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Document 31999D0128(02)

    Decision of the Board of Governors of 5 June 1998 concerning the increase of the Bank's capital and the definition of the unit of account

    Ú. v. ES L 21, 28.1.1999, p. 26–27 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)
    Ú. v. EÚ L 296M, 26.10.2006, p. 1–2 (GA)

    Tento dokument bol uverejnený v osobitnom vydaní (BG, RO, HR)

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    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/1999/128(1)/oj

    28.1.1999   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Communities

    L 21/26


    DECISION OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

    of 5 June 1998

    concerning the increase of the Bank's capital and the definition of the unit of account

     

     

    By virtue of the decision of the Board of Governors of the European Investment Bank (1) taken by unanimity on 5 June 1998 pursuant to Article 4(1), second subparagraph, Article 4(3) and Article 5(2) of the Bank's Statute, the Statute is amended as from 1 January 1999.

    1.

    The first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of the Statute reads:

    ‘The capital of the Bank shall be one hundred thousand million (100 000 000 000) euro, subscribed by the Member States as follows:

    Germany

    17 766 355 000

    France

    17 766 355 000

    Italy

    17 766 355 000

    United Kingdom

    17 766 355 000

    Spain

    6 530 656 000

    Belgium

    4 924 710 000

    Netherlands

    4 924 710 000

    Sweden

    3 267 057 000

    Denmark

    2 493 522 000

    Austria

    2 444 649 000

    Finland

    1 404 544 000

    Greece

    1 335 817 000

    Portugal

    860 858 000

    Ireland

    623 380 000

    Luxembourg

    124 677 000’ (2)

    2.

    The second subparagraph of Article 4(1) of the Statute reads:

    ‘The unit of account shall be defined as being the euro established as the single currency of the Member States participating in the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union. The Board of Governors, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Board of Directors, may alter the definition of the unit of account.’

    3.

    Article 5(1) of the Statute reads:

    ‘The subscribed capital shall be paid in by Member States to the extent of 6 % on average of the amounts laid down in Article 4(1).’

    For the Board of Governors

    Chairman

    Jouko SKINNARI

    Secretary

    F.A.W. CARPENTER


    (1)  OJ C 269, 28. 8. 1998, p. 9.

    (2)  Of the total amount of EUR 100 billion, EUR 95 549 597 250 is effective as from 1 January 1999, corresponding to a subscribed capital for Germany of EUR 13 315 952 250. The remainder awaits the formal completion of parliamentary procedures at the relevant national level and shall become effective, retroactively as from 1 January 1999, as soon as these procedures have become completed, the date of which shall be published in due course. During the time that the subscribed capital amounts to EUR 95 549 597 250, the paid in capital referred to in Article 5(1) of the Statute represents 6,27946132 % of that amount.


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