UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 18-K/A

For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof

AMENDMENT NO. 3

to

ANNUAL REPORT

of

EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK

(Name of registrant)

Date of end of last fiscal year:  December 31, 2007

SECURITIES REGISTERED

(as of December 31, 2007)

Title of Issue	Amount as to Which Registration is Effective	Names of Exchanges on Which Registered
4.875% Notes due January 17, 2017	$ 3,000,000,000	NYSE

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  Name and address of person authorized to receive notices and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission:

Philip J. Boeckman, Esq.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

CityPoint

One Ropemaker Street

London EC2Y 9HR

United Kingdom

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  The undersigned registrant hereby amends its Annual Report on Form 18-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 (the “Annual Report”) as follows:

  The following additional exhibit is added to the Annual Report:

 Exhibit VII: Announcement Entitled “EIB boosted loans for small business by 42 percent in 2008”

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SIGNATURE

  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this amendment to the annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized at Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, on the 9th day of March, 2009.

EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
(Name of registrant)
by
	/s/  Carlos Ferreira da Silva
	Carlos Ferreira da Silva
	Head of Division Capital Markets
by
	/s/  Sandeep Dhawan
	Sandeep Dhawan
	Managerial Adviser
	Deputy Head of Funding
by
	/s/  Angelos Pangratis
	Angelos Pangratis
	Chargé d'Affaires of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit	Document
VII	Announcement Entitled “EIB boosted loans for small business by 42 percent in 2008”

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