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K o m m issio n e n s S ekretariatKO M (83) 777 endelig udg. 
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Anmodning om samstemmende udtalelse i  medfør af EKSF-traktatens 
artikel 56, stk. 2, litra a), vedrørende ydelse af et globallån 
til Finansieringsinstituttet for Industri og Håndværk A/S, København (Danmark)
K O M (83) 777 endelig udg.

Communication to the Council
Subject :  Request fo r assent, pursuant to A rtic le  56 2a) of the E C S C  Treaty
to the granting of a  global loan to F in a n s ie rin g s in s titu tte t for 
Ind u stri og Håndværk A/S, Copenhagen (Denmark).
I. FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY
No. 390
Appli cant F in a n s ie rin g s in s titu tte t for In d u s tri og 
Håndværk A/S
Registered O ffice Copenhagen
Shareholders
and p riva te  banksd istrib u te d  in 4 groups :
1) National Bank of Denmark
2) Savings banks
3) Insurance companies
4) Danish Employers Association and Federation 
of Danish Industries
I I .  RECIPIENTS The F in a n s ie rin g s in s titu tte t fo r Ind u stri og 
Håndværk w ill d is trib u te  the loan amount to 
small and medium concerns to create new 
a c tiv itie s
Field of Activity of
recipients Industrial and service activities

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III.THE PROJECT
Procedure :The Commission will grant DKR 82 million ( + 10 MioECU) 
to the Finansieringsinstituttet for Industri og 
HSndvaerk A/S. This decision will be implemented by 
concluding an agreement within which framework payment 
will be made by instalments for which separate loan 
contracts will be concluded (see Article 3 - global 
loan - 0J c 191/3 of 16.7.1983).
Subsidiary loans will be approved by the relevant 
departments of the Commission.
The Finansieringsinstituttet for Industri og HSIndvaerk 
will send annual reports to the commission on the use 
made of borrowed funds. The Bank in question will also 
send an annual report on the number of former ECSC workers 
re-employed by loan recipients.
Total amount of 
investment :at least 164 DKR C+ 20 MioECU)
IV.THE REGION
Project location j The credits wilt be used essentially in the North East 
of the Danish Island of Zeeland to reabsorb jobs lost 
between 1981-1983  in the Danske StSlvalsevaerk 
(Danish Steel Rolling Mill)
Unemployment rate : Denmark 12.4 % 
(Frederiksborg 8.8 %)
National aid status of•
project area : ECSC conversion area
The ECSC industry has been and still is a major employer in the area.

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V. CONFORMITY WITH ARTICLE 56 2a) OF THE ECSC TREATY
ECSC redundancies in 
project area Out of 2,181 steel workers at the end of 1980, 
redundancies recorded by the end of the first quarter 
of 1983 were 782 jobs thereby reducing the number of 
steel workers to 1,399 jobs.
Further redundancies are expected within the restruct­
uring framework of the "Danske StSlvalsevaerk
Jobs to be created 
by the project More than 750 jobs of which 500 at least are suitable 
for former ECSC workers
T raining Where necessary by recipients of subsidiary loans 
and/or by public vocational training centres
The Commission considers that the application complies with Article 56 2a) 
of the ECSC Treaty.
VI. GLOBAL LOAN
Loan applied for DKR 82 million
Loan to be granted The Commission has approved a loan of 
DKR 82 million (about 10 MioECU) or 
equivalent to the above mentioned institution 
(1)
Interest rebate 5 percentage points per year for five years 
on 10 MioECU
Job basis of interest rebate :  500 jobs suitable for former ECSC workers,
to whom they will be offered in priority.
VII. COUNCIL ASSENT
The Commission requests the Council to give its assent to the foregoing 
decision
(1) In accordance with Article 56 application criteria (0J C 191, 16 July 1983).