20/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - EIB loan. On 19 December, the European Investment Bank (EIB) granted a loan of €7.5 million to French Polynesia to improve the efficiency of its main hospital. According to the EIB, the project will allow the Centre hospitalier of French Polynesia to reduce its running costs considerably thanks to an innovative air conditioning system using sea water. (OL/transl.fl)