RD4U for companies: claim categories and submission

An RD4U category is chosen by the type of harm, not by a preference to place every consequence of the war in one application. First identify the legal entity, its right to the relevant asset or claim, and the individual components of loss. A director, a shareholder and the company have different roles: explaining authority to act does not explain who suffered the loss. RD4U covers damage, loss or injury sustained on or after 24 February 2022 in Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders as a result of Russia's internationally wrongful acts in or against Ukraine; the conditions of the particular category must also be checked.

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This map follows the official explanations and instructions for the categories. Infrastructure, residential property and cultural property also have dedicated categories: company ownership alone does not make C3.1 the only possible route.

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The corporate procedures described by Diia provide for the head of the entity or a duly appointed representative. Digital powers in Diia are a separate technical mechanism. Before signing, check the entity's details, the signatory's identity and the scope of their authority. Engaging an advocate does not itself establish digital authority.

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Where an asset is held under a special legal title, describe that title accurately. The official C3.1 and C3.2 explanations separately address rights of state and municipal entities, including economic management, operational management and usufruct. Do not replace the actual right with “ownership” merely for convenience.

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A sole trader is a different case. Business losses of an individual require examination of the applicable A categories, including A3.5 and A3.7. The commercial purpose of an enquiry does not by itself make a C category appropriate.

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1. Prepare a short chronology: what happened, where and when.
2. Identify the asset, activity or expenditure concerned.
3. Separate the components of the amount claimed and explain the calculation.
4. Identify available support for each material fact.
5. State related claims and previous assistance where the relevant form calls for them.

This is a way to organise the work, not a universal mandatory-document list. Business-category instructions call for the circumstances, an estimated amount, itemisation and a calculation method. A file archive without an explanation of how its contents support the claim does not do that substantive work.

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Start with the relevant category page and its current instructions. In Diia, sign in in the appropriate capacity, check automatically populated information, add explanations and evidence, sign the application and retain the submission confirmation. Keep originals separately from the uploaded copies.

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A portal maintenance message is not a rejection of your claim. Do not send documents to an unofficial service promising to circumvent an unavailable official channel. The time needed to fill in an electronic form is also different from the time needed to prepare evidence or consider the claim.

Placing all losses under “other”; calling turnover lost profit without a calculation; treating recording of a claim as an award of money. These mistakes concern different parts of the work: category, amount and procedural outcome. Each needs its own check.

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For individual assistance, see the business war-loss practice. For the next step in independent preparation, use the guide to evidence and calculations.