(d) The InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient has been awarded over the last twenty-four (24) months an research and development or Innovation prize provided by an EU institution or an EU body; or (e) The InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient has registered at least one technology right (such as patent, utility model, design right, topography of semiconductor products, supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products or other products for which such supplementary protection certificates may be obtained, plant breeder's certificate or software copyright) in the last twenty-four (24) months, and the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient Transaction purpose is to enable, directly or indirectly, the use of this technology right; or (f) The InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient is an early stage SME and has received an investment over the last twenty-four (24) months from a venture capital investor or from a business angel being a member of a business angels network; or such venture capital investor or business angel is a shareholder of the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient at the time of the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient's application for the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient Transaction; or (g) The InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient requires a risk finance investment which, based on a business plan prepared in view of entering a new product or geographical market, is higher than 50 % of its average annual turnover in the preceding 5 years; or (h) The InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient's research and innovation costs represent at least 10 % of its total operating costs in at least one of the three years preceding InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient's application for the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient Transaction, or in the case of an enterprise without any financial history, as per its current financial statements; or (i) The InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient is a Small Mid-cap and its research and innovation costs represent: (i) Either, at least 15 % of its total operating costs in at least one of the three years preceding the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient's application for the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient Transaction (ii) Or, at least 10 % per year of its total operating costs in the three years preceding the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient's application for the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient Transaction; or (j) The InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient has incurred research and innovation expenses qualified in the past 36 months by competent national or regional bodies or institutions as part of general support measures approved by the European Commission and designed to incentivize companies to invest in research and innovation, provided that i) such body or institution is independent of the InnovFin SME Guarantee Financial (Sub-)lntermediary and the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient and ii) the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient Transaction covers incremental expenditure as indicated in the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient's business plan and iii) the InnovFin SME 2 Guarantee Final Recipient Transaction is not covering the same eligible costs already supported by aforementioned measures; or (k) The InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient has been designated in the past 36 months as an innovative company by an EU or national or regional institution or body, provided that in each case (i) the designation is based on the publicly available criteria where such criteria: • shall not be limited to or otherwise favour any particular industry or sector, and • shall reflect at least one of the criteria referred to in article 5.2 except article 5.2.(d).4), or shall reflect the substance of at least one of these criteria but shall not be less stringent; and (ii) the body or institution is independent of the InnovFin SME Guarantee Financial (Sub-) Intermediary and the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient; and (iii) the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient Transaction covers incremental expenditure as indicated in the InnovFin SME Guarantee Final Recipient's business plan. 
j) slutmottagaren inom InnovFin-garantiinstrumentet för små och medelstora företag har under de senaste 36 månaderna haft kostnader för forskning och innovation som enligt behöriga nationella eller regionala organ eller institutioner får räknas som en del av allmänna stödåtgärder som godkänts av Europeiska kommissionen och som utformats så att företag ska få incitament att investera i forskning och innovation, förutsatt att i) organet eller institutionen i fråga är oberoende av garantiinstrumentets finansiella (under)intermediärer och slutmottagaren och ii) transaktionen täcker ökade utgifter i enlighet med slutmottagarens affärsplan och iii) transaktionen inte täcker samma stödberättigande kostnader som stöds av de ovannämnda åtgärderna, eller k) slutmottagaren inom InnovFin-garantiinstrumentet för små och medelstora företag har under de senaste 36 månaderna utnämnts till innovativt företag av ett organ eller en institution på EU-nivå eller nationell eller regional nivå, förutsatt att utnämningen i samtliga fall i) baseras på offentligt tillgängliga kriterier och dessa kriterier • inte begränsas till eller på annat sätt gynnar någon specifik branch eller sektor, och • speglar minst ett av de kriterier som anges i artikel 5.2, med undantag av artikel 5.2 d.4, eller speglar innebörden i minst ett av dessa kriterier men inte är mindre strikt, ii) organet eller institutionen i fråga är oberoende av garantiinstrumentets finansiella (under)intermediärer och slutmottagaren, och iii) transaktionen till slutmottagaren täcker ökade utgifter i enlighet med slutmottagarens affärsplan.