Piraeus Bank Bulgaria - Senior Loan

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Project Summary Document
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Project ID 41816

Status Complete

Location

Bulgaria

Business Sector

Financial Institutions

Notice Type

Private

Project timeline

Exploratory
Passed Concept Review
Passed Structure Review
Passed Final Review
Board Approved
Signed
Implementing
Completed

Project ID 41816

Status Complete

Location

Bulgaria

Business Sector

Financial Institutions

Notice Type

Private

Environmental Category

Approval Date

20 Jul 2010

Disclosure date

04 Nov 2010

As per section 1.4.2 (iii) of the Directive on Access to Information: "For Projects approved by Bank management where the Board of Directors has delegated the approval authority, the PSD shall be disclosed at the start of the relevant no-objection notification period to a member country of the Bank in accordance with Article 13 (iii) of the Agreement Establishing the EBRD."

Translated version of this PSD: Bulgarian

Project Description

The EBRD has signed investments worth a total of €200 million with Piraeus Group subsidiaries in Bulgaria, Romania and Albania as part of a package approved in July 2010. The aim is to provide medium and long-term debt financing through Piraeus Group subsidiaries in support of SMEs and corporate organisations for investment and working capital needs.

The EBRD investments are part of the joint pledge by the EBRD, the World Bank Group and the European Investment Bank (EIB) to provide over €24.5 billion in support of the banking sectors in the region and to fund lending to businesses hit by the global crisis.

Transition Impact

The credit lines will contribute to the transition process by maintaining an essential flow of lending to enterprises at a time when the availability of credit, particularly to SMEs, has been constrained.

The Client

Three Piraeus Group subsidiaries in Bulgaria, Romania and Albania.

Piraeus Bank Group is one of the most dynamic and active financial organisations in Greece, South-eastern Europe and Eastern Mediterranean, but also has presence in the financial centres of London and New York. At the end of June 2010, the Group had a network of 878 branches and employed 13,362 people.

EBRD Finance

EUR 70 million

Project Cost

A total of EUR 200 million.

Environmental Impact

The Piraeus Group subsidiaries will be required to comply with EBRD’s Environmental Performance Requirement (“PR”) 9 when making local loans, conduct their business in accordance with PR 2, adhere to the EBRD's Environmental and Social Exclusion and Referral Lists, and submit Annual Environmental and Social Reports to the Bank. The subsidiary borrowers will be required to comply with applicable national environmental, health and safety and labour requirements.

Technical Cooperation

None.

Company Contact

Mr. Athanasios Koutsopoulos – Chief Executive Officer
Piraeus Bank Bulgaria AD
3, Vitosha blvd
Sofia 1000
Bulgaria
Phone: 0035928004200

Transition impact

ETI Score:60

PSD last updated

01 Feb 2019

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Public Information Policy (PIP)

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Environmental and Social Documentation is not available for this project.

Selected procurement notices related to this project may be shown below. Further procurement opportunities related to this and other projects, if available, maybe be viewed in the EBRD Procurement Portal.

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No complaints about this project have been made so far.

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