Based on de minimis regulation, enterprises from the following sectors are excluded:

1. Enterprises from the fisheries and aquaculture sector, to the extent covered by Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.
2. Enterprises from the sector of production of agricultural products.
3. Enterprises from the sector of processing and marketing of agricultural products, in the following cases:
   – when the amount of the guarantee is set on the basis of the price or quantity of such products purchased from primary producers that are gebrac by the undertakings concerned on the market
   – when the guarantee is made conditional on this aid being partly or entirely passed on to primary producers
4. Enterprises seeking a guarantee for activities related to exports to third countries or EU Member States, in particular where the guarantee is directly related to the quantities exported, and guarantees granted for the establishment and operation of a distribution network or other current expenditure related to export activities.
5. Where the guarantee depends on the use of domestic rather than imported goods.
6. A guarantee for a credit for the purpose of investment in rolling stock is excluded for undertakings in the road haulage sector for third parties. For such enterprises, the ceiling of the gross grant equivalent is halved to 100,000 euro (guarantee up to 5 years of up to 750,000 euro and over 5 years up to 10 years up to 375,000 euro) for investments other than investment in rolling stock.

When an undertaking operates in sectors 1, 2 or 3 and is also active in one or more other sectors or carries out other activities, a guarantee may be granted provided it has been ensured, by appropriate means such as separation of activities or breakdown of costs, that activities in the sectors excluded from the scope of de minimis do not benefit from a Guarantee Scheme.