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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10221

24 September 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib
£250 million loan for gas network expansion and upgrade in Scotland and southern England

Brussels, 23/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 22 September, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced it had agreed to lend `£250 million for the replacement, reinforcement and expansion of the gas distribution networks operated by Scotland Gas Networks and Southern Gas Networks. The two companies, wholly owned by Scotia Gas Networks (SGN), will receive £150m and £100m respectively. The loan will be for up to 16 years and will enable replacement of nearly 1,000km of cast iron...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU/Africa relations: European reflection at highest level
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CSDP: Informal meeting devoted to development of crisis management capability
(EU) EU/DRC: EU Council extends by two years mandate of mission to help reform of Congolese army
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Hazy Euro-Mediterranean prospects, hope of less ambitious budget and more realistic projects
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) EP/ICELAND:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: European goal of legislative transposition still being met - considerable national transposition deficits remain
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: EU pays out third instalment of its loan to Romania
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament toughens safety requirements for biocides and approves centralised authorisation procedure
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: New soil biodiversity atlas
(EU) EU/BIODIVERSITY: Barroso calls for concerted, ambitious UN action to reverse biodiversity loss
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Ministers to discuss cereal market situation on Monday - No destocking imminent
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Farming organisations call for strong CAP to prevent collapse of sector
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Paolo De Castro argues for balanced, efficient CAP which meets expectations of citizens and farmers
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Michel Barnier defends unitary nature of community trade mark
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Parliament proposes trust mark for e-traders
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: EP recommendation for reducing poverty and creating jobs in developing countries
(EU) EP/REGIONAL: Parliament calls for European political framework for mountainous and insular regions
(EU) EP/BUDGET: Parliament wants review and relaxation of current multi-annual financial framework
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2010: Approval of budget item setting up European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Grundtvig programme celebrates tenth birthday
(EU) EU/DIGITAL: Commission helps Central Asia to develop “high speed information and research highway”
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Hammarberg again calls for Dublin regulation to be revised
(EU) EP/JHA:
(EU) EP/JHA:
(EU) EP/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Greece guilty of breach - Conclusions on state aid to Alcoa and pesticides in food
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves acquisition of Keystone by Marfrig
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Proposed acquisition of Triade by Tech Data Europe and Brightstar Europe approved
(EU) EU/MINORITIES: Conference on contribution of EU funds to integration
of Roma
(EU) EU/EIB: £250 million loan for gas network expansion and upgrade in Scotland and southern England
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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