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> OJS 80 (24.4.99)
> DG III: Study services
>
> OJS 81 ( 27.4.99)
> PHARE: Information on 1999 multi-beneficiary
> Phare programme - SME financial facility
>
> PHARE: Information on 1999 Phare large-scale
> infrastructure facility - Part III, For Estonia,
> Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia.
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> Invitation to tender from OJS 80 (24.4.99)
>
> TITLE
> DG III: Study services
>
> DEADLINE
> The final date for the request of information is
> 25th May 1999. The final date for the receipt of
> tenders is 31st May 1999.
>
> DETAILS
> A fundamental criticism often levelled at the
> Construction Products Directive is that it does
> not create enough surplus in
> intra-Community trade. The most frequent argument
> is thus: for such products, markets tend to be
> local and no increase in trade should therefore
> be expected from the elimination of regulatory
> and technical obstacles.
>
> The study will analyse this issue: it will
> identify the regulatory and technical obstacles
> to trade, determine the current level of
> intra Community trade, estimate the effects of
> increased harmonisation targeted by the
> aforementioned directive on the free movement of
> construction products.
>
> It must:
> a. respond to industry's criticism by
> demonstrating the significant effects of
> harmonisation; b. motivate
> technical-specification authors (CEN/CENELEC and
> EOTA) and thus accelerate their work;
> c. evaluate the nature of the role of national
> regulations, including those on works, in the
> restriction of intra-Community trade of
> construction products and facilitate any
> initiatives aimed at increasing
> their harmonisation.
>
> FURTHER INFORMATION
> European Commission, DG III Industry,
> Directorate D, Unit D-3, for the attention of Mr
> V. Leoz Arguelles, rue de la Science 15,
> Office SC 15-3/111, rue de la Loi 200,
> B-104 Brussels.
>
> Tel: (32-2) 295 40 95.
> Fax: (32-2) 296 10 65.
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> Information from OJS 81 ( 27.4.99)
>
> TITLE
> PHARE: 1999 multi-beneficiary Phare programme -
> SME financial facility
>
> DETAILS
> The Commission has agreed the small and
> medium-sized enterprise finance facility for
> 1999. The European Community will contribute up
> to a maximum of 50 000 000 EUR from budget line
> B7-500 to this programme, which must
> be implemented by 31. 1. 2004.
>
> Agenda 2000 and the Phare new orientations
> identify the weak SME sector in the applicant
> countries as a key stumbling block to accession
> and call on Phare to set up a facility to induce
> financial intermediaries in the 10 applicant
> countries to expand and to maintain in the long
> term their debt and equity financing of SMEs.
>
> The current financing proposal is a start-up
> phase. Once it is operational, the Commission
> shall attract additional sponsors into the SME
> finance facility that may include the EBRD, EIB,
> development finance institutions and
> private-sector financial institutions.
>
> FURTHER INFORMATION
> Further information about this programme can be
> obtained from:
>
> (a) Phare Internet service at:
> http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg1a/phare,
>
> (b) the European Commission, DG IA, Information
> Unit-Phare, Fax: (32-2) 299 17 77
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> Further tendering opportunity details will be
> available as follows:
>
> (a) for service tenders from the Phare Internet
> services, at the above address,
>
> (b) for all supply tenders over 300 000 EUR and
> for all works tenders above 1 000 000 EUR, from
> the Official Journal of the European
> Communities. Tendering opportunities below these
> amounts will also be published, but this may be
> done only locally.
>
> Expressions of interest for tenders may be made
> when the relevant details have been published.
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> rmation from OJS 81 (27.4.99)
>
> TITLE
> PHARE: 1999 Phare large-scale infrastructure
> facility - Part III, For Estonia, Slovenia,
> Lithuania, Latvia.
>
> DETAILS
> The Commission has agreed a financing proposal
> for the Phare large-scale infrastructure facility
> for 1998.
>
> Within the context of the new orientations of
> Phare, the creation of a large-scale
> infrastructure facility (LSIF) was proposed in
> order to offer aditional support from 1998
> onwards to projects not sufficiently covered
> under the national Phare programmes and which
> have a clear transboundary impact.
>
> This need for additional support for
> infrastructure in the accession countries has
> also been recognised in the proposal for the
> creation of an instrument for structural policies
> for pre-accession (ISPA) with an annual budget of
> c. 1 000 000 000 EUR from the year 2000.
>
> The LSIF will thus serve as a precursor to ISPA
> and it is for this reason that LSIF focuses on
> environmental projects and transport
> infrastructure projects. In order to gain
> maximum leverage from the limited Phare
> funds available, all projects will be
> co-financed with a relevant
> international financing institution.
>
> FURTHER INFORMATION
> Further information about this programme can be obtained from:
>
> (a) Phare Internet service at:
> http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg1a/phare,
>
> (b) the European Commission, DG IA, Information
> Unit-Phare, Fax (32-2) 299 17 77 or
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> Further tendering opportunity details will be
> available as follows:
>
> (a) for service tenders from the Phare Internet
> services, at the above address,
>
> (b) for all supply tenders over 300 000 EUR and
> for all works tenders above 1 000 000 EUR, from
> the Official Journal of the European
> Communities. Tendering opportunities below these
> amounts will also be published, but this may be
> done only locally.
>
> Expressions of interest for tenders may be made
> when the relevant details have been published.
>
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