UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.

FORM 18-K/A

For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof

Amendment No. 1

to

ANNUAL REPORT

of

EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK

(Name of registrant)

Date of end of last fiscal year: December 31, 2003

Exhibit Index Appears on Sequentially Numbered Page:    4

Total Number of Pages:        24

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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

This Amendment No. 1 to the annual report of European Investment Bank on Form 18-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2003 comprises:

(a) Pages numbered 1 to 5 consecutively.

(b) The following exhibits:

Consolidated and Unconsolidated Summary Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2004, Profit and Loss Account as at 30 June 2004 and Cash Flow Statement as at 30 June 2004 (Exhibit I).

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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 27th day of August, 2004.

EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
(Name of registrant)
By	/s/    Barbara Bargagli Petrucci.
	Barbara Bargagli Petrucci
	Head of Capital Markets
By	/s/    Eila Kreivi.
	Eila Kreivi
	Head of Division Capital Markets
By	/s/    Günter Burghardt.
	Günter Burghardt
	Head of Delegation of the
	European Commission to the
	United States

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit	Document	Page No.
I	Consolidated and Unconsolidated Summary Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2004, Profit and Loss Account as at 30 June 2004 and Cash Flow Statement as at 30 June 2004	5

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