10/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank is lending EUR 80 mil to the OSEO Group in two loans, EUR 50 million for financing investment by French SMEs; and the second EUR 30 million tranche of the EIB's EUR 60 million contribution to the Business Start-Up Loans programme managed by the OSEO Group. OSEO is a public industrial and commercial institution created in June 2005 to support the French government's drive to promote SMEs.