Report from the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament on the borrowing and lending activities of the Community in 2009.

Abstract

The Council decisions establishing the various lending instrumentsof the European Union require the Commission to inform the European Parliament and the Council, each year, of the use of these instruments. In order to meet these information requirements, this report describes the lending operations for each of the areas concerned. In particular, this report gives a brief presentation of lending and borrowing activities under the balance-of-payment support to non-euro area Member States (BOP)1 and the macro-financial assistance provided by the European Union to third countries (MFA). In addition, it provides information on Euratom lending and borrowing activities. To complete the picture of EU activities, the final section provides a summary overview of European Investment Bank (EIB) lending and borrowing activities in 2009.