Article 12 Transparency and public disclosure of information
United Kingdom
In accordance with its own transparency policy and Union principles on access to documents and information, and progressively with International Aid Transparency Initiative standards, the EIB shall make publicly available on its website information relating to:
all EIB financing operations carried out under this Decision, after the project-approval stage, in particular indicating whether an investment project is covered by the EU guarantee and how it contributes to the goals of the Union external action, noting in particular its economic, social and environmental, climate and gender-specific impact;
unless confidentiality requirements apply, any memoranda of understanding between the EIB and other European or international financial institutions having a bearing on EIB financing operations under this Decision;
where possible and appropriate, existing framework agreements between the EIB and a recipient country. When signing new agreements or amending existing ones, the EIB shall ensure that it is possible for such agreements to be disclosed;
the EIB's allocation policy.
The Commission shall make publicly available on its website specific information relating to all cases of recoveries under the guarantee agreement referred to in Article 14, and the agreement laying down the detailed provisions and procedures relating to recovery of claims referred to in Article 15(2), unless confidentiality requirements apply.
The EIB shall ensure that information about planned and approved operations or any significant change thereto is published and readily available to local civil society.
Upon request, the EIB shall provide the European Parliament with Results Measurement sheets for investment projects covered by the EU guarantee, taking into account the protection of confidential and commercially sensitive information and subject to their respective internal rules governing the treatment of confidential information.
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