In the context of the crisis caused by COVID-19, the government approved the Emergency Ordinance 130/2020, which approved the general framework for providing financial support from non-reimbursable external funds.

Forms of support from non-reimbursable external funds refer to:
• Micro-grants granted in the form of a lump sum based on a contract for granting state aid with a value of EUR 2,000.
• Grants for working capital that are granted on the basis of a contract for granting state aid and have a value between EUR 2,000 and EUR 150,000.
• Grants for productive investments that are granted per project and have a value between EUR 50,000 and EUR 200,000.

I. Micro-grants granted from non-reimbursable external funds
The micro-grants have a value of EUR 2,000 and are granted only once, in the form of a lump sum, based on a state aid contract.

Categories of beneficiaries:
a) small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that prove through the submitted financial statements that they do not have employees with an individual employment contract as of December 31, 2019;
b) registered sole trader (RST), NGOs with economic activity in one of the fields of activity provided in annex no. 1 part of this ordinance;
c) RST / private medical practice (PMP) entities, if they were involved in the transport, equipment, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and did not benefit from the medical incentive granted based on the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 43/2020 granted during the state of emergency, approved with amendments and completions by Law no. 82/2020.

Qualification criteria:
• carried out current / operational activity for a period of at least one calendar year before the date of submission of the funding application, except for the PFA / CMI for which the start of the activity may have taken place until February 1, 2020;
• obtained a turnover in the financial year prior to the submission of the financing application * of at least the equivalent in RON of 5,000 euro at the date of submission of the financing application, except for the categories of beneficiaries provided in let. b) and c) above;
• maintain their activity for a period of at least 6 months from the granting of the form of support in the form of microgrant.

Types of eligible expenses:
• expenses regarding the stocks of raw materials, materials, goods, as well as other categories of stocks necessary for the current / operational activity carried out by the beneficiaries;
• current and overdue debts to current suppliers, including to utility providers according to concluded contracts;
• rent expenses based on a concluded contract;
• expenses regarding the acquisition of services and repairs necessary for the basic current activity, except for consulting services, studies and other categories of indirect services with the current activity;
• expenses for medical protection equipment, including disinfection materials for protection against the spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus;
• expenses regarding the acquisition of inventory objects, including inventory objects of the nature of fixed assets necessary for the resumption of the current activity;
• expenses regarding the acquisition of equipment, machinery, installations, technologies, independent endowments necessary for the resumption of the activity;
• payment of debts to the state budget.

Checking of the insurance types of eligible expenses is made on a sample of 1% in order to validate the justification of the lump sum.