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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
Dresdner Bank AG
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Kote to the Council
Subject: '  Request for.Council assent under Article 54, second paragraph,
of the KCSC Treaty to the granting of a global loan to the  
■ <  Dresdner Bank AG .  ·.■■'.
I Company r  ;
Applicant:  Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt v
The Dresdner Bank is one of the leading commercial hanks in  
the Federal Republic of Germany and operates as a public limited  
company. Its share capital, amounting to DM 988 million, is  
widely dispersed (150 000 shareholders). The Bank's activities  
cover the full range of business which an all-purpose bank  
.  normally engages in. It has 1 025 branches and 26 623 employees  
(at the end of 1983). ■
Recipients: Businesses-, public bodies and local authorities implementing .invest
... ment projects to promote, the consumption of Community coal.
II
 Procedure: The Commission will grant the Dresdner Bank a global lean of
------ — ’  DM 40 million. It will be disbursed over hot more than 3 years
in
 a number of instalments in the light of the characteristics  
:  of the borrowing resources utilized..
Under the terms of.this global loan, the Dresdner Bank will  
co-finance investment which helps to promote the use of  
Community coal.
The Dresdner Bank 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 commitments with respect tu  
offtake's of Community coal.· -

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III Compliance yjith Article 54 1 second paragraph, of /the ECSC Treaty
The Member States of the. European Communities have set-themselves the  
goal of reducing their dependence oh oil imports. This change in energy  
,  utilization patterns requires'greater and more vari'ed use of coal as  
has been-stressed, particularly, in the ccmmuniques 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 Committee and the European parliament  
in their opinibns 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 Dresdner Bank will facilitate,  "the implementation of  
investments 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:  
Loan granted:
Observations:.The Commission has approved, in principle, a loan of  
DM -40, million (approximately 17*8. million ECU)- or its  
equivalent to the above-menioned company on the basis  
that the projects are consonant with the aims set cut  
in Article 54, se'cond paragraph, of the ECSC Treaty.
The loan applied for will be tbe first global loan to be •  
granted to the Dresdner Bank under Article 54» second  
paragraph. By the Commission decision of 9'September 198,2  
and with Council assent on 25-26 October 1982, the Dresdner  
Bank was granted a global loan of,DM 50 million under  
Article 56 of the ECSC Treaty. :  '
VCouncil assent '
Pursuant to Article 54» second paragraph, of the ECSC Treaty the Commission  
seeks the assent of the.Council to the granting of a global loan of DM 40 million  
to the Dresdner Bank, Frankfurt.
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