European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

(asked on 24th January 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which documents regulate the relationship between his Department and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.


Answered by
John Glen Portrait
John Glen
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
This question was answered on 29th January 2020

The relationship between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Her Majesty’s Government is regulated through the Agreement Establishing the EBRD, which entered into force on 28 March 1991. This document can be found here: https://www.ebrd.com/news/publications/institutional-documents/basic-documents-of-the-ebrd.html

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the UK Governor for the EBRD. All prospective projects are reviewed and scrutinised by the EBRD in line with the Bank’s standard project process, and this analysis is provided to shareholders ahead of Board of Directors discussion and approval.

The UK assesses all projects to ensure that they meet the EBRD’s mandate and have the highest environmental and social standards. EBRD’s most recent assessment is that the project has the highest categorisation under the Bank’s Environmental and Social Policy.

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