KIEV, Dec. 16 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is to provide an equity investment of up to EUR 100 million to Lafarge Aggregates Eastern Europe, a regional holding vehicle to be created by Lafarge SA to manage the existing quarry and distribution operations in Ukraine and pursue further developments in Ukraine, Russia, Serbia, Belarus and other selected EBRD countries of operations.

"The framework agreement was approved and signed in Paris on December 14," EBRD Principal Adviser Anton Usov told Interfax-Ukraine.