIA Programme, which provides acce

Business support organisations can advise businesses on how to find financing.

  • References

    Legal texts

    • Law No 10/2009 of 10 March 2009 – introducing the budget programme referred to as the Investment and Employment Initiative and, within this, laying down the tax rules for supporting investment made in 2009 (RFAI 2009) and amending (first amendment) Law No 64-A/2008 of 31 December 2008 adopting the National Budget for 2009 pdf [376 KB] português
    • Decree-Law No 65/2009 of 20 March 2009 – amending the national framework of business investment incentive schemes and defining the conditions and rules to be observed by business investment incentive schemes applicable in mainland Portugal pdf [228 KB] português
    • Decree-Law No 287/2007 of 17 August 2007 – adopting the national framework of business investment incentive schemes pdf português
    • Decree-law No 319/2002 of 28 December 2002 – amending the legal rules on venture capital and business development firms, as laid down in Decree-Law No 433/91 of 7 November 1991, and the legal rules on venture capital funds, as laid down in Decree-Law No 58/99 of 2 March 1999 português

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