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On Friday, 24 March 2023, the InvestEU Investment Committee has approved guarantees worth up to around €150 million in the form of framework agreements for the first EBRD operations, which are to follow.

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is providing two guarantees worth a total of €60 million to Tenax Sustainable Credit Fund, to improve access to finance for Italian small businesses and small mid-caps active in the fields of sustainability and innovation and digitalisation.

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the Finnish financial institution OP Financial Group have signed a guarantee agreement to promote the green transition and innovation investment, bringing approximately €200 million in additional financing to the Finnish market.

The European Investment Fund (EIF), backed by InvestEU, will provide a €18.75 million guarantee to CGM Finance to finance investments in social enterprises in Italy.

Resources totaling €3.4 billion are on the way to modernise and upgrade 178 km of the Palermo-Catania railway line. The project is backed by the InvestEU programme by its 50% counter-guarantee and enables the guarantees to be doubled to €2.6 billion.

New funding and easier access to financing will be provided by ST'ART for cultural and creative businesses in the Wallonia and Brussels regions of Belgium. The operation signed with the EIF falls under the European Union's new “InvestEU” programme and will enable up to €24 million in financing.

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Santander Portugal have signed a guarantee agreement supported by InvestEU for up to €250 million in loans. The targeted financing will benefit Portuguese businesses in the areas of sustainability, education, culture and creative sectors.

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Denmark's Export and Investment Fund have signed an agreement to guarantee around DKK 229 million (€30.9 million) in new loans for Danish businesses. The agreement is backed by the InvestEU programme. The sustainability guarantee will support new debt financing

The European Investment Fund (EIF), CaixaBank and MicroBank are stepping up their support for Spanish small and medium enterprises and mid-caps by providing them with guarantees worth €637 million through the first InvestEU portfolio guarantee agreement in Spain.