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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9624

18 March 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib
Loan of €200 million for A 19, France's biggest road building project

Brussels, 17/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) decided on 14 March to grant a loan for the A 19 concession of the toll motorway section between Artenay and Courtenay (south of Paris and Ile de France), which was granted to the company Arcour, a subsidiary of Vinci Concession, in 2005. The initial financing was provided by the Groupe Vinci via an intra-group loan. The EIB loan, of €200 million over 37 years, aims to fund Arcour's investment in building the A19 and...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Lessons from the spring Summit
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ACP: Joint Assembly intends to use ACP/EU partnership to serve peace, fight poverty and promote regional integration
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Olli Rehn says there must be separation of powers
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: European Council encourages relaunch of Israel-Palestine negotiations
(EU) EU/NEPAL: EU deploys Election Observation Mission to Nepal
(EU) EU/LEBANON/SYRIA:
(EU) EP/RUSSIA: There must be an end to repression of Russian political opponents
(EU) EP/IRAN: Parliamentarians concerned about fate of asylum seeker
(EU) EP/ARMAMENTS: Parliament continues to call for adoption of legally binding code of conduct on arms exports
(EU) EU/CHAD/RCA:
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Demetris Christofias rejects Annan Plan
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Given threats of opposition blocking, Polish government does not rule out ratification by referendum
(EU) EU/SERBIA:
(EU) EU/SUBSIDIARITY:
(EU) EU/BELGIUM/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Guy Verhofstadt's contribution to European integration
(EU) EU/REGIONS/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Cities and regions are central to Lisbon Strategy and strengthening of Mediterranean policy, says Luc Van Den Brande
(EU) EU/IRAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council adopts conclusions on CAP “health check”
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: 52% of European citizens are in favour of common agricultural policy reform
(EU) EU/SPORT: Informal meeting of sports ministers in Brdo
(EU) EU/SPORT/CARS: FIA promises formula 1 will be more environmentally friendly
(EU) EU/MEDIA: Croatia is the first candidate country to join media
2007 campaign
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission endorses addition of DVB-H to EU List of Official Standards
(EU) EU/JHA: Minister Mate says EU will still have to wait for replacing visas with electronic system
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Efforts to combat VAT fraud stepped up
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Industry recommends European framework for open-ended real estate funds
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: ERDF contributing up to €95 million for new 2007-13 Flanders and Netherlands cooperation programme
(EU) EU/HORN OF AFRICA: Commission allocates €30 million decision for drought preparedness
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Rolls Royce State aid in Germany gets go-ahead
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Air France/Alitalia merger takes shape
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan of €200 million for A 19, France's biggest road building project
(EU) EU/EIB: Bank receives best project prize 2007 in five categories of operations
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro area annual inflation up to 3.3% in February - EU stable on 3.4%
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Rise in labour costs
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Privatisation:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 770
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents No. 2482: EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF 13 AND 14 MARCH 2008. Conclusions
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