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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7690

3 April 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 43 / 43
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / Value of the euro in different currencies 03/04/2000

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Some Commissioners choose to "speak the truth" to friendly countries (be they South American or Mediterranean) straying from the path of false promises - and good for them
(EU) ASTERISKS:
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) AFRICA/EU: Opening of Cairo Summit in search of "better understanding between two neighbour continents", according to Guterres
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Political groups welcome Court of Auditors' Report on their financial management
(EU) EP/SOCIALISTS: Guterres to address the Socialist Group in Lisbon
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Meeting of Seixas da Costa group - Italian document in extension of qualified majority voting
(EU) EU/PORTUGAL: Alvaro de Vasconcelos describes, for "Notre Europe," Portugal's "European Way" during its second Presidency - In favour of a European Senate?
(EU) EU/CFSP/ESDP:
(EU) EP/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SAVING TAX: United Kingdom gambles everything on information exchange and embarrasses States with banking secrecy
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Continued divergence between Fifteen over budget for "Media Plus" programme
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Agreement between Commission and financial institutions over payments to applicant countries
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Mr. Fischler will outline his ideas on the new fisheries agreement
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Mr. Patten prepares or concretises agreements with Palestinian territories, Jordan, Israel, Syria and Lebanon
(EU) EP/SEX TOURISM: European Parliament called for more stringent measures to fight against sex tourism
(EU) EP/VOTES: ECB reserves, waste from ships, tropical forests, etc.
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: EP agriculture committee calls for maintaining quota system for bananas
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/WTO: European Commission pleased and relieved about WTO verdict against American 1916 anti-dumping law
(EU) EU/LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: EIB approves subsidy of EUR 60 million for debt relief in African poor countries
(EU) EU/NICARAGUA: EIB and Nicaragua sign framework agreement
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Essential elements of new Fund programming period are in place and financing may begin in July, but some countries still lag behind
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: KBC may take sole control of KBC-Petercam
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises 3M (USA) to acquire Quante (Germany)
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: UEAPME criticises draft 4th multiannual programme for enterprise being drawn up by Commission services and is willing to negotiate temporary work
(EU) EU/BUSINESS: ESBA wants next pluri-annual programme for business to be targeted at needs of SMEs
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS: World Trade Union Congress on Social Justice
(EU) EU/JOURNALISM: Emanuele Gazzo Prize goes to Hartmut Hausmann
(EU) EIB/ITALY:
(EU) EP/TOURISM:
(EU) EU/NEWs OF THE WEEK: From 26 March to 2 April 2000
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WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 03/04/2000:
 USD  0.9564  SEK  8.2950  CYP  0.57471  SIT  203.3599  NZD  1.9189 
 JPY  100.27  GBP  0.60000  EEK  15.6466  CHF  1.5886  GRD  334.75 
 NOK  8.1090  HUF  258.47  CAD  1.3873  DKK  7.4462  CZK  36.200 
 PLN  3.9543  AUD  1.5741  BEF/LUF  40.3399  FRF  6.55957  ESP  166.386 
 ATS  13.7603  FIM  5.94573  DEM  1.95583  IEP  0.787564  NLG  2.20371 
 PTE  200.482  ITL