EU ROUND UP

BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to lend Spanish utility Enagás SA up to Euro 450 million to reinforce and extend the country's gas transmission network and reserve facilities. These improvements would cover most of the country and are included in the 2002-2011 Spanish National Energy Plan. Their total cost is Euro 930 million.* Meanwhile, a European coastguard service should be established to tighten oil tanker controls off European Union (EU) shores, the European Parliament's temporary committee on improving safety at sea has ...


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