Summary sheet
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The operation is a programme loan to finance a variety of eligible mid-caps in Italy, Slovenia, Croatia and Malta.
The programme loan will finance investments of eligible innovative and non-innovative mid-cap companies (i.e. with fewer than 3000 employees). The programme loan aims to accelerate and further mobilise private sector investments, thus furthering the sustainability of mid-caps' competitive advantage over time and creating growth and employment opportunities.
The projects to be financed under this programme loan will most likely concern investments that are expected to be carried out in existing facilities without changing the already authorised scope and would therefore not require an environmental impact assessment (EIA) under Directive 2011/92/EU. However, for each sub-operation, the Bank's services will review during the project appraisal whether any of the concerned projects could fall under the EIA Directive, as well as any other environmental details of the project.
The promoters of the projects to be financed under this programme loan will be private companies not operating in the Utilities sector and not having the status of a contracting authority, thus not subject to EU rules on public procurement.