The Environmental Report 2004 describes the environmental lending of the Bank in 2004, targeted at fulfilling one or a number of the environmental objectives of the European Union. Individual environmental loans amounted to EUR 11.1 billion, of which EUR 10.4 billion was in the EU-25. The...

The Report provides an account of the main features and recent changes in the environmental policies, practices, organisation and staffing of the EIB. It also importantly describes another year of significant environmental lending.

This paper uses survey data to to analyse the reasons for subdued corporate investment activity in Romania. In Romania, the share of firms carrying out investment is amongst the lowest in the European Union. This is despite strong economic growth in recent years and persistent needs for...