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COMMISSION 
OF THE 
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
General  Secretariat COM(83)  432 final 
Brussels,  12 July  1983 
FOR OFFICIAL  USE ONLY 
COMMUNICATION  FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL 
Request for Council assent  under  Article  54, second paragraph,  of 
the ECSC Treaty to the  granting  of a global loan  to the 
Industriekreditbank  AG - Deutsche  Industriebank, 
Duesseldorf 
COM(83)  432 final 

For official use only
Note to the Council
Subject: Request for Council assent under Article 54» second paragraph,
of the ECSC Treaty to the granting of a global loan to the  
Industriekreditbank AG - Deutsche Industriebank, Duesseldorf.
I Company
Applicant : Industriekreditbank AG -Deutsche Industriebank(HCB), Duesseldorf.
The HCB is a private bank in the form of a public limited company.
The main shareholders are several insurance companies, an establishment  
for the promotion of research in profit orientated business and the  
Hostra Holding Company.
The loan activity is mainly centered in Nordrhein - Westfalen.
Recipients: Businesses, public bodies and local authorities implementing investment  
projects to promote the consumption of Community coal.
II Procedure
The Commission will grant the HCB a global loan of DM 70.0 million. It will be  
disbursed over 3 years in a number of instalments to be determined by the  
Directorate-General for Credit and Investments in the light of the characteristics  
of the borrowing resources utilized.
Under the *erms of this global loan, the I KB will co-fiance investment which helps  
to promote the use of Community coal.
The IKB will submit annual reports to'the Commission on the status of the projects  
financed and on whether the enterprises receiving the loan are meeting their  
''O'-vmitments with respect to offtakes of Community coal.

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H I  Compliance with Article 54» second, paragraph, of the ECSC Treaty
The Member States of the European Communities have set themselves the  
goal of reducing their dependence on oil imports. This change in  
energy utilization paterns requires greater and more varied use of  
coal a has been stressed, particularly, in the communiqués issued  
after the European Council meeting in Luxembourg on 27 and 28 April 1980  
and the Venice Summit of 22 and 23 June 1980.
The importance of coal in helping to restructure energy demand was also  
underlined by the ECSC Consultative Committees and the European Parliament  
in the tr opinions on the note from the Commission to the Council on the  
role of coal in the Community's energy strategy. The prime sectors  
mentioned for reconversion to coal included various industrial sectors  
and district heating systems.
The global loan to the HCB will facilitate the implementation of  
investf>ents which are in line with the broad aims of Community energy  
policy and at the same time open up new outlets for Community coal. The  
Commission has therefore concluded that the application is consonant with  
Article 54» second paragraph, of the ECSC Treaty.
IV Global loan
Loan requested: DM 70.0 million
Loan granted? The Commission has approved, in principle, a loan
of DM "JO.O million (approximately 31.2 million ECU)  
or its equivalent to the above-mentioned company on  
the basis that this project is consonant with the aims  
set out in Article 54» second paragraph, of the ECSC  
Treaty.
Observations: The loan being applied for will be the first global loan
to be granted to IKB under Article 54» second paragraph.
After the completion of the first global loan under  
Article 56 of the ECSG Treaty with an amount of EM 25 million  
the Commission has granted to the bank a second global  
loan of EM 50 million by decision of the Commission,  
dated 20th December 1982 accordance of the Council
on 1st March 1983·
V Council assent
Pursuant to Articel 54, second paragraph, of the ECSC Treaty the Commission  
seeks the assent of the Council to the granting of a global loan of  
DM 70.0 million to the Industriekreditbank AG — Deutsche Industriebank (IKB),  
Duesseldorf.
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