Correspondence between European Investment Bank (EIB) & Bank Hapoalim.

Joachim Kattrup made this access to documents request to European Investment Bank

The request was successful.

Dear European Investment Bank,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

All reference letters, transactions, investments-lists, correspondence, reports, project papers, meeting notes, emails, SMS messages, and similar documents and any other communication between Bank Hapoalim (BANK HAPOALIM B.M - BIC/SWIFT: POALILITXXX) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).

This request covers all of the above documents from January 1, 2021, to January 17, 2025.

Yours faithfully,

Joachim Kattrup
Journalist, Danwatch
Address:
Brofogedvej 8, 2.sal.
2400 København NV

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Dear Mr. Kattrup,

Thank you for your message to the European Investment Bank (EIB), the EU Bank.

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your query. In accordance with the provisions of the EIB Group Transparency Policy, we will revert to you without delay and in any case within 15 working days from the date of receipt of your request.

In line with Article 5.23 and 5.24 of the EIB Group Transparency Policy, should we consider your request to be complex, we will endeavour to provide a reply no later than 30 working days following receipt.

We thank you in advance for your understanding and remain at your disposal should you need any further update on the handling of your query by the EIB.

Yours sincerely,

Infodesk Team
European Investment Bank
[EIB request email]
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For more details concerning EIB procedures for handling information requests, please refer to the EIB Group "Transparency Policy": ( https://www.eib.org/publications/eib-gro... ). If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

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Dear Mr. Kattrup,

Thank you for your message to the European Investment Bank (EIB), the EU Bank.

We would like to inform you that your request is still being handled by the EIB in accordance with the provisions of the EIB Group Transparency Policy (https://www.eib.org/en/publications/eib-... ).

Given the complexity of your request, and in line with Articles 5.23 and 5.24 of the EIB Group Transparency Policy, we have extended the time limit to respond. The Bank will endeavour to provide a reply to such complex requests no later than 30 working days following receipt.

We thank you in advance for your understanding and remain at your disposal should you need any further update on the handling of your query by the EIB.

Infodesk Team
European Investment Bank
[EIB request email]

_______________________
For more details concerning EIB procedures for handling information requests, please refer to the EIB Group "Transparency Policy": ( https://www.eib.org/publications/eib-gro... ). If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for contacting the European Investment Bank (EIB).

Your request was assigned the following Reference Number (WO1593137).
Please retain this number for any future communication.

We hereby confirm receipt of your query, which is being handled in line
with the provisions of the EIB Group Transparency Policy. We will revert
to you as soon as possible.

Yours faithfully,
EIB Infodesk team
_______________________
For more details concerning EIB procedures for handling information
requests, please refer to the EIB Group "Transparency Policy":
([1]https://www.eib.org/publications/eib-gro...).
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

References

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Joachim Kattrup left an annotation (February 10, 2025)

deadline: 6 marts

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Dear Mr. Katrupp,

We refer to your message of 17 January 2025 sent to the European
Investment Bank (EIB) via the AsktheEU.org website, requesting access to
all reference letters, transactions, investments-lists, correspondence,
reports, project papers, meeting notes, emails, SMS messages, and similar
documents and any other communication between Bank Hapoalim and the EIB.
We also refer to our acknowledgement of receipt of the same date. Your
request has been handled on the basis of the EIB Group Transparency Policy
(EIB-TP)[1][1], which applies to such requests addressed to the EIB.

We would like to inform you that the EIB has not signed any direct
operations with Bank Hapoalim in the dates indicated in your
message[2][2]. Instead, two private sector operations financed by the EIB
in Israel in those dates have been co-financed with Bank Hapoalim, amongst
others, meaning that the EIB has not provided funding to Bank Hapoalim,
but both the EIB and Bank Hapoalim have provided financing to certain
projects, alongside other financiers[3][3].

Concerning your request for access to “all reference letters,
transactions, investments-lists, correspondence, reports, project papers,
meeting notes, emails, SMS messages, and similar documents and any other
communication between Bank Hapoalim and the EIB”, please note that the EIB
does not keep a unified list of all these documents.

Therefore, should you wish to obtain any particular information regarding
the EIB correspondence with Bank Hapoalim in the context of the EIB
operations, we would invite you to further specify the type of information
that you would like to obtain, in order for the Bank to better identify
the documents or information requested and assess their disclosure in line
with the provisions of its Transparency Policy[4][4].

Please also note that, while the EIB is committed to a policy of
presumption of disclosure and transparency, it also has the duty to
respect confidentiality in compliance with EU laws, including the
obligation not to disclose information of the kind covered by the
obligation of professional secrecy in accordance with Article 339 TFEU, as
well as legislation to protect personal data. National regulations and
banking sector standards covering business contracts and market activity
may also apply. The exceptions to disclosure described in section 5 of the
EIB-TP may therefore affect our ability to disclose certain
documents/information[5][5].

We hope this information is useful and remain at your disposal should you
need any further clarifications[6][6].

Yours sincerely,

Infodesk Team

European Investment Bank

[7][EIB request email]

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[1]
[8]https://www.eib.org/en/publications/eib-...

2 From January 1, 2021, to January 17, 2025

3 [9]https://www.eib.org/en/projects/all/2021... and
[10]https://www.eib.org/en/projects/all/2019...

4 Art. 5.19, EIB-TP

5 Art 5.3, EIB-TP

6 In line with Art. 5.31 EIB-TP, in case of a total or partial refusal
following your initial application, you have the right to make a
confirmatory application asking the Bank to reconsider its position or
lodge a complaint with the EIB Group Complaints Mechanism.

_______________________

For more details concerning EIB procedures for handling information
requests, please refer to the EIB Group "Transparency Policy":
[11]https://www.eib.org/publications/eib-gro...
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

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Dear InfoDesk,

Thank you for the respons. I understand your feedback. I narrow my request to access to
only all transactions-list and investments-lists between Bank Hapoalim and the EIB since 1.1.2020 until now.

Yours sincerely,

Joachim Kattrup

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Dear Mr. Kattrup,

We refer to your follow-up message of 14 February 2025 sent to the
European Investment Bank (EIB) via the AsktheEU.org website, requesting
access to the list of transactions and operations between Bank Hapoalim
and the EIB since 1.1.2020 until now. Your request has been handled on the
basis of the EIB Group Transparency Policy (EIB-TP)[1][1], which applies
to such requests addressed to the EIB.

In response to your question, we would like to inform you that there has
not been any operation between Bank Hapoalim and the EIB since 1 January
2020 other than the ones communicated in our previous message of 10
February 2025.

For your information, all EIB operations are published on the Bank’s
website and can be searched here:
[2]https://www.eib.org/en/projects/all/inde...

We hope this information is useful and remain at your disposal should you
need any further clarifications[3][2].

Yours sincerely,

Infodesk Team

European Investment Bank

[4][EIB request email]

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[1]
[5]https://www.eib.org/en/publications/eib-...

2 In line with Art. 5.31 EIB-TP, in case of a total or partial refusal
following your initial application, you have the right to make a
confirmatory application asking the Bank to reconsider its position or
lodge a complaint with the EIB Group Complaints Mechanism.

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For more details concerning EIB procedures for handling information
requests, please refer to the EIB Group "Transparency Policy":

[11][12]https://www.eib.org/publications/eib-gro....

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

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dedicated page for EU public officials at
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Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
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[16]https://www.eib.org/en/publications/eib-...

[17][2] In line with Art. 5.31 EIB-TP, in case of a total or partial
refusal following your initial application, you have the right to make a
confirmatory application asking the Bank to reconsider its position or
lodge a complaint with the EIB Group Complaints Mechanism.

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References

AsktheEU.org

Correspondence between European Investment Bank (EIB) & Bank Hapoalim.

Joachim Kattrup left an annotation (February 10, 2025)

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