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Questions and answers about investments and items that may be financed; what may not be financed; who may obtain financing; minimum requirements to be a candidate for financing; available credit lines and how to access them; and flows of operations.

1. What are the investments financed by the BNDES?

2. What investment items or expenses may be financed?

3. What may not be financed?

4. Are there items or expenses of the investment that need to be consulted by the BNDES, in order to verify whether they may be sponsored?

5. Who may obtain financing from the BNDES?

6. What are the specific cases in which the BNDES finances private individuals?

7. Does BNDES carry out non-reimbursable/sunk fund operations?

8. Does the BNDES perform operations that include subsidies?

9. How is financing offered with the BNDES's resources?
 
10. What are the financing operations carried out directly with BNDES?

11. What are the procedures to forward a financing request to BNDES?

12. What are the financing operations that are only performed through accredited financial institutions?

13. Which are the financial institutions that are accredited as redistributors of BNDES resources?

14. How should one go about requesting a financing of the FINAME, Automatic BNDES and Support to Exports lines?

15. Does BNDES finances the purchasing of imported machines and equipments?

16. What are the minimum requirements to request for financing with BNDES resources?

17. What are the main requisites for the access to financings for the purchasing of national manufactured machines and equipments?

18. What are the main additional requirements that shall be filled out for the access to BNDES Automatic financings?

19. Does the BNDES perform venture capital operations?

20. Does the BNDES have credit lines or specific programs for employees that were discharged from companies?

21. May a company that performed a "BNDES Automático" [Automatic BNDES] operation obtain another financing from the same line?

22. May a company the performed an operation in the value that is equal to or less then R$ 10 million in the "BNDES Automático" [Automatic BNDES] perform another operation directly with the BNDES?

23. May a company that performed an operation directly with the BNDES with a value that is greater then R$ 10 million obtain another financing from the "BNDES Automático" [Automatic BNDES] line?

24. Are there amount limitations per year / company for the carrying out of FINAME operations?

25. May the Leasing FINAME operation be performed by any type of company?

26. May service providing companies obtain financing for the acquisition of equipment and, in function of service provision contracts, offer availability of this equipment for use by companies that are their clients?

27. How does one proceed to forward a financing operation for the Merchant Navy and Naval Construction, with the use of resources of the "Fundo de Marinha Mercante" [Merchant Navy Fund] - FMM?

28. May I acquire a vessel through the FINAME line?

29. Does BNDES monitor the application of funds by a financed endeavor during execution of the project?

30. Are expenses that have already been incurred in an endeavor compensated in the financing?

31. What is the flow of "BNDES Automático" [Automatic BNDES] financing operations?

32. What is the flow of FINAME operations?

33. What is the flow of direct financing operations with the BNDES?

34. Is the information from the CADIN used to framework and analyze the requests forwarded to the BNDES or the financial institutions accredited by the BNDES?

35. May the undertakings within the broadcasting, newspaper and periodicals, communication outlets and advertising in general sectors be supported by BNDES?

36. Can BNDES support endeavors related to the pig iron manufacturing sector?

37. Can be subject to a penalty the beneficiary failing to confirm the physical and financial execution of a project financed, or otherwise applying the funds granted to a purpose different from the stipulations under the instrument formalizing the operation?




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