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COMMISSION  
OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
General SecretariatC0MC84) 455 final 
Brussels, 10 September 1984
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMISSION TO THE COUNCIL 
Request for assent, pursuant to Article 56 2a) of the ECSC 
Treaty to the granting of a global loan to the 
National Westminster Bank, PLC, United Kingdom
C0MC84) 455 final

Communication to the Council
Subject :  Request for assent, pursuant to Article 56 2a) of the ECSC Treaty
to the granting of a global Loan to the 
National Westminster Bank, PLC, United Kingdom .
I. FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARYNo.402
Applicant National Westminster Bank, PLC
Registered Office 41, Lothbury, 
London, EC2P 2BP
Shareholders The Bank is a public limited company formed 
in 1970 following the merger of its three 
constituent banks, the Westminster Bank, 
the National Provincial Bank and the District 
Bank. Shares are widely dispersed.
II. RECIPIENTS The Bank will, through its over 3000 branches 
mainly in England and Wales, sub-lend the 
loan to small and medium sized firms which 
are extending existing activities or creating 
new ones.
Field of Activity of 
recipientsFinancing industrial and service activities,
address: Rue de la Loi 200, B - 1040 Brussels -  Telephone 35 00 40-35 80 40 -  Telegraphic address: .  COMEUR B
Tele«: „COMFURBRU 218/7russrls · -  -·

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III. THE PROJECT
ProcedureThis Loan is in addition to an earlier global loan 
of £5 million granted in July 1982-which has been 
virtually totally utilised. In:this instance, the 
Commission will make £10 million (about 17.04MioECU) 
available to the National Westminster Bank, PLC. The 
loan wiLl be paid in tranches over three years as sub­
loans are approved. The Commission will approve indi­
vidual sub-loans on the basis of its published objectives 
and application criteria (O.J. No C.191 of 16 July 1983). 
The Bank will report annually to the Commission on the 
use made of the global loan; it will also report each 
year on the re-employment of former ECSC workers in the 
firms financed from the global loan.
Total amount of 
investment
IV. THE REGIONat least t 20 million (+ 34.08 MioECU)
Project location ECSC employment areas in Britain. (*)
Unemployment rate Wales 
Scot land 
England 
Britain16.1%
15.4%
12.4%
13.0%April 1984
National aid status of 
project area :  Steel and coal closure areas.
The ECSC industry has been and still is a major employer in the area.
(*) Outside ECSC employment areas the strict social clause will be applied 
(0J C 191 of 16.7.1983, operating principles, operating principles §14, 
second sentence)

V. C O NFO RM ITY W ITH ARTICLE 56 2a) O F  TH E  E C S C  TREATY
E C S C  redundancies in 
p ro je ct area 1978
England 
Wales 
Scot land
Britain1983
72,502
41,067
10,573
124,142
Jobs to be created 
by the project
Training: 1278 jobs approximately of which 852 w ill be fo r 
former E C S G  workers and on which the in te re s t rebate 
w ill be based.
: Through the Manpower Services Commission and 
the sub-loan recipients
The Commission considers that the a p p lica tio n  complies with A rtic le  56 2a) 
of the E C S C  Treaty.
VI. G LO BAL LO A N
Loan applied for 
Loan to be granted
Interest rebate£ 10 m illio n
The Commission has approved a loan of 
£ 10 m illio n  (about 17.04 MioECU) or
equivalent to the above«mentioned in s titu tio n  
(1)
5 percentage points per year fo r fiv e  years 
on 17.04 MioECU
Jobbasis of in te re s t rebate : 852 jobs suitab le fo r former E C S C  workers,
V II. COUNCIL ASSEN T
The Commission requests the Council to give it s  assent to the foregoing 
decision
(1) In accordance with Article 56 application criteria (0J C  191, 16 July 1983).