[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 13, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 13CFR123.300]

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                TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE
 
                CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 123--DISASTER LOAN PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart D--Economic Injury Disaster Loans
 
Sec. 123.300  Is my business eligible to apply for an economic injury disaster loan?


    (a) If your business is located in a declared disaster area, and 
suffered substantial economic injury as a direct result of a declared 
disaster, you are eligible to apply for an economic injury disaster 
loan.
    (1) Substantial economic injury is such that a business concern is 
unable to meet its obligations as they mature or to pay its ordinary and 
necessary operating expenses.
    (2) Loss of anticipated profits or a drop in sales is not considered 
substantial economic injury for this purpose.
    (b) Economic injury disaster loans are available only if you were a 
small business (as defined in part 121 of this chapter) when the 
declared disaster commenced (except disaster declarations for the 
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, for which size status is 
determined as of the date SBA accepts the application for processing and 
for applications submitted before March 15, 2002, whether denied or 
pending, such applications shall be deemed resubmitted on March 15, 
2002), you and your affiliates and principal owners (20% or more 
ownership interest) have used all reasonably available funds, and you 
are unable to obtain credit elsewhere (see Sec. 123.104).
    (c) Eligible businesses do not include agricultural enterprises, but 
do include--
    (1) Small nurseries affected by a drought disaster designated by the 
Secretary of Agriculture (nurseries are commercial establishments 
deriving 50 percent or more of their annual receipts from the production 
and sale of ornamental plants and other nursery products, including, but 
not limited to, bulbs, florist greens, foliage, flowers, flower and 
vegetable seeds, shrubbery, and sod);
    (2) Small agricultural cooperatives; and
    (3) Producer cooperatives.

[61 FR 3304, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 67 FR 11880, Mar. 15, 2002]