Estonia. Republic of Estonia
| Date of agreement: | 25 Mar 2020 |
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| Country: | Estonia |
| Customer: | Republic of Estonia |
| Amount in EUR: | EUR 750 million |
| Maturity: | 15 years |
Project
NIB is providing a loan to the Republic of Estonia to finance a share of the additional funding needed to support the measures taken to curb the immediate impact of the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic on the economy and society.
The Covid-19 mitigation loan will cover a part of the country’s increased expenditures, primarily:
- Additional direct expenditure for the healthcare system and civil protection services;
- Compensation to employees for forced unpaid leave from work and/or loss of salary due to self-isolation;
- Support measures for the most affected business sectors, such as small and medium-sized enterprises, tourism and transportation;
- Compensation for the loss of business and/or additional costs stemming from government’s restrictions imposed to limit the Covid-19 spread; such as closures of sports venues, theatres, museums, etc., and imposing quarantine to certain geographic areas and/or closing of national borders.
NIB is an international financial institution owned by eight member countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. The Bank finances private and public projects in and outside the member countries. NIB has the highest possible credit rating, AAA/Aaa, with the leading rating agencies Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s.
The purpose of the loan is to support the economy of a NIB member country and to alleviate the socio-economic consequences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The use of funds will not finance projects listed in the Bank’s exclusion list or shale oil.
