The EU will give aid to the Central African Republic (CAR) after it holds fair and democratic general elections, the head of the EU delegation in the CAR, Joseph Loveras, said on Wednesday. State-owned Radio Centrafrique reported that Loveras made the remarks when he met CAR Vice-President Abel Goumba in the capital, Bangui. Loveras was quoted as saying that the EU would only support specific social and humanitarian projects in the CAR during the transitional period, scheduled to end in early 2005.