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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9702

12 July 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib
€500 million loan for Dutch natural gas network

Brussels, 11/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - The Netherlands is to benefit from up to €500 million in European Investment Bank (EIB) loans to expand and modernise its natural gas transmission network. An initial contract for €375 million has been signed with N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie and a further tranche of €125 million could follow at the end of 2008 or early 2009. The loans will part-finance a €1.1 bn project to maintain the Netherlands' position as one of Europe's major gas hubs through...

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(EU) EU/EIB: €500 million loan for Dutch natural gas network
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