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France to Offer Loans to Small Businesses Hit by Fuel Costs
- France is starting an emergency loan program called 'flash fuel loans' to help small and medium-sized businesses affected by high fuel prices due to the Middle East war.
- The program provides loans of up to €50,000 to companies in the transportation, agriculture, and fisheries sectors, with a 3.8% interest rate and a three-year term.
- Bpifrance, a public investment bank, will offer these loans through a quick digital process, delivering funds within seven days.
- Economy Minister Roland Lescure has asked the European Commission to investigate possible pricing abuses by refineries during the war.
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The fuel flash loan aims to relieve the cash flow of small businesses hit by the price surge.
The purpose of the measure is to support the cash flow of the small businesses most exposed to rising fuel prices, against a backdrop of war in the Middle East.
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