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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8123

7 January 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 34
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib/poland
450 EUR million loan - First-time ever loan to Candidate Country for health and education

Luxembourg, 07/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - At the end of December, the European Investment Bank granted loans amounting to a total of EUR 405 million to Poland. This sum is equal to around EUR 4.7 billion lent to the country since 1990 and is more than that lent to any other candidate country seeking accession to the EU. These loans can be broken down as follows:

  • EUR 250 million will help the Ministries of the Environment and Agriculture and Rural Development to counter the effects of...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Lessons of the Belgian Presidency - Guy Verhofstadt's gradual apprenticeship and Louis Michel's two spectacular shifts
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ITALY: After Ruggiero's departure, Commission feels it has no reason to doubt Italy's full European commitment
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/CONVENTION: "Notre Europe" examines lessons to be learnt from Convention that drafted the Charter of Fundamental Rights - Florence Deloche-Gaudez urges for coherent draft Constitution
(EU) EU/CONVENTION:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/CIVIL SOCIETY: The Crocodile is reborn
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Richard Corbett says debate on "avant-garde" is misplaced
(EU) EP/RADICALS/LIBERAL GROUP:
(EU) EU/CFSP:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Meetings on 8 January in Madrid and 9 January in Brussels
(EU) EU/ARGENTINA: According to Commission, the Argentinean crisis should not have an impact on the European economy or on negotiations with Mercosur
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/UN:
(EU) EU/EUROPOL:
(EU) EU/EURO: 60% of Euro-zone prefers Euro rather than national currencies - Consumers worried about price rises
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Communication on agreements of minor importance
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission launches online consultation on "new approach" to product regulation
(EU) EU/EIB/POLAND: 450 EUR million loan - First-time ever loan to Candidate Country for health and education
(EU) EU/EIB/HUNGARY: EUR 43 million loan for environment
(EU) EU/EIB/CHINA: EUR 57 million loan for roads in China
(EU) EU/EIB/INDONESIA: EUR27 million loan to Rabobank in Indonesia
(EU) EP/JANUARY SESSION: Election of EP President, Spanish Presidency - Vote on third reading on atmospheric ozone - Green Paper on fisheries policy
(EU) EP/MARKET ABUSE: First discussion on Goebbels Report that wants clarification of directive and emergence of regulator armed with effective sanctions
(EU) EU/EURO:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Regulation on Community designs is adopted
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/BIOTECHNOLOGIES: Doctors comment on consultation document concerning life sciences and biotechnology
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: European Group on Life Sciences calls for research into embryonic stem cells
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EP/MONTAGNE: Reinhold Messner proposes a « charter of values for mountains in Europe » and requests « BROAD SCOPE FOR self-government « for these régions
(EU) EU/PRESS:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Investment:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Pharmaceuticals:
(EU) Paper:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 07/01/2002: