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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9929

26 June 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 34 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib
NEW LOAN FOR SME IN UK

Brussels, 25/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a £100 million (€113 million) new generation EIB loan for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with the Abbey Group in the UK. Abbey will act as a financial intermediary for the EIB funds, passing them onto SMEs with eligible projects. SMEs should start to benefit from EIB finance early in the third quarter of 2009.

The EIB loan for SMEs to Abbey is the fourth new loan of its kind in the UK since...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Energy: the essential, but largely inexistent, common policy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/POLITICAL GROUPS: Martin Schulz refuses to swap technical agreement with EPP against Socialists' support for Barroso vote in July
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Ankara urges EU to open direct trade with Northern Cyprus - Egemen Bagis has great expectations of Swedish Presidency
(EU) EU/UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN: Sustainable development is the focus of environment ministers' meeting in Paris on Thursday
(EU) EU/GEORGIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Difficult political agreement on overhaul of legislation on industrial pollution reduction
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Member states call for European strategy for adapting to climate change with preparation beginning before 2012
(EU) EU/MEDICINES:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Wide range of infringement proceedings launched against 25 Member States over second series of EU internal market liberalisation rules
(EU) EU/nuclear: EU establishes a common binding framework on nuclear safety
(EU) EU/JHA: Further EU/US talks on Swift
(EU) EU/JHA: EU acquires simplified visa policy
(EU) EU/JHA: EU must renegotiate PNR agreement with Canada
(EU) EU/FOOD: Agreement on draft regulation on novel foods - Rules extended to cover food made from cloned animals' offspring
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Infringement proceedings against Germany for lack of transparency over aid beneficiaries
(EU) EU/PLANTS: Spain referred to European Court of Justice
(EU) EU/PLANTS:
(EU) EU/PLANTS:
(EU) EU/FISH FARMING:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: new raft of internal market infringement proceedings
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Pursuit of infringement proceedings over direct and indirect taxation
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission continues with series of infringement proceedings
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU and United States reject responsibility for failure of Russian WTO accession bid
(EU) EU/TRADE: OECD regrets collapse of investment flows
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Reasoned opinion to Slovakia for incorrect transposition of maritime safety legislation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Italy to be referred to Court for failure to respect Court ruling to recover illegal aid
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission calls on Belgium and United Kingdom to implement transparency directive
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Spanish guarantee scheme for credit institutions receives clearance
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/TECHNOLOGY: Commission backs pilot project to improve online administrative services
(EU) EU/EIB: NEW LOAN FOR SME IN UK
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB grants loan for London Olympic Village to help promote social housing
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Hübner encourages Limousin (France) to step up effort in innovation
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: No paralysis in EU under Swedish Presidency, says Mats Odell
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Committee of Regions and AIMF to work more closely together
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: GDP per inhabitant varies from one to six in EU in 2008
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 25/06/2009: