2000/786/EC: Council Decision of 27 November 2000 on the grant of funds to the Hellenic Republic in order to compensate partially for the interest paid on European Investment Bank loans for the reconstruction of the region which was devastated by the earthquake of September 1999

• Articles: 2

Article 1

The Community shall make available to the Hellenic Republic funds of EUR 2 million in order to compensate partially for the interest paid in 2000 on loans received from the EIB for the reconstruction of buildings, infrastructure and industrial installations (including small and medium enterprises) in the Attica region affected by the earthquake of September 1999. The Commission is hereby empowered to pay these funds in one instalment on terms which it shall agree with the Hellenic Republic and the EIB.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 27 November 2000.

For the Council

The President

L. Fabius

(1) Opinion delivered on 15 November 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal).