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COMMISSION  
OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
General SecretariatC O M (84) 619 fin a l 
Brussels, 12 November 1984 
FOR OFFICIAL U SE  ONLY
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL
Request to r assent, pursuant to A rtic le  56 2a) of the E C S C  Treaty to the 
granting of. a global loan to the Südwestdeutsche Genossenschafts-Zentralbank 
AG, Frankturt/M ain, Federal Republic of Germany (SGZ-Bank)
C0M(84) 619 det. 
C O M (84) 619 fin a l

COM M UNICATION F R O M  TH E  COMM ISSION T O  TH E COUNCIL
Subject : Request fo r assent, pursuant to A rtic le  56 2a) of the E C S C  Treaty
to the granting o f a global loan to the Siidwes tdeutsche Genossen- 
schafs-Zentralbank AG, Frankfurt/M ain, Federal Republic of 
Germany (SGZ-Bank).
I .  FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY
====================== No. 398
Applicant SGZ-Bank
Südwestdeutsche Genossenschafts- 
Zentralbank A G
Registered O ffice Frankfurt on Main 
Federal Republic o f Germany
Shareholders 700 Credit associations (Peoples Bante 
and R aiffeisen Banks)
I I .  RECIPIENTS : Means w ill be fu rth e r d is trib u te d  by way
========== o f associate Banks to small and medium-sized
concerns, extending or creating new a c tiv itie s
particularly in Hesse, Rhei nland-Pa la ti nate 
and in the Saar.
Field o f A c tiv ity  of
re cipients : In d u s tria l and service a c tiv itie s .

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I I I .  T H E  PRO JEC T
ProcedureThe Commission w ill make available to  the SGZ-Bank 
D M  10 m illio n  (some 4.43 MioECU). The loan w ill be 
d is trib u te d  in  tranches over three years subject to 
authoriza tion of sub-loans. The sub-loans w ill be approved 
by the Commission in  accordance with the a p p lica tion 
c r ite r ia  and aims which i t  has published (O J n° C  191 
of 16.7.1983, page 7).'
IV. T H E  REG IO NThe SGZ-Bank w ill report to the Commission annually 
on the uses made of the global loan. I t  w ill also 
report on the to ta l number of jobs created and in  fa ct 
occupied and on the re-employment of redundant E C S C  
workers.
Total amount of 
investment at least D M  20 m illio n (+ 8.86 MioECU)
Project location ECSC-employment areas and adjoining areas (1)
Unemployment rate Ruhr area about 14%, Nordrhein-Westfalen 10.7%, 
Saar 12.7%
(Federal te r r ito r y  9.1% - March 1984).
National aid status of 
p ro je ct area Regional aided-areas
1) Outside E C S C  employment areas, the s t r ic t  social clause w ill be applied 
(OJ C  191 of 16.7.1983, operating p rin c ip le s , § 14, second sentence).

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V. CONFORMITY WITH ARTICLE 56 2a) OF THE ECSC TREATY
ECSC re d u n d a n c ie s  in
p r o je c t  a re a  : I n  1984 and su b se q u e n t y e a rs  ECSC re d u n d a n c ie s
due t o  n e c e s s a ry  a d a p ta tio n  m easures w i l l  be 
u n a v o id a b le . In  th e  Saar some 3000 jo b s  w i l l  be lo s t  
in  1984 in  th e  c o a l and s t e e l in d u s t r ie s  and in  th e  
S ie g e n  re g io n  some 600 jo b s  in  th e  s te e l s e c to r .
Jobs t o  be c re a te d  Assum ing t h a t  a l l  th e  jo b s  w i l l  be c re a te d  in  a
by th e  p r o je c t  : p r i o r i t y  ECSC em ploym ent a r e ^ a t  le a s t  330
e c o n o m ic a lly  sound jo b s  w i l l  be c o n c e rn e d .
T r a in in g  : So f a r  as r e q u ir e d  by p u b lic  t r a in in g  c e n tre s  and
b y lo a n  r e c ip ie n t s .
I
The Com m ission c o n s id e rs  t h a t  th e  a p p lic a t io n  c o m p lie s  w ith  A r t i c l e  56 2a) 
o f th e  ECSC T r e a ty .
V I .  GLOBAL LOAN
Loan a p p lie d  f o rD M  10 m i l l i o n
Loan t o  be g ra n te d
I n t e r e s t  re b a teThe Com m ission has a p p ro ve d  a lo a n  o f 
D M  1 0 .m i l l  io n  (a b o u t 4 .4 3  MieECtJ) o r
e q u iv a le n t t o  th e  above m e n tio n e d  i n s t i t u t i o n  
(1)
5 p e rc e n ta g e  p o in ts  p e r y e a r f o r  f i v e  y e a rs  
on 4 *4 3  MioECU*
Job b a s is  o f  in t e r e s t  re b a te  : 222 jo b s
V I I .  COUNCIL ASSENT
The Com m ission re q u e s ts  th e  C o u n c il t o  g iv e  i t s  a s s e n t t o  tltae fo r e g o in g  
d e c is io n
(1 ) In  a c c o rd a n c e  w ith  A r t i c l e  56 a p p lic a t io n  c r i t e r i a  (OJ £ 1 9 1 , l é  J u ly  1 9 6 3 ).