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01 May 2013

Euro area Member States transfer third tranche of paid-in capital to ESM


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The total amount of ESM paid-in capital has therefore gone up from around €32 billion to €48 billion.


The two remaining  tranches will be transferred by the Member States in October 2013 and April 2014. Upon  payment of the final tranche, the ESM will have a paid-in capital of €80 billion, becoming the  international financial institution with the highest paid-in capital worldwide.

“Thanks to the contributions of our Member States the ESM has a very robust capital  structure”, said Klaus Regling, Managing Director of the ESM. “In a year the ESM will have  reached a lending capacity of €500 billion. At the same time, the EFSF finances the  adjustment programmes for Greece, Ireland and Portugal that amount to €192 billion in  commitments.”

When the ESM was founded, the 17 euro area Member States agreed to provide the ESM’s  paid-in capital of €80 billion in five tranches of €16 billion.

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