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Summary sheet
- Urban development - Construction
The project aims at providing suitable reception centres and first accommodation for asylum seekers in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The project aims to help North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) to increase its capacity to handle the reception of asylum seekers. The investment will mainly consist of the reconversion, upgrade and new construction of reception and temporary accommodation centres (around 30,000 places).
Compliance with the relevant EU directives will be verified during appraisal: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive 2011/92/EU, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive 2001/42/EC, Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC and Birds Directive 2009/147/EC. The status of any environmental studies and public consultations related to the housing investments will be reviewed during project appraisal. Applicable energy efficiency requirements in line with the EU Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings 2010/31/EU will also be further assessed during project appraisal.
The Bank will require the promoter to ensure that contracts for the implementation of the project have been/shall be tendered in accordance with the relevant applicable EU procurement legislation (Dir. 2004/18/EC, or 2014/24/EU where applicable, and/or 2004/17/EC, or 2014/25/EU where applicable, and/or 2014/23/EU where applicable, as well as and Dir. 2007/66/EC (amending Directives 1989/665/EEC and 1992/13/EEC)), as interpreted by the Court of Justice of the EU, with publication of tender notices in the Official Journal of the EU, as and where required.