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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11833

20 July 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 27
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Economy
EIB to lend €12 billion globally to projects with emphasis on sustainability
Brussels, 19/07/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 18 July, the board of the European Investment Bank (EIB) approved new financing totalling €12 billion in support of new investments around the world in 63 projects supporting transport, energy and internet, amongst other things.

The EIB will award loans for a total of €5 billion to 14 projects in the transport sector, including loans to build metro lines in Paris (€1.5 billion) and Bangalore (€500 million), to support urban railway projects in Liège, Hanover, Bremen and...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: Rule of law - Commission threatens to trigger Article 7 procedure against Warsaw
COMMISSION: Women must represent at least 40% of executive-level staff by November 2019
SECTORAL POLICIES
SECURITY: Commission calls on member states to carry out studies on hybrid threats 'as soon as possible'
MIGRATION: Member states agree on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals as beneficiaries of the right of asylum
MIGRATION: Visegrad countries ready to help Italy in limiting migrant arrivals as much as possible
AGRICULTURE: Visegrad countries call on Commission to act on dual quality of foodstuffs
AGRICULTURE: Several countries from Central and Eastern Europe concerned at availability of farmland
AGRICULTURE: Czech Republic raises issue of discriminatory non-tariff barriers
FISHERIES: European Fisheries Fund 2007-2013 deemed moderately effective
ENERGY: Riga calms things down with Minsk on issue of safety of Astraviets plant whilst awaiting IAEA opinion
CLIMATE: European chemicals industry can be carbon neutral by 2050
CONSUMERS: Public consultation opened on aluminium in toys
EXTERNAL ACTION
LEBANON: Gebran Bassil calls for greater solidarity towards Syrian refugees
PAKISTAN: EU wants to strengthen security and defence cooperation
ALGERIA: EU asks Algiers to implement priorities of new bilateral partnership
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: MEPs ask Commission for clear roadmap to make EU global leader
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: Question of subsidiarity re-emerges in debate about home-and work life balance
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Envelope of Single Resolution Fund reaches €17 billion
FINANCE: ESMA recommends improvements to national supervision of financial information
ECONOMY: EIB to lend €12 billion globally to projects with emphasis on sustainability
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EMPLOYMENT: A state can use specific work contracts for the under 25 that can be rescinded once this age is attained
NEWS BRIEFS
COSTA RICA: €3.5 million allocated to LAIF to co-finance sanitation studies in country
ENVIRONMENT: Commission proposal on glyphosate to be debated with member states on Thursday 20 July
JHA: Bulgaria sent letter of formal notice on document security
INTERNAL MARKET: EESC calls for action against counterfeit and pirated goods
DIGITAL: French Council of State calls on ECJ to examine territorial scope of dereferencing law
SYRIA: EU to bring support to investigations into war crimes