EXHIBIT B
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Thomas Westphal | ||
Director: Thomas Westphal |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Anne Blondy-Touret | ||
Director: Anne Blondy-Touret |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Gelsomina Vigliotti | ||
Director: Gelsomina Vigliotti |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Carla Díaz Álvarez De Toledo | ||
Director: Carla Díaz Álvarez De Toledo |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Filipe Cartaxo | ||
Director: Filipe Cartaxo |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Marc Descheemaecker | ||
Director: Marc Descheemaecker |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Arsène Jacoby | ||
Director: Arsène Jacoby |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Julie Sonne | ||
Director: Julie Sonne |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Des Carville | ||
Director: Des Carville |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Konstantin J. Andreopoulos | ||
Director: Konstantin J. Andreopoulos |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Attila György | ||
Director: Attila György |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Andres Kuningas | ||
Director: Andres Kuningas |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Armands Eberhards | ||
Director: Armands Eberhards |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Miglė Tuskienė | ||
Director: Miglė Tuskienė |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Kristina Sarjo | ||
Director: Kristina Sarjo |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Eva Haghanipour | ||
Director: Eva Haghanipour |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Silvija Belajec | ||
Director: Silvija Belajec |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ László Baranyay | ||
Director: László Baranyay |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Piotr Nowak | ||
Director: Piotr Nowak |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Marinela Petrova | ||
Director: Marinela Petrova |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Petr Pavelek | ||
Director: Petr Pavelek |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Kyriacos Kakouris | ||
Director: Kyriacos Kakouris |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Paul Debattista | ||
Director: Paul Debattista |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Andrej Kavčič | ||
Director: Andrej Kavčič |
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EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The European Investment Bank (the “Bank”), each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, in connection with the filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the provisions of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of one or more Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments thereto relating to notes and/or bonds of the Bank, hereby appoints:
(i) the President, each of the Vice Presidents of the Bank and Mr Philip Boeckman as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act without the others; and
(ii) Mr Bertrand de Mazières, Ms Eila Kreivi, Mr Eric Lamarcq, Mr Nicola Santini, Mr Sandeep Dhawan, Mr Richard Teichmeister, Ms Nathalie de Weert and Mr Aldo Romani as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of them to have full power to act together with any other person named in this clause (ii),
for each of the undersigned and in his or her name and in all capacities, and on behalf of and as attorney for the Bank, to sign and file with the Commission any and all Registration Statements and amendments, including, without limitation, post-effective amendments with all exhibits thereto and any other document; and the Bank and each of the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full authority to perform any acts necessary to be done in connection with such signing and filing and hereby ratifies all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Bank has caused this Power of Attorney to be signed by its President, and the undersigned member of its Board of Directors has hereunto set his or her hand as of the 11th day of December, 2020.
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK | ||
/s/ Werner Hoyer | ||
President | ||
Werner Hoyer | ||
/s/ Ivan Lesay | ||
Director: Ivan Lesay |
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