EIB financierde projecten in de Westelijke Balkan met 372 miljoen euro in 2003 (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Europese Investeringsbank (EIB) i, gepubliceerd op vrijdag 12 maart 2004, 1:53.

In 2003, the European Investment Bank, the European Union's long-term financing institution, kept up its lending in the Western Balkans to a total of EUR 372 million.

Having mainly supported the transportation sector since starting operations in the Western Balkans in 1999 within the framework of the Stability Pact, the EIB had in 2003 a well-diversified activity, covering all productive sectors of the Balkan economies.

2003: Towards development and integration

With EUR 372 million in 2003, the EIB concentrated its lending in transport and energy projects for regional integration, which absorbed a total of EUR 215 million (58%).

Private sector development with a total EUR 80 million (22 % of its lending in the region), was for financing investments by private sector SMEs and municipalities in Croatia.

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Projects signed in 2003: EUR 372 million

Country/Project

BorrowerAmount in EUR m
Croatia 170.0
Expansion and modernisation of Croatian gas transmission system and onshore section of new gasline linking existing network to gas fields in Adriatic Sea and, ultimately, to Italian gas networkPlinacro d.o.o. 90.0
Financing for small and medium-scale infrastructure schemesRepublic of Croatia 50.0
Financing for small and medium-scale venturesRaiffeisenbank Austria d.d. 20.0
Serbia and Montenegro 162.0
Modernisation of power control system of state-owned electricity utilitySerbia and Montenegro 22.0
Upgrading of urban transport (tramway) and road networks in BelgradeSerbia and Montenegro 90.0
Modernisation of twenty regional hospitals and state-owned Torlak Institute in SerbiaSerbia and Montenegro 50.0
Albania 27.0
Extension and rehabilitation of water supply and sewerage networks serving 5 municipalitiesRepublic of Albania 27.0
FYROM 13.0
Upgrading of several electricity substations and transmission linesElektrostopanstvo 13.0
93.6

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