Our Mission is to further the objectives of the European Union by making long-term finance available for sound investment.
The EIB Group promotes Corporate Responsibility through its mission and activities in the service of the European Union, through the way it implements these and through its internal management.
The EIB attaches great importance to engaging with civil society and building cooperative relations with its representatives.
The Bank receives many requests for information and certain questions recur regularly. Please check if your query can be answered by one of the links below.
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The EIB is governed by the:
For further information on this and the structure of the services within the EIB, please see the EIB Organisation Structure pages on the website.
Established under the treaty of Rome in 1957 and created in 1958, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's long-term lending institution. As a policy-driven Bank, the EIB supports EU priority objectives, notably European integration and social cohesion, through its financing operations.
The EIB Group was established in 2000, consisting of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF).
The EIF was established in 1994. It provides venture capital and guarantees for small and medium enterprises (SME). In June 2000, the EIF's Statutes were restructured and its shareholding structure was modified (with the European Investment Bank becoming majority shareholder) so as to endorse the role of the EIF as the exclusive vehicle for venture capital of the European Investment Bank (EIB).
The EIB is based in Luxembourg:
100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer
L-2950 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 43 79 - 1
Fax: +352 43 77 04
E-mail: info@eib.org
Map showing how to access the EIB by road.
The EIB has regional offices in a number of locations both inside and outside the EU (List of offices)
The EIB is an international financial institution, a publicly owned bank. Its owners are the Member States of the European Union, who subscribe to the Bank's capital - EUR 232, 4 billion. As shareholders the Member States are represented on the Bank's main independent decision-making bodies - the Board of Governors and the Board of Directors.
The EIB is the EIF's majority shareholder (62%). Other shareholders are the European Commission (30%) and some twenty EU private banking institutions (8%).
The current President of the EIB is Philippe Maystadt (Belgium)
Former presidents are:
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