French and Benelux stocks - Factors to watch on July 3

PARIS, July 3 (Reuters) - Below is company-related news and leading stories from French and Benelux newspapers which could have an impact on the region's markets or individual stocks.

AREVA (CEPFi.PA)

French nuclear reactor group Areva will sell its T&D India (AREV.BO) business along with its overall power transmission and distribution (T&D) division, an Areva spokeswoman said. [ID:nL2430484]

VEOLIA (VIE.PA)

Veolia won a deal worth more than $1 billion with Iraq to repair eastern Bagdad's water supply system, but the contract has yet to be finalised, the head of the French utility told Reuters. [ID:nL2242938]

FRANCE TELECOM (FTE.PA)

France Telecom Chief Financial Officer Gervais Pellissier told Reuters on the fringe of the Paris Europlace financial forum that it was not interested in buying the T-Mobile UK division of Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE) and that its $2.5 billion notes issue was designed to repay debt and not for major acquisitions. [FTE.PA]

KBC (KBC.BR)

Belgian bank KBC said it has terminated a $219 million leverage facility it provided to BlueCrest Specialty Asset Finance, a fund run by UK hedge fund manager BlueCrest Capital Management. It is not immediately clear how much of the facility KBC will be able to retrieve. [KBC.BR]

WAVIN (WAVIN.AS)

Wavin shareholders are due to vote on a rights issue at an extraordinary meeting. [WAVIN.AS]