COVID-19 Response - Business Insolvency and Restructuring Policy Assistance (EBRD-13430)

Regions
  • Europe and Central Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
U
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Voting Date
May 21, 2020
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
  • Technical Cooperation
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Investment Amount (USD)
Not Disclosed
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS May 25, 2020

Disclosed by Bank May 21, 2020

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to EBRD website, the COVID-19 crisis has already had a major impact on economic activity around the globe and is still unfolding. The objective of the TC Project in a selected number of CoOs: 

1. New Financing Support will include the following activities:

(i) a high level paper setting out the rationale for protection of new financing and focusing on the main legislative support needed, including intercreditor and security agent arrangements and insolvency avoidance provision support;

(ii) policy dialogue with country authorities on any gaps in the secured transactions and insolvency law framework;

(iii) drafting legislative provisions relating to the recognition and validity of subordination arrangements among creditors and the security agent structure; and

(iv) drafting amendments to insolvency avoidance provisions in liquidation procedures to ring-fence any COVID-19 new financing and security.

2. Financial Restructuring Support will comprise the following activities:

(i) drafting changes to existing legislative frameworks, guided by the recent EU Directive 1023/2019 on preventive restructuring and other relevant international benchmarking, such as the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law and consultations with local stakeholders, including through ASB networks and Investment Councils;

(ii) drafting a paper on specialisation of judges and courts in the area of insolvency and advising CoOs on specialisation of judges to manage insolvency cases;

(iii) delivery of training to a selected group of judges on business financial restructuring and any reforms introduced pursuant to (i) above; and


(iv) outreach activities for businesses to share and promote information on financial restructuring tools. This will involve the preparation of standard guidance and delivery of at least one national conference.

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No contact information provided at the time of disclosure. 

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF EBRD

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