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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10048

5 January 2010
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 20
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 04/01/2010

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Van Rompuy assumes permanent presidency of European Council and expresses some clear ideas about how this body should function as an EU institution
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Informal summit on economy on 11 February
(EU) EU/SPANISH PRESIDENCY: “Transition Presidency” begins - Zapatero, Van Rompuy and Barroso hold working meeting in Madrid
(EU) EP/RUSSIA:
(EU) EU/IRAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Rehn wants to prioritise growth and employment
(EU) EU/TAXATION/CUSTOMS: Algirdas Šemeta is ready to look into feasibility of internationally coordinated tax on financial transactions
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, to be launched in Madrid on 21 January, will have total budget of €17 million
(EU) EU/JHA: Spain plans to step up European counter-terrorism cooperation
(EU) EU/JHA: France hopes to take European PNR forward
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Opening-up of rail international passenger transport market to competition sparks little reaction
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/SAFETY: EMSA, FRONTEX and CFCA undertake to cooperate on maritime surveillance
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission does not foresee any further risk to Russian oil to EU
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: Finalising climate negotiations and integrating climate change into every EU policy are Commissioner designate Hedegaard's priorities
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: Workshops, colloquies, conferences and seminars on European integration this January
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 04/01/2010:
 USD  1.4389  HUF  269.85  NOK  8.2290  CNY  9.8238  NZD  1.9764 
 JPY  133.62  LTL  3.4528  HRK  7.2936  HKD  11.1608  PHP  66.100 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.7093  RUB  43.1600  IDR  13542.61  SGD  2.0126 
 CZK  26.285  PLN  4.1030  TRY  2.1411  INR  66.6210  THB  47.779 
 DKK  7.4415  RON  4.2253  AUD  1.5885  KRW  1662.37  ZAR  10.5618 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  10.1930  BRL  2.4917  MXN  18.6664  GBP  0.89140 
 CHF  1.4873  CAD  1.4953  MYR