The Fund was created by virtue of the amendment to the agreement on the management of the Guarantee Fund for SMEs signed on December 21, 2018, in application of Article 14 of Law n°2017-66 of December 18, 2017 establishing Finance Law for 2018 and GovernmentDecree n°2018-324 of March 29, 2018 laying down the rules relating to the organization and functioning of the bugetary allocation for support of the financial restructuring of SMEs and the conditions and methods for its implementation.