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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9022

8 September 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 39
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib
$150 million loan for cement plant in Nigeria

Luxembourg, 07/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank, the European Union's long-term lending institution, has signed loan facilities totalling USD 150 million (EUR 123 million) with Obajana Cement PLC, a subsidiary of Dangote Industries Limited of Nigeria. USD 110 million is guaranteed - for commercial risks only - by Eksport Kredit Fondsen (EKF) of Denmark for USD 70 million and by other international banks. The plant will substitute about 60% of current cement imports and...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The future of Europe: France takes opposite view to United Kingdom
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/TERRORISM: Calls for reinforced cooperation in fight against terrorism, which Commission and Presidency feel should involve holding data
(EU) EU/INDIA: EU and India sign wide-ranging Action Plan dotting the i's on their strategic partnership
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Tough negotiations over EU's counter-statement
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Additional financing of development aid and Portugal's deficit are main themes of informal meeting in Manchester
(EU) EU/AIR SAFETY: National experts tackle harmonisation of criteria for European blacklist
(EU) EU/EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament gives go-ahead to stricter legislation for management of mining waste but scales down environment committee's requirements - Towards conciliation proceedings
(EU) EP/TRADE/TEXTILES: Parliament adopts report by Tokia Saïfi stressing need for fair competition between EU and China
(EU) EP/CITIES: John Prescott hopes to integrate urban dimension in regional policy
(EU) EP/AIR SAFETY:
(EU) EP/FISHERIES:
(EU) EP/GALILEO: MEPs give green light to allocation of billion-EUR budget for Galileo
(EU) EP/WOMEN/HOMOSEXUALITY: De Keyser, Gröner and Cashman defend press against accusations of defemation of character levelled by president of committee on women, Zaborska
(EU) EP/MEDITERRANEAN/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/MEDICINES: Parliament takes stance for effective system of incentives for developing medicines suitable for children
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/HEALTH: By removing solar radiation from proposed directive on optical radiation, EP complies with companies' wishes
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: EP calls for EUR 854.2 million for Progress (2007-2013)
(EU) EP/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/CHINA/TEXTILES: Member States give political green light to agreement concluded in Beijing on Monday
(EU) EU/INDIA: Agreement on Galileo initialled
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission opposes Italian tax breaks for certain investment vehicles
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Investigation into Sicilian tax breaks
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for acquisition of Ruhrgas Industries by CVC Capital Partners
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/BIRD FLU: European experts put finishing touches to surveillance measures for wild birds carrying virus
(EU) EU/TRADE/AGRICULTURE: Commission to adopt proposal on new duty on banana imports at end of week
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Crisis distillation for Italian wines
(EU) EU/BANKING/ITALY: Italian government plan to reform Italy's central bank
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT/AVIATION: WTTC says air ticket aid contribution would discourage people from travelling
(EU) EU/URBAN TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/EIB/SWEDEN:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Failure to reach agreement on future funding of EU could have 'catastrophic' political consequences, as well as damaging prospects for growth and jobs
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Retail trade volumes stable in eurozone, up by 0.9% in EU25
(EU) EU/EIB: $150 million loan for cement plant in Nigeria
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