Further Business Rehabilitation Support through the "Guidelines for Business Revitalization, etc. of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises"

1. Thoroughly disseminate the Guidelines to operating companies of funds to which the REVIC and the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation make contributions as well as to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Revitalization Support Councils^[1] nationwide.

2. When companies, public and private financial institutions proceed with the procedures for rehabilitation-type voluntary liquidation based on the Guidelines, offer cooperation to promote the utilization of the Guidelines, in collaboration with financial institutions, etc., in such manner as assisting with smooth progress of the procedures using your know-hows for supporting corporate rehabilitation, while funds to which you make contributions support companies' efforts for financial improvement through capital contributions, etc.

3. The REVIC is expected to promote the transfer of know-how to cooperative local financial institutions through offering support to companies affected by the COVID-19 infection, thereby endeavoring to enhance the independent ability to support corporate rehabilitation in respective regions and facilitate efforts for regional revitalization.

4. The Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation is expected to make efforts to compose funds that intensively support industries seriously affected by the COVID-19 infection (businesses providing accommodation services and eating and drinking services, etc.) and to eliminate areas with no fund, while taking advantage of the fact that the maximum capital contribution ratio in the SME Management Strengthening Fund and the SME Rehabilitation Fund was raised to 80% in the second supplementary budget for FY2020 and the supplementary budget for FY2021.

5. The Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation is expected to encourage Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Revitalization Support Councils nationwide to introduce third-party support experts in accordance with the details of consultations and requests of individual companies or otherwise endeavor to disseminate the Guidelines in respective regions.

^[1] On April 1, 2022, the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Revitalization Support Councils will be integrated with relevant organizations and the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Revitalization Council will be established for the purpose of integrally supporting SMEs' efforts for improving earning power, business revitalization, or taking on new challenges.