I 1991 udgjorde de direkte lån til individuelle projekter mere end tre fjerdedele af Bankens samlede finansieringer, medens globallånene, som forvaltes af kreditformidlende organer, udgjorde henved en fjerdedel af finansieringerne.
In 1991 direct loans to individual projects represented more than three quarters of the total lending approved by the EIB, while credits approved on global loans administered by financial intermediaries reached almost one quarter of total lending.