CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER XLII—RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE AND RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 4274 to 4290) > PART 4290—RURAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANY (“RBIC”) PROGRAM > SUBPART I—Financing of Enterprises by RBICs (§4290.700 to §4290.900) > 4290.810—Financings in the form of Loans.

4290.810—Financings in the form of Loans.

You are permitted to make Loans to an Enterprise only if:
(a) The maturity or term of the Loan is five years or less; and
(b) You determine that making the Loan is necessary to preserve an existing Financing (other than a Loan) in that same Enterprise.