Translation of "Borrowing granted in the form a direct loan " (English → French) :

15. Is of the opinion that, together with grants, there is a need for loans, venture capital, guarantees and other forms of financial engineering instruments to play a stronger role in the competitiveness of EU industry; calls for the proper use of financial instruments through combining and synergies of the various forms of financial support, both direct and indirect, espec ...[+++]ially those available to SMEs and social businesses, in order to offer more tailor-made access to finance; maintains that individual EU policies and the various sources of funding for European reindustrialisation needs to be coordinated more closely, according to the rules of the Cohesion policy legislative package 2014-2020;

29. Points out, as regards buildings policy, that Parliament is striving to rationalise the allocation of its existing space and to realise cost savings and economies of scale; points out that the KAD extension project currently under way, the cost of which is estimated at about EUR 549.6 million (at 2016 prices), will allow the geographical concentration of Parliament's Administration in Luxembourg, and that all other buildings currently rented in Luxembourg will be gradually vacated, thus enabling substantial savings to be made once the project is completed; draws attention to the fact that the financing of this building project migh ...[+++]t require the setting up of specialised legal structures (a special-purpose vehicle), as the Financial Regulation prohibits direct borrowing, and that cost savings could be achieved if this project were to be financed directly from the budget or by means of a direct loan, which clearly shows the need for adjustments to be made to the Financial Regulation in order to guarantee more transparent and more direct implementation of future building projects;

29. Points out, as regards buildings policy, that Parliament is striving to rationalise the allocation of its existing space and to realise cost savings and economies of scale; points out that the KAD extension project currently under way, the cost of which is estimated at about EUR 549.6 million (at 2016 prices), will allow the geographical concentration of Parliament’s Administration in Luxembourg, and that all other buildings currently rented in Luxembourg will be gradually vacated, thus enabling substantial savings to be made once the project is completed; draws attention to the fact that the financing of this building project migh ...[+++]t require the setting up of specialised legal structures (a special-purpose vehicle), as the Financial Regulation prohibits direct borrowing, and that cost savings could be achieved if this project were to be financed directly from the budget or by means of a direct loan, which clearly shows the need for adjustments to be made to the Financial Regulation in order to guarantee more transparent and more direct implementation of future building projects;

1. Assistance under this Regulation may, inter alia, finance investments, procurement contracts, grants including interest rate subsidies, special loans, loan guarantees and financial assistance, budgetary support, and other specific forms of budgetary aid, and the contribution to the capital of international financial institutions or the regional development banks to the extent that the financial risk of the Community is limited t ...[+++]o the amount of these funds.

Last year, we granted EUR 6 billion to environmental projects in the form of individual loans and EUR 2 billion through what we call global loans, in other words, loans to intermediaries, which themselves provide loans to local authorities.

The following, for example, are to be considered as aid: capital transfers, reduced-interest loans, interest subsidies, certain State holdings in the capital of undertakings, aid financed by special levies or parafiscal charges, aid granted in the form of State securities against bank loans, the reduction of or exemption from charges or taxes, including accelerated depreciation and the reduction of social contributions.