Luxembourg, 19/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) is granting a total loan of EUR 40 million to Corporation Andina de Fomento (CAF), a multilateral financial institution that will part-finance investment projects in various sectors of the economies of Latin America. To be eligible for financing, projects must involve European interest, in other words they should involve subsidiaries of EU companies, be joint ventures between EU companies and local firms, or contribute to the transfer of European technology and know-how. Priority will be given to projects undertaken in the private sector, as well as to the financing of infrastructure aimed at fostering regional integration - key objective of EU policy in the region.