Borrowing and lending operations
1. In order to finance the support under the Instrument in the form of loans, the Commission shall be empowered, on behalf of the Union, to borrow the necessary funds on the capital markets or from financial institutions in accordance with Article 220a of the Financial Regulation.
2. The detailed terms of the support under the Instrument in the form of loans shall be laid down in a loan agreement in accordance with Article 220 of the Financial Regulation, to be concluded between the Commission and Ukraine. The loans shall have a maximum duration of 35 years.
3. By derogation from Article 31(3), second sentence, of Regulation (EU) 2021/947, macro-financial assistance provided to Ukraine in the form of loans under the Instrument shall not be supported by the External Action Guarantee.
No provisioning for the loans under this Regulation shall be constituted and, by derogation from Article 211(1) of the Financial Regulation, no provisioning rate as a percentage of the amount referred to in Article 4(1) of this Regulation shall be set.
Interest rate subsidy
1. By derogation from Article 220(5), point (e), of the Financial Regulation and subject to available resources, the Union may bear interest by granting an interest rate subsidy and cover administrative costs related to the borrowing and lending, with the exception of costs related to early repayment of the loan, in respect of the loans under this Regulation.
2. Ukraine may request the interest rate subsidy and coverage of the administrative costs by the Union each year.
Financing agreement for non-repayable support
The detailed terms of the non-repayable support referred to in Article 4(3) of this Regulation shall be laid down in a financing agreement to be concluded between the Commission and Ukraine. By derogation from Article 220(5) of the Financial Regulation, the financing agreement shall contain only provisions referred to in Article 220(5), points (a), (b) and (c), thereof. The financing agreement shall include provisions on the protection of the Union’s financial interests, checks, audits, prevention of fraud and other irregularities, and the recovery of funds.
