The Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU) announces the opening of 143 new files deposited by the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Many of the new files in this transfer document projects core to the EIB’s fundamental mission of supporting balanced development across the Union. They illustrate the Bank’s activities concerning the development or improvement of the infrastructure and industrial capacity of member states, especially those in the south, and shed light on the execution of each project at every stage, from proposal to implementation to repayment. The files thus contain notes, correspondence and documents related to applications, project appraisals, loan agreements, legal files, project reports, payments and reimbursements, photographs, and more.
The autumn transfer covers 39 investment projects from the years 1962, 1963 and 1964:
31 projects in Italy, five projects in Greece, two projects in France, and one in Germany. The files may be consulted in the EIB series Projets financés.
The transfer also contains files concerning the EIB’s governance activities, including minutes from the Board of Governors and Board of Directors meetings for 1991. These documents are archived in the Gouvernance series.
The European Investment Bank was established in 1958 by the Treaty of Rome. According to Article 309 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the mission of the EIB is to contribute to the balanced and steady development of the internal market in the interest of the Union. The EIB facilitates the funding of projects towards the development of less-developed regions, across all sectors of the economy. This includes the modernisation of existing structures and activities, but also support for new ones that individual Member States do not have the means to undertake. The BEI also supports projects beneficial to several Member States that, due to their scale or nature, cannot be carried out with the resources of single Member states.
The EIB deposits its archives at the HAEU in Florence under a convention agreement signed with the European University Institute in July 2005.
Consult the EIB archives here.