Decision (EU) 2024/1246 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 April 2024 on the subscription by the European Union to additional shares in the capital of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and amending the Agreement establishing the EBRD as regards the extension of the geographic scope of EBRD operations to sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq, and the removal of the statutory capital limitation on ordinary operations
Decision (EU) 2024/1246 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 April 2024 on the subscription by the European Union to additional shares in the capital of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and amending the Agreement establishing the EBRD as regards the extension of the geographic scope of EBRD operations to sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq, and the removal of the statutory capital limitation on ordinary operations
Decision (EU) 2024/1246 · Decision · 6 articles
Data as of 2026-07-04 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗
The Union shall subscribe to 12 102 additional shares of EUR 10 000 each in the EBRD pursuant to Resolution No 265 on or before 30 June 2025, or such subsequent date not later than 31 December 2025 as the Board of Directors of the EBRD may determine on or before 30 June 2025.
The subscription shall be paid in five equal instalments, the first of which shall be paid by the later of:
(a)
30 April 2025; or
(b)
60 days after the instrument of subscription by the Union has become effective.
The remaining four instalments shall be paid by 30 April 2026, by 30 April 2027, by 30 April 2028 and by 30 April 2029, respectively.
The amendments to Article 1 of the Agreement establishing the EBRD to allow the limited and incremental extension of the geographic scope of its operations to sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq, as set out in Resolution No 259, and the amendments to Article 12(1) of that Agreement to remove the statutory capital limitation, as set out in Resolution No 260, are approved on behalf of the Union.
The text of Resolutions No 259 and No 260 is attached to this Decision.
The Governor of the EBRD representing the Union shall, on behalf of the Union, communicate to the EBRD the declaration of acceptance of the amendments referred to in Article 3.
As part of the annual report to the European Parliament, the Governor of the EBRD representing the Union shall also report on the EBRD’s activities and operations in sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq.
