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3.87. The requirements businesses must meet to be covered by the LSI[The Law on International Services] depend on the service they provide and their location, (...) there are minimum requirements in terms of (...) infrastructure (environmental and safety conditions). (...) Developers must have a minimum of five blocks of land, 30% of which must be green space, and the corresponding building permits.

3.95. Apart from the traditional programmes mentioned above, PROESA[The Export and Investment Promotion Agency] (...) has introduced new export support lines to adapt to the requirements of exporters and markets. This new support includes(...) and the Programa de Gerentes, which seeks to increase business competitiveness, focusing on renewable energy and green technologies. (...)

3.99. (...)In general, the main purpose of loans offered by BANDESAL[The Development Bank of El Salvador] in their various modalities is to support production and competitiveness in productive sectors through financing for, inter alia, (...)and energy efficiency projects. (...)

3.103. (...) In recent years, support has also been directed towards efforts (...) to encourage investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

3.106. (...) Under the amendment, BANDESAL[The Development Bank of El Salvador] (...)has greater scope for action and new functions, such as powers to consolidate loans granted by other financial institutions, provided that they were intended for financing productive activities; powers to apportion up to 50% of its profits to credit programmes with special conditions for projects setting out to enhance health, art, culture and sport; and powers to establish special conditions for financing specific social-impact projects.[82](...)
[82] Pursuant to Article 51 of the new Law, BANDESAL can create lines of credit with special conditions for projects with the following objectives: (i) to have a significant impact on environmental rehabilitation and maintenance; (...)

3.108. As a second-tier bank, BANDESAL[The Development Bank of El Salvador] offers loans to users through 63 eligible financial institutions. (...)These credit lines include loans for investing in coffee plantations, energy-efficiency schemes and economic-recovery programmes (Table A3.3). (...)

3.117. Since the previous review, the MSE Law[The Law on the Promotion, Protection and Development of Micro and Small Enterprises] has been amended twice. (...) Legislative Decree No. 64 of 15 June 2021 amended the operating mechanism for the Fund for Entrepreneurship and Working Capital (FECAMYPE) and the Guarantee Programme for Micro- and Small Enterprises (PROGAMYPE), which were created by the MSE Law, to guarantee these enterprises' access to credit. The objective of FECAMYPE is to grant direct loans to MSEs, particularly enterprises with technological or environmental components, or that promote entrepreneurship among women or gender equality. (...)

3.119. The Ministry of Economic Affairs also operates a number of MSE support programmes, (...) A number of these programmes are implemented using resources from the Productive Development Fund (FONDEPRO). (...) The Fund has five support lines: innovation and technology; market development; quality; cleaner production; and productivity. (...)

Table 3.16 FONDEPRO[Productive Development Fund]: support lines and main strategic sectors
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Support lines:
Cleaner production, energy efficiency and renewable energy: Energy efficiency and cleaner production assessment, acquisition and installation of more efficient technology powered by renewable energy, infrastructure upgrades, technical assistance, human resources training and development.
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3.121. El Salvador offers incentives for investing in renewable energies (Section 4).