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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7773

5 August 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 31
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / Value of the euro in different currencies 04/08/2000

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EP/POLITICAL GROUPS: Corbett report proposes that Parliament guarantees genuine equality between all MEPs but rejects idea of mixed groups
(EU) EU/KASHMIR: EU condemns massacres of early-August
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ACP/CUBA: Cuba declares itself ready to sign Cotonou Agreement and enter into dialogue with EU as long as there are no preconditions other than accepting contents of agreement
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Microsoft confirms having received Commission's letter of complaint but remains confident
(EU) EU/ECB: European central Bank underlines in report need to have trustworthy statistics
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: EUR 5.5 million for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: European public network operators denounce "Hollings draft"
(EU) EU/ITALY: EUR 570 million loan to Wind Telecomunicazioni
(EU) EU/INTERNATIONAL TRADE: Lamy to go to Argentina and Chile in September, having visited Jakarta and Singapore
(EU) ACP:
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: Commission should not rule before end of September on draft Directive on Slots, so as to take into account numerous comments from airports and airlines
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM:
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY: Parliament working document underlines that access to documents must got together with right to information - EP hearing in autumn
(EU) EU/REGIONS: AER organises, in Vilnius a "summer university" on role of regions in Europe
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: ECHO grants EUR 1.55 million to Venezuela
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission allows OMV and Rheinbraun to take control of COKOWI
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves takeover of Australian mining group North by Rio Tinto
(EU) EU/REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT: Regional unemployment rates in the EU between 2.1% and 28.7%, according to Eurostat
(EU) EU/COAL: Drop in production in EU in 1999
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 04/08/2000:
 USD  0.9031  SEK  8.4110  CYP  0.57284  SIT  208.4972  NZD  1.9914 
 JPY  98.02  GBP  0.60080  EEK  15.6466  CHF  1.5464  GRD  337.05 
 NOK  8.1215  HUF  260.60  CAD  1.3424  DKK  7.4570  CZK  35.327 
 PLN  3.9858  AUD  1.5517  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