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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8066

10 October 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 37 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / Value of the euro in different currencies 09/10/2001

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Council adopts conclusions on Western Balkans - Other results
(EU) EU/ERITREA: Immediate recall of EU Heads of Mission in Eritrea
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: European Union calls on parties to implement commitments in good faith and to open direct dialogue
(EU) EU/BURMA: Council considers improvement of political climate encouraging and adopts measures to support the process
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS:
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS:
(EU) EP/TERRORISM: Reactions of political groups to American strikes
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/TERRORISM: Action plan of justice ministers
(EU) EP/SECURITY: Parliament tightens security of its buildings
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EURO: In its report on preparation of economic operators for single currency, the Commission criticises slowness of SMEs and lists 40 good practices to be implemented in Member States
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Ministerial work on 10 and 11 October in Brussels to focus on New African Initiative for development of Africa, impact of 11 September on development cooperation and follow-up of the Cairo Summit
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Second Association Council meeting allows for terrorism, immigration and trade to be discussed
(EU) EU/EEA COUNCIL: Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland take measures to freeze assets of people linked to terrorism
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: European aid for Afghans to prioritise cross-border operations and not place any financial burden on neighbouring countries - Guy Verhofstadt, Romano Prodi and Poul Nielson say refugee camps will be temporary
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates EUR 5.1 MILLION to West Africa
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission adopts communication on Wednesday announcing provisional relaxing of rules on aid to companies and new safety rules after September attacks
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: ICAO agreement on air safety and introduction of new noise emission standards - towards a solution on hushkits
(EU) EU/BIOTECHNOLOGY: Pooling results of scientific research into safety of GMOs is Commissioner Busquin's objective
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Joint Council/Commission report on national social inclusion action plans
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Bilateral Diamantopoulou/Guigou meeting on ESF
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Last results of Monday's Council
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/STANDING EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE: discussion of employment 2001 package
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Veto on Schneider/Legrand merger?
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Go-ahead for Scholz/ALBA joint venture
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES/REGIONAL:
(EU) EP/FRY: EP approves extension of EU guarantee for EIB loans in FRY
(EU) EP/HEALTH: EP opposes patents on human genes and calls for review of European Patent Office activities
(EU) EP/ASYLUM/IMMIGRATION: Parliament rejects minimalist approach to asylum rights and wants more regulated immigration in EU
(EU) EP/POVERTY:
(EU) COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Four Indian steel companies win case, Saxonia has means to pay back unlawful State aid, motorway catering firm challenges the attribution of petrol stations to Carrefour in context of TotalFina-Elf Aquitaine merger
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Rejection on Netherlands' appeal concerning biotechnological inventions - "Pramigiano Reggiano" protection extends to "Parmesan" translation
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Conference stresses role of local authorities regarding immigration and integration
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 09/10/2001:
 USD  0.9193  CHF  1.4814  EEK  15.6466  ROL  28253  HKD  7.1703 
 JPY  110.61  ISK  94.09  HUF  256.78  SIT  220.1935  NZD  2.2187 
 DKK  7.4352  NOK  8.0235  LTL  3.6756  SKK  43.699  SGD  1.6588 
 GBP  0.62570  BGN  1.9486  LVL  0.5656  TRL  1505000  KRW  1196.93 
 SEK  9.6785  CYP  0.57415  MTL  0.4064  AUD  1.8247  ZAR  8.5155 
 CZK  33.643  PLN  3.8280  CAD