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FAST Fund and Blended Finance for Defence SMEs and Small Mid-Caps
What is the central argument of “FAST Fund and Blended Finance for Defence SMEs and Small Mid-Caps”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets?
FAST Fund and Blended Finance for Defence SMEs and Small Mid-Caps: Regulatory scope and legal basis FAST. Defence-finance analysis; 6-page sourced DFM PDF repo…
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Regulatory scope and legal basis FAST is established as a dedicated facility within the Programme as a blending operation that can offer debt support, equity support, or both, explicitly anchored in Title X of the Financial Regulation and in Regulation (EU) 2021/523 on InvestEU.
The legal perimeter is intentionally narrow: the enabling provision ties eligibility to SMEs and “small mid-caps” that comply with criteria equivalent to those set out in Article 9(1) and, where relevant, Article 9(3) and (4).
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