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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8842

7 December 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib
Loan of 100 million EUR for small-scale projects in France

Brussels, 06/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - On 2 December, the European Investment Bank (EIB) granted a global loan of 100 million EUR to the group Crédit Coopératif to provide favourable funding conditions for projects carried out by: SMEs, SMIs and sole traders, especially micro-loans (under 40,000 EUR); general interest bodies in the sectors of regional infrastructure, environmental protection, education, health, and other collectivities.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS, BY FERDINANDO RICCARDI: Barroso Commission must preserve European basis of trade set up by Pascal Lamy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CHINA: Lifting of arms embargo and re-entry relating to illegal immigration on agenda of 7th EU-China Summit
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Colin Powell in The Hague for ministerial Troika
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: New Solana mediation mission - EU welcomes supreme court's decision on second round 26 December
(EU) EU/IRAQ/TURKEY: Barroso admits world is not safer place after war in Iraq - support for Turkish accession
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) EP/COLOMBIA: Ferrero-Waldner says time has come for the EU to say how it can help peace process financially
(EU) EP/GREENS/ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES:
(EU) EP/GREENS/UN: Greens support UN report on "a more secure world" and calls on EU to discuss European seat at security council
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Israel supports EU's four-point plan to implement road map - Withdrawal from Gaza is "a test case" - Palestinians calls for international force to be deployed
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/HEALTH MINISTERS: Health ministers concerned about possible flu pandemic - call for setting up action plan against zoonoses
(EU) EU/EMU: Possible Franco-German position on strengthening stability pact that rejects specific obligations for debt reduction
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: At Buenos Aires conference, EU hopes to provide impetus needed to international community to get ready to negotiate more ambitious objectives for post-2012
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Progress in the Balkans, but still much to be done
(EU) EU/TAXATION:
(EU) ACP/EU: Negotiators make progress on getting reference to International Criminal Court and the fight against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction included in the Cotonou Agreement - Persistent block on modalities for political dialogue
(EU) EU/STATE AID/GERMANY: Regional German parliaments reject new Commission conditions on recapitalisation
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Sector professionals demand cereal export refunds
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission proposes new measures to limit fishing effort, especially in the North and Baltic Seas
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: European Parliament debate confirms resistance to current proposals on reform of sugar sector
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN/MAGHREB: European support to regional decentralisation in Morocco
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/STATE AID/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/OMBUDSMAN: Election of European ombudsman or chronicle of a simple formality
(EU) EU/SPORT: Citizens demonstrate real interest in sport according to Eurobarometer study
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Ms Reding sets out five main priorities for information soicety as part of Lisbon objectives
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Sir Albert Bore says Member States that go it alone undermine credibility of territorial cohesion policy
(EU) EU/ENERGY: International Energy Agency calls for greater energy policy cohesion from its members and for vigilance on energy dependency on Russia
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan and lease of 150 million EUR for SMEs in Turkey
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan of 100 million EUR for small-scale projects in France
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISES: Annual Eurochambres analysis forecasts slight increase in economic growth in 2005 - Christoph Leitl calls on Member States to follow recommendations of Kok group - Enlargement's positive effects
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Annual fall of 0.2% in retail sales in euro zone - Increase of 1.5% in EU
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
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