EIB's assessment of certain investments financed by Modernisation Fund in Slovakia
Dear European Investment Bank,
Under Regulation 1049/2001 and Regulation 1367/2006, as amended by Regulation 2021/1767, I am requesting any document held by the EIB that contains information on the EIB's assessments of the following investments in Slovakia financed by the Modernisation Fund (MF):
1. State Aid Scheme to support the investments to modernise energy systems, including energy storage and energy efficiency improvement from the Modernisation Fund: high-efficiency cogenerations MF 2021-2 SK 0-002
2. State Aid Scheme to support the investments to modernise energy systems, including energy storage and energy efficiency improvement from the Modernisation Fund: high-efficiency cogenerations MF 2022-1 SK 0-003
3. State Aid Scheme to support the investments to modernise energy systems, including energy storage and energy efficiency improvement from the Modernisation Fund: high-efficiency cogenerations MF 2023-2 SK 0-001
4. Scheme of state aid from the Modernization Fund resources to support investments for the production of heat and/or cold from renewable energy sources, the production of renewable hydrogen and highly efficient cogeneration MF 2024-1 SK 0-001
5. Scheme of state aid from the Modernization Fund resources to support investments for the production of energy from renewable energy sources, the production of renewable hydrogen and highly efficient cogeneration MF 2024-2 SK 0-001
I kindly ask you not to refer me to the documents that are already publicly available on the Modernisation Fund website.
I would prefer if you could deliver these documents in electronic format.
Thank you in advance for your kind assistance,
Gligor Radečić
CEE Bankwatch Network
Heřmanova 1088/8
Prague 7, 170 00
Czech Republic
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Dear Mr. Radečić,
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Yours sincerely,
Infodesk Team
European Investment Bank
[EIB request email]
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Dear Mr. Radečić,
We refer to your message of 4 December 2025 addressed to the European
Investment Bank (EIB) via the AsktheEU.org website requesting a copy of
the EIB’s assessment of a number of investments in Slovakia financed by
the Modernisation Fund (MF). We also refer to our acknowledgement of
receipt of the same date. Your message has been handled on the basis of
the EIB Group Transparency Policy (EIB-TP)[1]^^[1], which applies to these
requests addressed to the EIB.
Please find attached to this message a copy of the assessment documents
that the EIB has produced for each of the requested investments in
Slovakia financed by the MF indicated in your message.
Information contained in these documents which falls outside the scope of
your request and/or cost-related information which, if disclosed, would
undermine the commercial interests of the parties concerned[2]^^[2] has
been redacted and replaced by the symbol “[…]”. No overriding public
interest has been found to exist regarding the redacted information that
would prevail over the applicable disclosure exception[3]^^[3].
We trust this information is helpful. Should you require any further
clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us[4]^^[4].
Yours sincerely,
Infodesk Team
European Investment Bank
[5][EIB request email]
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[6]https://www.eib.org/en/publications/2025...
^2 Art. 5.5, EIB-TP
^3 Art. 5.8, EIB-TP
^4In accordance with Section 5.31 of the EIB Group Transparency Policy, if
you consider this response to be a total or partial refusal following your
initial application, you have the right to make a confirmatory application
requesting the Bank to reconsider its position, or to lodge a complaint
with the EIB Group Complaints Mechanism.