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Law No. 96 Of 2 June 2000 (Republished) Regarding The Organization And Operation Of The Export-Import Bank Eximbank Romania - Sa *)

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 96 din 2 iunie 2000 (*republicată*) privind organizarea şi funcţionarea Băncii de Export-Import a României EXIMBANK - S.A.*)

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LEGE no. 96 96 of 2 June 2000 (** republished) (* updated *) on the organization and functioning of the Export-Import Bank of Romania EXIMBANK-S.A. *) ((updated until 28 February 2014 *)
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------------ *) The updated form of this normative act until February 28, 2014 is carried out by the legal department of S.C. "Territorial Center of Electronic Computing" S.A. Piatra-Neamt by including all the changes and additions made by: EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 8 8 of 26 February 2014 . The content of this act is not an official document, being intended to inform users ** **) Republicated pursuant to art. IV of Government Emergency Ordinance no. 146/2005 to amend and supplement Law no. 96/2000 on the organization and functioning of the Export-Import Bank of Romania EXIMBANK-S.A. and the specific instruments to support foreign trade, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 1.003 of 11 November 2005, approved with amendments by Law no. 165/2006 , published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 430 of 18 May 2006, giving the texts a new numbering. Law no. 96/2000 was republished in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 128 128 of 10 February 2005 and has been amended by Government Emergency Ordinance no. 5/2005 , published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 133 of 14 February 2005, approved by Law no. 186/2005 , published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 532 532 of 23 June 2005. + Chapter I General provisions + Article 1 (1) The Export-Import Bank of Romania EXIMBANK-S.A., hereinafter referred to as EXIMBANK S.A., is a specialized institution, through which activities are carried out to support the Romanian business environment and international transactions through instruments Financial-banking and specific insurance. ((2) EXIMBANK-S.A. operates on behalf of and on behalf of the state, as well as in its own name and on its own account, making for legal entities legally constituted, resident or non-resident, financing, co-financing, refinancing, guarantees, other banking, insurance and reinsurance operations of Romanian foreign trade operations. ((3) EXIMBANK-S.A. also carries out specific activities of financing, co-financing, refinancing, insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, designed to ensure the development of infrastructure, development of utilities of public interest, regional development, supporting R & D activity, environmental protection, personnel employment and training, support and development of small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as support for international transactions, in line with the policy Romanian Government. + Article 2 The following general objectives of the activities of EXIMBANK-S.A. are established by this Law: a) financing the production of goods and services for export, as well as foreign trade operations, by granting credits, in lei and in foreign currency, from internal or external sources; b) guaranteeing credits, in lei and in foreign currency, for export production, for exports and imports of goods and services and/or investments in objectives for the production of goods and services for export; c) performing the refinancing operations of the banks for the financing granted by them to the Romanian exporters; d) the administration and development of external credits intended to support the production of goods and services intended for export and export, as well as of the operations approved by the Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Credits of Foreign Trade, in the aim of supporting investments, stimulating small and medium-sized enterprises, restructuring and modernising companies, developing infrastructure and other utilities of public interest; e) administration and development of specific activities of financing, co-financing, refinancing, insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, on behalf and on behalf of the state, approved by the Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Credits of Foreign Trade, intended ensure the development of infrastructure, development of utilities of public interest, regional development, support of R & D activity, environmental protection, personnel employment and training, support and development small and medium-sized enterprises as well as support international; f) administration and development of specific financing activities, co-financing, refinancing, guarantee, in name and in its own account, intended to ensure the development of infrastructure, development of utilities of public interest, regional development, supporting R & D activity, environmental protection, personnel employment and training, support and development of small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as support for international transactions; g) performing other banking operations, for the implementation of the specific object of activity, in accordance with the legal provisions in force; h) insurance and reinsurance of short-term export credits against commercial and country risks, which cannot be secured on the private market, made up of at least two insurance companies, foreign legal entities and a company Romanian legal person; i) insurance and reinsurance of medium and long-term export credits against commercial and country risks; j) guarantee and/or insurance and reinsurance of Romanian investments abroad; k) insurance and reinsurance of loans for the realization of goods and services for export; l) performing other operations specific to the insurance and reinsurance activity of loans, guarantees and investments to support the export activity, in accordance with the legal provisions in force; m) the conclusion of agreements and conventions necessary for their own activity, with similar organizations in the country and abroad; n) evaluation, as financial and banking consultant, of commercial and country risks; o) providing assistance for technical expertise and carrying out banking operations for the implementation of projects approved by the Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Foreign Trade Credits; p) collection, processing, storage and provision of specific credit information; q) performing other operations provided by law, in order to support the production of goods and services for export and foreign trade. + Chapter II Organization and operation of EXIMBANK-S.A. + Article 3 (1) EXIMBANK-S.A. is a stock company, in which the Romanian state has a minimum of 51% of the share capital. ((2) EXIMBANK-S.A. operates in accordance with this law, with the provisions of the banking legislation, of the legislation on insurance and reinsurance companies, as well as with its own status. ((3) EXIMBANK-S.A. operates at the central level, and at territorial level and abroad, through branches and other secondary offices-agencies and the like. ((4) EXIMBANK-S.A. carries out the activity of recovery, through forced execution, of the amounts paid from the funds allocated from the state budget, as a result of non-execution or violation by economic operators, beneficiaries of any form of support offered by the Romanian state through the Inter-Ministerial Committee of Guarantees and Credits of Foreign Trade, of the contractual conditions, through its own body of fiscal executors, which will carry out the enforcement activities according to the provisions Government Ordinance no. 92/2003 on the Fiscal Procedure Code, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions. + Article 4 EXIMBANK-S.A. is headed by a board of directors appointed by the general meeting of shareholders, consisting of 7 members: the chairman of the board, which is also the executive chairman of the bank, 2 vice presidents, who are also The bank's executive vice presidents, and 4 members. + Article 5 (1) The Board of Directors of EXIMBANK-S.A. has the following main tasks: a) approves the organizational structure of the bank, the number of posts, the staff salary, as well as the organization and functioning regulations; b) approves the organization and functioning of audit, credit, risk, asset and liability management committees, its own body of fiscal executors, as well as other working bodies, in order to carry out its specific activity; c) analyze, endorse and submit for approval to the general meeting of the shareholders the annual project of the revenue and expenditure budget, as well as the balance sheet; d) approve the internal rules of EXIMBANK-S.A. for carrying out the activity; e) approves the level of interest, commissions and other tariffs charged by the bank; f) establishes the regime of signatures and powers within EXIMBANK-S.A.; g) decides the establishment of branches and other secondary offices agencies and the like-in the country and abroad; h) appoints the directors and deputy directors in the central and secondary offices, in the country and abroad, in compliance with the regulations in force, establishing their duties, powers and responsibilities; i) performs other tasks in order to achieve the objectives of EXIMBANK-S.A. ((. The Management Board may delegate some of its tasks to the Steering Committee. + Article 6 (1) The appointment of the members of the Board of Directors of EXIMBANK-S.A. is for a period of 4 years, with the possibility of renewal of the mandate. (2) In case of dissolution of the board of directors, the filling of vacant seats shall be on that function and only until the expiration of the mandate of those replaced, in compliance with the provisions of this law (3) The return from office of the members of the Board of Directors of EXIMBANK-S.A., including the President and the Executive Vice-Presidents of the Bank, during the term of office, shall be made under the general conditions established by Law no. 31/1990 on companies, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions. (4) The activity of the management board is governed by the legal provisions regarding the companies, the banking legislation and the provisions of this law. (5) The members of the Board of Directors of EXIMBANK S.A. cannot represent, directly or indirectly, any financial or other interest that would conflict them with their obligations and duties to EXIMBANK-S.A. + Article 7 The financial statements of EXIMBANK-S.A., drawn up on an individual basis and, as the case may be, on a consolidated basis, are audited by financial auditors, legal entities authorized by the Chamber of Financial Auditors in Romania and approved by the National Bank of Romania. + Article 8 Annually, until May 31, EXIMBANK S.A. presents to the Government the activity report for the previous year. + Chapter III The Interministerial Committee of Dealers And Credits of Foreign Trade and the activity of EXIMBANK-S.A. on behalf of and on behalf of the State + Article 9 ((1) EXIMBANK-S.A. shall carry out, within the limits of the powers approved by the Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Credits of Foreign Trade, the following operations, on its behalf with the state guarantee: a) issue export guarantees; b) carry out specific financing operations, co-financing, refinancing, insurance, reinsurance, guarantee for the support of national interest objectives and international transactions; c) realize the insurance and reinsurance of export credits of goods and services against political and commercial risks, Romanian investments abroad, insurance of export guarantees and leasing export operations; d) carry out operations to stimulate complex exports, under the conditions provided in art. 13 13; e) guarantees loans for the realization of goods and services for export, buyer credits and Romanian investments abroad; f) performs other operations to stimulate Romanian exports, established by the normative acts in force, in accordance with the objectives of the foreign trade policy of the Government; g) carry out other operations provided by law. (2) The guarantee, insurance and reinsurance operations, carried out on behalf and on behalf of the state, shall be granted, as a rule, within 85% of the value of the export contracts. Depending on the objectives of foreign trade policy, by Government decision, this percentage can be increased. (3) The rules governing the activities carried out on behalf of and on behalf of the State shall be approved by the Interministerial Committee on Foreign Trade Guarantees and Credits and shall be published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, according to the law. + Article 10 In order to ensure the financial resources necessary to carry out operations on behalf of and on behalf of the State, EXIMBANK-S.A. shall be provided with the following funds: a) the fund for export guarantees, to guarantee loans for goods and services for export, buyer loans and Romanian investments abroad, as well as infrastructure development activities, utilities of public interest, regional development, support of research and development, environmental protection, employment and training of personnel, support and development of small and medium-sized enterprises and transactions international; b) the fund for the insurance and reinsurance of export credits, export guarantees, leasing export operations and Romanian investments abroad, as well as of the infrastructure development activities, of the public interest, regional development, support of research and development, environmental protection, employment and training of personnel, support and development of small and medium-sized enterprises and international transactions; c) the fund for the stimulation of foreign trade operations, as well as for the financing, co-financing and refinancing of infrastructure development activities, utilities of public interest, regional development, support of the activity of research and development, protection of the environment, employment and training of staff, support and development of small and medium-sized enterprises and international transactions; d) the fund for the insurance and reinsurance of credits obtained for the production of goods and services for export; e) other funds that will be established by Government decision, with the regulation of modalities of use. + Article 11 (1) Financial sources of supply of funds provided in art. 10 10 are: a) the amounts previously allocated to the date of entry into force of this Law, in order to support exports, and available on this date; b) the amounts provided annually in the state budget with this destination; c) the amounts taken within a quota of 25% of the external claims actually recovered from the debtor countries; d) net amounts coming from insurance premiums; e) amounts recovered from credit insurance; f) amounts recovered from the guaranteed legal person; g) interest collected from the fruit of the available amounts of funds; h) other sources, according to law. (2) The source of food of the funds provided in art. 10 will be sized and allocated annually from the state budget, in compliance with the Romanian Government's policy for granting state aid allowed, when appropriate, so as to ensure the development of foreign trade activity, development of infrastructure, development of utilities of public interest, regional development, support of R & D activity, protection of the environment, employment and training of personnel, support and development of enterprises small and medium-sized and international transactions. ((3) The amounts provided annually in the state budget for the establishment of funds provided for in art. 10 will be transferred monthly by the Ministry of Public Finance *) to EXIMBANK-S.A. and will be distributed by the Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Foreign Trade Credits, depending on the needs to support the foreign trade activity, development of infrastructure, development of utilities of public interest, regional development, support of research and development, environmental protection, employment and training of personnel, support and development small and medium-sized enterprises as well as support for international transactions (4) The funds provided in art. 10 will be able to be employed within the maximum exposure limit set by the Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Foreign Trade Credits. _____________ * *) art. 15 lit. a) of Government Emergency Ordinance no. 24/2007 on the establishment of reorganization measures within the central public administration, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 247 of April 12, 2007, in the normative acts in force the name "Ministry of Public Finance" is replaced by "Ministry of Economy and Finance". + Article 12 (1) The funds provided in art. 10 will be used by EXIMBANK-S.A. to pay the commitments made by it, on behalf of and on behalf of the state, according to the norms approved by the Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Credits of Foreign Trade, as follows: a) the fund for export guarantees provided for in art. 10 lit. a), for payment: 1. guarantees of participation in international tenders; 2. guarantees of restitution of the advance and of other progressive payments received from external beneficiaries on account of export contracts; 3. guarantees for the proper execution of external contracts; 4. guarantees for the refund of the value of the equipment and materials provided by the external beneficiary; 5. guarantees on loans for the production of goods and services for export, for buyer loans and guarantees for Romanian investments abroad; 6. other specific export guarantees, established by external contracts, according to the legal provisions in force; b) funds for the insurance and reinsurance of export credits referred to in art. 10 lit. b) and d), for the payment of compensation regarding the commitments made, at the risk of the State, by EXIMBANK-S.A., as well as for the coverage of the recovery costs, in accordance with the provisions of the insurance contracts and of the procedures The Inter-Ministerial Committee of Guarantees and Foreign Trade Credits. The commitments made, at the risk of the State, by EXIMBANK-S.A. refer to: 1. insurance and reinsurance of short-term export credits against commercial and non-insurable country risks on the private market, under the conditions of art. 2 lit. h); 2. insurance and reinsurance of medium and long-term export credits against commercial and country risks; 3. insurance of export guarantees and Romanian investment insurance abroad; 4. other insurance, co-insurance and reinsurance operations against non-payment, non-insurable risks on the private market. The guarantees and export insurance are issued by EXIMBANK-S.A., based on the approval of the Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Foreign Trade Credits. (2) Administration of funds provided in art. 10 is made by EXIMBANK-S.A. The amounts available from the funds provided in art. 10 are made available to EXIMBANK-S.A. as attracted sources, necessary to support the banking activity. The rights and obligations of EXIMBANK-S.A. for the use of these amounts will be established by convention concluded with the Ministry of Public Finance Interest for the use of the available amounts will be paid by EXIMBANK-S.A. monthly, on the first working day of the current month for the previous month, on the account of each fund used. The interest rate is determined as the average between the reference rates BID and ASK (fixing) of government securities at 1 year, published by the National Bank of Romania on the last working day of the previous year, and the corresponding amounts will be resources from the fruit to feed each fund. The amounts available at the end of the year shall be carried over to the following year and shall be used with the same destination ------------ Alin. ((2) of art. 12 12 has been amended by section 1 1 of art. XII of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 8 8 of 26 February 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 151 151 of 28 February 2014. ((2 ^ 1) Amounts available from the funds provided in art. 10 remain at the disposal of EXIMBANK-S.A. for an indefinite period, except for those amounts to which it is established by convention to maintain for periods of at least 5 years. The Ministry of Public Finance and EXIMBANK-S.A. will agree, at least 2 years before the expiry, the terms and conditions regarding the extension of this period. ------------ Alin. (2 ^ 1) of art. 12 12 has been introduced by section 2 2 of art. XII of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 8 8 of 26 February 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 151 151 of 28 February 2014. (3) For the administration of the funds referred to in 10 EXIMBANK-S.A. charges commissions, which will be approved by internal procedures by the Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Foreign Trade Credits and which will be settled on these funds. (4) The reduction by more than 20% of the funds provided in art. 10 lit. a), b) and d), as a result of the execution of the commitments made by EXIMBANK-S.A., in the account of the state, according to this law, will be regularized quarterly with the state budget. Until the actual implementation of the regularizations the Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Foreign Trade Credits may decide, with the opinion of the Ministry of Public Finance, the temporary reintegration of the deficit of the fund used on the other funds available provided above. + Article 13 (1) Through complex exports, within the meaning of art. 9 9 para. ((1) lit. d), it is understood the export of equipment, installations or parts of installations, separately or together with technologies, licenses, know-how, technical assistance, design, construction-assembly, commissioning and reception works, as well as spare parts and related materials. Also considered are complex exports geological design-exploration works, exploitation works for mineral deposits, electrical grid constructions, execution of wells boreholes, scaffolding constructions, plant and plant construction. transport, storage and distribution pipelines of petroleum products and natural gas, as well as the realization of complete ships, of objectives in the fields of transport, agriculture, land improvements, environmental facilities, hydrotechnical, forestry, organisation of forestry, energy plants and thermal, electric stations, water treatment plants, treatment plants, flexible and automatic technological lines of processing, the establishment of housing complexes and social-cultural objectives, water-sewerage networks, road building and bridges, port facilities and military technique products and the like. As the case may be, on the proposal of the Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Credits of Foreign Trade, by Government decision, it can be approved to include in the category of complex exports and projects that are subject to analysis and approval, belonging to other fields of activity. ((2) The stimulation of the achievement of complex objectives and of production with long production cycle, intended for export, shall be carried out, in addition to the insurance of export credits, under the conditions provided by this law, by: a) guarantees for participation in international tenders, execution of works and other guarantees established by external contracts; b) the granting of state guarantees for credits used for production in the country and abroad, for complex exports, as well as for short, medium and long-term export credits, according to international standards in Domain. (3) The complex exports are carried out on the basis of external contracts by a general contractor, Romanian or foreign economic operator, which can collaborate, on the basis of commercial contracts, with subcontractors-Romanian or foreign economic operators. Exports of long-cycle products can be carried out on the basis of external contracts concluded by a general contractor or by the manufacturer, directly or by commission. (4) The internal subcontractors, participants in the realization of complex exports, are: the general designer, the general contractor, the producers, as well as the service providers employed in their realization. (5) The manufacturing period of the long-cycle products of manufacture and the value of the related export contracts shall be established annually and whenever necessary, by Government decision. + Article 14 (1) The Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Foreign Trade Credits shall be composed of representatives of the specialized bodies of the central public administration and of EXIMBANK-S.A. (2) The way of carrying out the activity of the Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Credits of Foreign Trade is regulated by Government decision. The Chairperson, Vice-Presidents and Committee members shall be designated by Government Decision. (3) The Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Credits of Foreign Trade shall have the following tasks: a) approve the maximum limit of exposure of the funds provided in art. 10 10; b) examine and approve: (i) the issuance of export guarantees, guarantees for loans for the realization of goods and services for export, for the buyer credit and guarantees for Romanian investments abroad; (ii) the insurance and reinsurance of export credits, Romanian investments abroad, export guarantees and leasing export operations, on behalf of and on behalf of the state; (iii) instruments supporting the activity of foreign trade, in accordance with the provisions of the present law and with the Government's policy of promotion and support of exports; (iv) financing, co-financing, refinancing, guaranteeing, ensuring and reinsurance of infrastructure development activities, development of utilities of public interest, regional development, support of R & D activity, environmental protection, personnel employment and training, support and development of small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as support for international transactions; c) at the beginning of each year, the list of export goods that cannot benefit from the instruments of support of foreign trade conducted by EXIMBANK-S.A. is established by Government decision and published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, under the law. (4) The attributions provided in par. ((3) lit. b) may be delegated, by decision of the Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Credits of Foreign Trade, to the Board of Directors of EXIMBANK-S.A., which will exercise or, as the case may be, delegate these powers in accordance with the provisions EXIMBANK-S.A. (5) The Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Foreign Trade Credits shall establish the use of the value ceilings within which the operations will be approved and carried out, on behalf of and on behalf of the State, on the basis of the country risk rankings elaborated by EXIMBANK-S.A. ((6) EXIMBANK-S.A. will collaborate with public authorities, public institutions or public interest on the basis of conventions, within the limits of their duties according to the law, under conditions of reciprocity, for providing the necessary information both for the calculation of risk rankings and for the achievement of its object of activity. (7) The Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Credits of Foreign Trade meets, as a rule, bi-monthly or as many times as needed. + Article 15 EXIMBANK-S.A. examines and endorses, for the presentation to the Interministerial Committee of Guarantors And Credits of Foreign Trade, the requests for guarantees for imports of technology, machinery and machinery for development, modernization, retrofitting, as well as the creation of new production capacities of goods and services for export. The state guarantee is issued by the Ministry of Public Finance and is highlighted in public debt. + Article 16 (1) EXIMBANK-S.A. can ensure and reassure against commercial and country risks: a) short-term export credits, non-insurable on the private market, as well as medium and long-term export credits; b) Romanian investments abroad; c) credits obtained for the realization of goods and services for export, export guarantees and leasing operations. (2) The insurance referred to in par. (1) will be made according to the legal provisions in force. ((3) The insurance of export credits in the short, medium and long term, the insurance of Romanian investments abroad and the export guarantees will be made within the value ceilings by the countries, established by EXIMBANK-S.A. and approved by the Committee Interministerial by Guarantees and Credits of Foreign Trade, depending on the Government's policy of promotion and support of export and investment in different markets. + Article 17 EXIMBANK-S.A. can also carry out other operations in the state account, according to the objectives provided in art. 2, and may implement any instruments to stimulate the foreign trade activity, established by the Interministerial Committee of Guarantees and Appropriations Of Foreign Trade and approved by Government Decision, in accordance with its legal powers and with the Government's policy of supporting foreign trade. + Chapter IV EXIMBANK-S.A. activity in its own name and account + Article 18 ((1) EXIMBANK-S.A. performs bank operations in order to stimulate the activity of foreign trade and the development and promotion of the Romanian business environment, in accordance with the regulations of the banking legislation in force and with the provisions this law. ((2) EXIMBANK-S.A. carries out financing, co-financing and refinancing operations of foreign trade operations, in order to facilitate the access of Romanian exports to international markets. ((3) EXIMBANK-S.A. performs financing operations, co-financing, refinancing, guarantee, designed to ensure the development of infrastructure, development of utilities of public interest, regional development, support of the activity of research and development, environmental protection, personnel employment and training, support and development of small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as the support of international transactions. ((4) EXIMBANK-S.A. may conclude agreements with financial institutions in the country and abroad, in order to establish funds to be used as sources attracted to support activities in their own name and account. (5) EXIMBANK-S.A. may issue bonds on the internal and external market, under the law, in order to attract sources, necessary for carrying out its activity. + Chapter V Accounting of operations + Article 19 The accounting of EXIMBANK-S.A. is distinctly carried out on operations carried out on behalf of and in the account of the state and on operations carried out in name and in its own account, ------------ Article 19 has been amended by section 6.6. 3 3 of art. XII of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 8 8 of 26 February 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 151 151 of 28 February 2014. + Article 20 EXIMBANK-S.A. prepares annual (individual) and consolidated financial statements in accordance with the applicable accounting regulations. ------------ Article 20 has been amended by point 4 4 of art. XII of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 8 8 of 26 February 2014 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 151 151 of 28 February 2014. + Chapter VI Final provisions + Article 21 (1) Members and empowers in the general meeting of shareholders, members of the board of directors and auditors, as well as employees of EXIMBANK-S.A. are obliged to keep professional secrecy over any facts, data and information that they have became aware during the exercise of their functions and which are not intended for advertising. (2) The use of information and data obtained as a result of the activity carried out in EXIMBANK-S.A. shall be punished according to the law. + Article 22 (1) The financial instruments provided for in this normative act will be granted in compliance with the legal provisions in force and the acquis communautaire. (2) The support measures likely to constitute state aid, provided by this law, will be notified to the Competition Council by the initiator or supplier, as the case may be, according to the regulations in force in the field of state aid, and the State aid will actually be granted only after its authorisation. + Article 23 (1) On the date of entry into force of this Law, the Government Decision no. 189/1991 on the approval of the establishment of the Export-Import Bank of Romania on shares-(Romanian Eximbank), published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 71 71 of 3 April 1991, as well as any other provisions to the contrary. (2) The current status of EXIMBANK-S.A. remains in force until the approval by the general meeting of shareholders of the new status, but no later than 30 days from the date of entry into force of this Law. NOTE: We reproduce below the provisions art. II and III of Government Emergency Ordinance no. 146/2005 ,, which are not incorporated into the republished text of the Law no. 96/2000 and which continue to apply as own provisions of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 146/2005 : "" Art. II. -Amounts from the Fund for the granting of interest bonuses allocated on the basis of State budget law for 2006 no. 379/2005 , published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 1.151 of 19 December 2005, will be used for the destinations referred to in art. 10 lit. a), b) and c) of Law no. 96/2000 , republished, as amended by this Emergency Ordinance. Art. III. -The Interministerial Committee of Dealers And Credits of Foreign Trade and the Board of Directors of EXIMBANK-S.A. will approve or, as the case may be, ensure the elaboration and propose for approval to the competent institutions the amendments and completions necessary to the rules given in application Law no. 96/2000 , republished, as amended, according to the provisions of this emergency ordinance. " -----