The advantages of the Treasury Loan

For the exporter

Your project is funded by the French state and you benefit from strong political support.

  • Concessional loan (official development aid):
    • can finance up to 100% of the commercial contract
    • advantageous financial conditions for the third country (reviewed annually by the State)
    • no additional cost
    • long repayment period (more than 20 years)
    • significant grace period
    • very low interest rate compared to market rates
  • Direct loan (export support tool):
    • can finance up to 85% of the export contract
    • advantageous financial conditions

These loans offer the possibility of combining them with a banking offer for greater competitiveness in your projects.

Our Treasury Loan solution

The essentials to know

Treasury loans are financial instruments between the French State and a foreign State.

There are two types of Treasury loans:

  • concessional loans: used to finance unprofitable projects (i.e. projects that would not be economically viable if they were financed under market conditions);
  • direct loans: allows profitable projects to be financed under financial conditions aligned with the rules of the OECD Arrangement on Export Credits.

 

The conditions of the Treasury Loan

For concessional loans

  • A condition of a French share of at least 70%*
  • Around thirty countries eligible for the PFE

For direct loans

They benefited from our offer

Arnaud
DUTANG
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC France
Chief Financial Officer
Schneider Electric and our client EDS benefited from the support of the French government through a mixed financing arrangement consisting of a loan from the French Treasury and a buyer's credit guaranteed by Bpifrance Assurance Export. The French Treasury and Bpifrance supported us throughout the development of the contract, thus helping Schneider Electric with its decarbonization projects, improving the countries' energy mix.

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