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COMMISSION
OFTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GeneralSecretariatCOM(81)532 final
Brussels,Octobre 1981
FOROFFICIAL USEONLY
REQUESTFORASSENT,PURSUANT TOART.562a)OFTHEECSC
TREATYTOGRANTING AGLOBALLOANTO"WESTFALENBANK AG",
FEDERALREPUBLIC OFGERMANY
(Communication fromtheCommission totheCouncil)
COM(81)532final

Communication tothe Council
Subj ect :Request forassent /pursuant toArt .562a)ofthe ECSC Treaty
togranting aglobal loan toWestfalenbank AO,Federal
Republic ofGermany .
THE INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL AGENCY No.333ssaBaeassBaBassaaBBaBisBBSBsesssa **>->
Applicant :Westfalenbank AG
Registered Office :Bochum
Parent company of
appl icantMore than 99%of "theshare capital ,amounting
toDM75million (besides reserves of
DM148million ),isheld bytheBayerische
Hypotheken -undWechselbank AG.
BENEFICIARIESSmall andmedium-sized firms which areextending
existing activities orcreating newones .
Field ofactivity ofthe
beneficiaries Industrial and service activities .

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IÎI .THE_PROJECT
Procédure
TheCommission will make EM20million (about J.86million ECU)available to
theWestfalenbank AG.Theloan will bepaid intranches over three years ,
assub^loans areapproved .Decisions toapprove individual sub-loans will
betaken bytheCommission ^departments onthebasis oftheapplication
criteria andobjectives published bytheCommission (OJNoC178/2of
27July 1977 andOJNoC82/8of29March 1979).
TheWestfalenbank will report totheCommission annually ontheusemade of
theglobal loans .Each year itwill also draw upareport onthere-employment
offormer ECSC workers inthefirms financed from theglobal loan .
Global amount oftheinvestment :Atleast DM40million (+15«7 MioECU )
IV.THE REGION
Project location
Unemployment rate
National aid status ofAreas ofGermany ,particularly inNorth Rhine -
Westphalia ,affected bythedecline inemployment
inthe coal and steel industries .
Pebruary 1981 :North Rhine-Westphalia
The Ruhr
Bochum
Dortmund
Duisburg
Gelsenkirchen6.0%
6.9%
6.9%
7.9%
7.5/o
7.6/ο
Regional development areas and/orECSC conversion
areas .Project area
TheECSC industry hasbeen animportant source ofemployment inthearea

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V. cgNFgRMITY_WITH_ARI._56_0F_THE_ECSC TREATY
ECSC redundancies in
project areaSome 25000jobs were lost intheGerman
:steel industry between 1975 and .1980 .
Saarland ,andNorth Rhine –Westphalia were
thehardest hit .Afurther 10000orso
redundancies have been announced inNorth
Rhine-Westphalia ,some 8000inthe
Dortmund area .
Jobcreation ofproject :Atleast 393 ,suitable forformer coal
and steel workers .
Training :Bygovernment training centres andthose
firms receiving sub–loans .
TheCommission considers that therequest complies with Art .562a)
ofthe ECSC Treaty .
VI.GLOBAL LOAN
Loan requested
Loan granted
Interest rebate
Job basis ofinterest rebateM20million
TheCommission hasapproved aloan
of DM20million (+ 7.86 MioECU )
orequivalent tothe above mentioned
company inaccordance with Art .56
operating policies (O.J. No.C82/8
of29March ,1979 ).
3%points peryear forfive years on
7.86 MioECU
393 jobs suitable for and tobeoffered
inpriority toex-ECSC workers .
VII .COUNC IL_ASSENT
TheCommission invites theCouncil togive itsassent totheforegoing
decision .