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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9870

27 March 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib
€250 million loan in favour of Croatian SMEs

Brussels, 26/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 25 March, the European Investment Bank (EIB) decided to grant a loan of €250 million to the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR - Hrvatska Banka Za Obnovu i Razvitak). This new generation loan will finance projects of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), mid-cap companies (250-300 employed) and municipalities. To be eligible for resources retroceded by HBOR, projects must be in the industrial, transport,...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The real question in the controversy over whether there should be a special European Council on jobs
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES: New Transatlantic Partnership Agreement by 2012 and unified transatlantic market by 2015?
(EU) EP/BELARUS: Half-yearly assessment of dialogue with EU allows for cautious optimism
(EU) EP/TURKMENISTAN: EP wants more guarantees before voting on interim agreement
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Commission remains fully committed in accession negotiations and wants new chapters opened, Barroso says
(EU) EP/LISBON TREATY: Dehaene, Brok, Leinen and Kaufmann reports likely to be put to vote in plenary session
(EU) EP/TOTALITARIANISM: Victims of totalitarianism to be commemorated on 21 August
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS: Agreement in principle on amending EP rules and preventing Le Pen from chairing first session in July
(EU) EP/UN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/FOOD: Food aid programme continues
(EU) EP/FOOD: Parliament in favour of reviewing legislation on novelty foods, but not of food from cloned animals
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament gives go-ahead to extend time allowed for examining biocidal substances in EU by at least four years
(EU) EP/INDUSTRY: Parliament calls for concerted action from Member States to help car industry
(EU) EP/EXCISE DUTY: MEPs call for moderate rise in tobacco excise duty
(EU) EP/TAXATION:
(EU) EP/STATISTICS:
(EU) EP/WOMEN'S RIGHTS: Parliament calls for end to female genital mutilation
(EU) EP/JHA: Children under 12 will not have to give fingerprints under VIS system
(EU) EU/JHA: Jacques Barrot unveils measures to clamp down on human trafficking and sexual abuse of children
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Agreement in principle on 'Solvability II'
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/DIRECT DEBITS: Commission and ECB still disagree with MIFs to fund post-2012 SEPA Direct Debits
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR: Commission suggests greater EU involvement in tackling spread of nuclear weapons
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Road package agreement reintroduces strict 12-day rule
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Compromise on labelling of rosé wine
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Recapitalisation of bank of Ireland approved
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves UK Working Capital Guarantee Scheme
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Greece has to recover unlawful public aid of €1.4 million
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: CFI upholds OHIM's decision not to register “Budweiser” as Community trade mark in favour of American brewer, Anheuser-Busch
(EU) EU/EIB: €250 million loan in favour of Croatian SMEs
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission-Italian regions joint seminar on reconciling family and professional life
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Best practice with regard to directors' pay
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/APPOINTMENTS: Jurgen R. Thumann is new president of BusinessEurope
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