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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9962

26 August 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
Hoped-for Polish shipyard investors prove reluctant

Brussels, 25/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - Polish authorities are struggling to conclude the liquidation of the Gdynia and Szczecin shipyards that was ordered by the Commission in November of last year. With the anonymous buyer who bid the highest in the online auction in May 2009 not having paid up the 364 million zlotys (€87 million) by 18 August as should have been the case, Warsaw is now negotiating with the Qatari national investment fund in the hope of securing a last-minute agreement....