Statute and other treaty provisions

This brochure contains the Statute of the European Investment Bank (EIB) as well as various provisions relating to the EIB taken from the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as well as from Protocols Nos 6, 7 and 28 annexed to these Treaties. The EIB enjoys legal personality and financial autonomy and is endowed with its own decision-making bodies. The EIB’s Statute is drawn up as a Protocol (No 5) annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. In accordance with Article 51 of the Treaty on European Union, it forms an integral part of both Treaties. Pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 308 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Statute may be amended by the Council acting unanimously in accordance with a special legislative procedure, at the request of the European Investment Bank and after consulting the European Parliament and the Commission, or on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament and the European Investment Bank. The texts of the Statute as well as of the various provisions relating to the EIB mentioned above are the texts as adopted in the context of the Treaty of Lisbon. Moreover, the current text of the Statute also takes into account (i) the changes brought to Articles 4(1) and 5(1) by the decision of the EIB’s Board of Governors of 31 December 2012, adopted in accordance with Article 4(3) of the Statute, to increase the capital of the EIB by EUR 10 000 000 000, (ii) the amendments following the Treaty of Accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union on 1 July 2013, and (iii) the decision of the EIB’s Board of Governors of 1 July 2013 to align Croatia’s subscribed capital share with the 2012 EIB capital increase