JURKEVICIUTE Ausra Δευ 11 Μαρ, 12:09 μ.μ.
προς εγώ, LEVAQUE
Dear Dr Sotiriou,
Thank you very much for your message of March 1 (attached).
We note that you did not receive the direct reply to your letter sent to the President last year.
However, the Civil Society Division informed us that they did reply to your messages of 25
and 26 October 2023 by message of 7 November 2023 (Re. is provided below).
With our message, we would like to assure you that after closing the case SG/E/2021/15 on
17 May 2023, the Complaints Mechanism has been monitoring the implementation of the
recommendations and the suggestion for improvement. We request updates from the EIB
services working with the Client of the project on a quarterly basis. As of today, we would l
ike to note the following:
Regarding recommendation under Point 6.1.1.(i): take any appropriate measures in line with
the finance contract […], the Services have agreed with the Client that before any
disbursement take place (where part is intended to finance the Erasinos sub-project), it will
provide the Bank with a copy of the revised EIA including the revised Appropriate
Assessment (AA) of the environmental impacts on the site, in light of the established
Site-Specific Conservation Objectives (Art. 6(3) of the Habitats Directive). Also, they agreed
that any additional mitigation measures resulting from the above mentioned decision, if the
revised AA cannot exclude significant adverse impacts, should be taken. Lastly, the Bank
agreed with the Client that Article 4(7) test or assessment of the Water Framework Directive
will be conducted. As this agreement took place and is properly recorded, we closed the
monitoring of this recommendation as it was taken care of formally and officially.
On the recommendation under Point 6.1.1 (ii) continue to engage with the stakeholders of the
Erasinos sub-project to (a) formally agree on a corrective action plan (CAP [..] and (b)
provide technical environmental expertise [..], the Complaints Mechanism has not yet
received satisfactory evidence of implementation of this recommendation, therefore we
continue to monitor. As per the Conclusions Report, the CAP details are provided under
Point 6.1.3.
The recommendation under Point 6.1.4: Review the way the Erasinos sub-project is presented
in the ESDS [..] has been implemented and therefore we closed the monitoring. Following
our recommendation, the EIB services revised some parts of the ESDS, and you will find a
modified version of ESDS here. Please note, that the ESDS still contains the date of the
meeting of the Board of Directors, where the co-financing for the said operation was
approved.
The suggestion for improvement under Point 6.2.1: The EIB E&S procedures currently under
review should include a framework that guides the scope of the Bank’s E&S due diligence in
EU operations is internal and totally addressed to the EIB. The CM continues to monitor it as
well.
We hope that this update provides you with useful information.
Sincerely,
Ausra
Aušra Jurkeviciute
Complaints Mechanism@IG/EIB
https://attikoparko.blogspot.com/
From: EIB Civil Society Division <civilsociety@eib.org>
Sent: Tuesday 07 November 2023 11:32
To: Dimitrios Sotiriou <dimitriossotiriou2@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Letter to Mr Hoyer ...
Dear Mr Sotiriou,
We refer to your message of 25 October 2023 addressed to the European Investment Bank
(EIB), inquiring about a letter addressed to the President of the EIB by yourself and the NGO
OZON. We also refer to our acknowledgement of receipt of the same date and your follow-up
message of 26 October 2023. Your request has been handled on the basis of the EIB Group
Transparency Policy (EIB-TP)[1].
We would first like to inform you that we are not aware of the letter mentioned in your
message having been received at the EIB. The EIB received a similar letter from other Greek
NGOs also related to the Conclusions Report of the EIB Group Complaints Mechanism the
Complaint Case SG/E/2021/17 regarding the Erasinos sub-project and responded to it in
September 2023.
Notwithstanding the above, please be assured that the EIB takes very seriously and fully
supports the recommendations and suggestions for improvement of the Complaints
Mechanism’ Conclusions Report regarding your complaint and remains in close contact with
the promoter to ensure that these are addressed in compliance with EU environmental law and
to the satisfaction of the Bank. As a first step the Bank has already assigned an environmental
specialist as part of the project team who will provide technical environmental expertise to
the promoter for the effective implementation of the Corrective Action Plan, including the
involvement of relevant stakeholders. In line with its standards, the Bank will encourage the
promoter to meaningfully engage with relevant stakeholders, especially those who are
concerned, and to have an effective mechanism in place for dealing with grievances about
the project.
Please note however that the implementation of these recommendations and suggestions for
improvement may take some time as they require the intervention of many stakeholders
including the promoter who remains responsible for the implementation of the project.
Please also note that, as part of its monitoring function, the EIB Complaints Mechanism
(EIB-CM) follows-up with the EIB operational services on a regular basis and monitors
implementation by the Bank of the EIB-CM’s recommendations and suggestions for
improvement.
We hope you find this information useful and would be grateful if you could share this reply
with the other signatories of your letter.
Naturally, we remain at your disposal should you need any further clarifications[2].
Yours sincerely,
EIB Civil society Division
[1] https://www.eib.org/en/publications/eib-group-transparency-policy-2021
2 In line with Article 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.
[1] https://www.eib.org/en/publications/eib-group-transparency-policy-2021
[2] In line with Article 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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From: Dimitrios Sotiriou <dimitriossotiriou2@gmail.com>
To: JURKEVICIUTE Ausra <a.jurkeviciute@eib.org>, LEVAQUE Laurence
<l.levaque@eib.org>Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 07:30:59 +0000Subject:
To EIB Complaints Mechanism ….
Dear Ladies,
For a long time, we have received no information about the position of EIB to the Erasinos
antiflood project. The letter addressed to ex EIB president Mr Hoyer has never been
answered, one way or another.
Please be kind enough to inform us on any developments since summer 2023. Have the Greek
authorities entered a dialogue with EIB instances concerning the necessary modifications that
had to be made to the project’s basic documentation? Has the timetable proposed by EIB CM
been respected?
With kind regards,
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