Investment Plan for Europe State of Play | December 2018

COUNTRY FACTSHEET: AUSTRIA

THE JUNCKER PLAN

IN AUSTRIA
FI

Operations approved in
Austria under the Juncker Plan’s
European Fund for Strategic SE

Investments (EFSI) now represent EE

a total financing volume of LV

€1.4 billion. DK

This is expected to trigger LT

€4.3 in investments.
IE
UK PL
NL
Darker colour represents higher
DE
investments relative to GDP BE
LU CZ
SK

AT HU
FR
SI HR RO

IT BG

PT ES
GR

CY
MT
 INFRASTRUCTURE AND INNOVATION PROJECTS
The 15 approved projects* amount to €1.2 billion in European Investment Bank
(EIB) financing under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI). This is expected
to trigger €3.7 billion in investments.
* Infrastructure and innovation projects include operations supporting investment in more than one country - they may therefore be counted in other
country factsheets.

PROJECTS Energy - Social infrastructure - Transport - Digital - Agriculture

Environment and resource efficiency - RDI - Smaller companies

Apeiron (signed August 2017)

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing financing of €25 million to
the Austrian biotech company Apeiron Biologics AG (Apeiron). The financing
will support the development of new pharmaceutical products to treat cancer,
particularly a rare type affecting children.
• Financing under EFSI: €25 million
• Total investment expected: €50 million

Cityjet Regional Rolling Stock (signed December 2017)

The EFSI-backed project will allow ÖBB Personenverkehr AG to purchase
around 260 electric trains to be used for regional passenger railway services in
Austria. The new trains will be more energy-efficient than the current fleet, and
they will have improved facilities for people with reduced mobility.
• Financing under EFSI: €500 million
• Total investment expected: €1.7 billion

Onshore Windpark Bruck (signed June 2016)

Construction and operation of two wind parks and a single wind turbine.
• Financing under EFSI: €40 million
• Total investment expected: €65 million
Please note this list is not exhaustive and only includes a select number of projects. For the full list of projects, please visit www.eib.org/efsi/efsi-projects.
 SME FINANCING
Under EFSI the European Investment Fund approved 5 agreements with financial
intermediaries (banks, funds, etc). The financing totals €164 million and is expected
to trigger €651 million in investments. 1,150 smaller companies or start-ups will benefit
from this support.
Intermediary: Bank Austria

Bauer
Bauer is an SME which manufactures irrigation systems for large agricultural
land. The company secured an Investment Plan-backed loan from
UniCredit Bank Austria to renovate its production sites to make them more
energy-efficient. The renovation they carried out saves Bauer 70% on its
previous heating costs. It also built on its roof one of the largest photovoltaic
systems in Austria, which produces 2.6 million kWh per year, enough to be
self-sustainable. Bauer employs 240 staff.

The information on this page is not part of formal EIB reporting on EFSI; it should therefore be taken as provisional and unaudited.
 Investment Plan for Europe State of Play | December 2018

RESULTS SO FAR ACROSS ALL 28 MEMBER STATES

Environment and Social infrastructure

resource efficiency
Smaller
Transport 4% 4% companies €500bn
7% Target by 2020
33%

Digital
11% €315bn
Target by mid 2018

€371.2
billion
22% 19%

RDI Energy

Of which

€50.3 bn
signed

APPROVED EFSI
FINANCING* TOTAL INVESTMENT RELATED TO EFSI APPROVALS

€69.5 bn €371.2  bn
*EIB-approved: €52.7 bn
EIF-approved: €16.8 bn