Article 1
Open ↗Protocol No 5 on the Statute of the European Investment Bank, annexed to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, is amended as follows: (1) the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) is amended as follows: (a) the introductory part is replaced by the following: ‘1. The capital of the Bank shall be EUR 204 089 132 500, subscribed by the Member States as follows:’; (b) the following line in the list is deleted: ‘United Kingdom 39 195 022 000 ’; (2) in Article 7(3), point (h) is replaced by the following: ‘(h) approve, acting by a qualified majority, the Rules of Procedure of the Bank.’; (3) in the first subparagraph of Article 9(1), the following sentence is added: ‘It shall, acting by a qualified majority, decide on the Bank's operational plan.’; (4) Article 9(2) is amended as follows: (a) the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘2. The Board of Directors shall consist of 28 directors and of 31 alternate directors, nominated in accordance with this paragraph.’; (b) the third subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘The alternate directors shall be appointed by the Board of Governors for five years as shown below: — two alternates nominated by the Federal Republic of Germany, — two alternates nominated by the French Republic, — two alternates nominated by the Italian Republic, — two alternates nominated by common accord of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic, — three alternates nominated by common accord of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, — four alternates nominated by common accord of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Hellenic Republic, Ireland and Romania, — six alternates nominated by common accord of the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, — nine alternates nominated by common accord of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Cyprus, Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic, — one alternate nominated by the Commission.’; (5) the first subparagraph of Article 11(1) is replaced by the following: ‘1. The Management Committee shall consist of a President and eight Vice-Presidents appointed for a period of six years by the Board of Governors, acting by a qualified majority, on a proposal from the Board of Directors, acting by a qualified majority.’.