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COMMISSION Brussels,26July1982
OFTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Secretario *
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO .THE COUNCIL
Request forassent ,pursuant toArt .562a)oftheECSC Treaty
togranting aglobal loan totheSociété Nationale deCrédit à
l'Industrie (S.N.C.I. ),Belgium
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INTERNAL DOCUMENT
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
Subject :Request forassent ,pursuant toArt .562a)oftheEÇSC Treaty
togranting agtobal Loan totheSociété Nationale deCrédit à
l'Industrie (S.N.C.I. ),Belgium .
I. THEINTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL AGENCY No.352sssBaBBSsaaasssaaBBSOssBSsasBsaBB
*4
Applicant :S.N. C.I.
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Registered office :Brussels
Parent company of
applicant :TheKingdom ofBelgium (504)
:The S.N. C.I. will distribute theglobal loan
toSMC tocreating newactivities and newjobs .
Field ofactivity ofthe
beneficiaries :Industrial and service activities .
vj P,cde!aLoi200 .B-1040 BrusseU -Téléphoné 350040-35 8040-Tclegfophic oddress ••COMEUR Brussc-li
Telex •COME URBRU 218/7.

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m.THE=PROJEÇT
Procédure
TheCommission willmakeBF1,500million(+33.68MioECU)available tothe
S.N.C.I.Theloanwillbespreadover3yearsandwillbepaidasandwhen
subsidiary loansareapproved.Subsidiary loansareapproved bytheCommission
(O.J.No.C178/2of27July1977andO.J.C82/8of29March1979).
TheS.N.C.I.willreportannuallytotheCommission onusemadeoftheglobal
•»
loan.TheBankwillalsosendtheCommission anannualreportonre-employment
offormer ECSCworkers byrecipients oftheloan.
Globalamountoftheinvestment :atleastBF3,000million(+67.36MioECU)
IV.THEREGION
Projectlocation :coalandsteelareaswithsubstantial closures
Unemployment rate :12%minimum
National aidstatusof
project area :Development areas
TheECSCindustry hasbeenanimportant sourceofemployment inthearea.

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V.CONF0RMITY_WITH_ART_._56_0F_THE_ECSC TREATY
ECSCredundancies in Steel Coal
project area
Luxembourg 2,024-
(from1.1.1975 toend1980) Charleroi 7,345 3,665
Brabant 1,477-
Liège 5,472 2,886
LaLouvière *801 -
Limbpurg 500
Jobcreation ofproject :1,684minimum
Training :Statetraining courseswithintheframework
ofunemployment Legislation
TheCommission considers thattherequestcomplies withArt.562a)
oftheECSCTreaty. »
VI.GLOBAL L0AN
Loanrequested :BF1,500million (+33.68MióECU)
Loangranted :TheCommission hasapproved aloan
ofBF1,500million (+33.68 MioECU).
orequivalent totheabovementioned
companyinaccordance withArt.56
operating policies (O.J.No.C82/8
of29March,1979).
Interest rebate :3%pointsperyearforfiveyearson
33.68 MioECU
Jobbasisofinterest rebate :1,684jobssuitableforandtobeoffered
inpriority toex-ECSCworkers.
VII.COUNCIL ASSENT
TheCommission invitestheCounciltogiveitsassenttotheforegoing
decision .