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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8140

31 January 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 27
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 30/01/2002

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EP/CONVENTION: Ana Palacio to represent Spanish government and Louis Michel Belgium. - Mendez de Vigo notes Convention will be most important political exercise of current legislature - Increased polemic over choices made by PES Group Bureau
(EU) EU/GREECE: Costas Simitis outlines Greek Presidency's priorities and talks about resuming dialogue with Cyprus - Document on use of NATO capacity under CFDP is "unacceptable"
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Moratinos meets Arafat and Peres and to go to United States next week
(EU) EU/TUNISIA/HUMAN RIGHTS: Several NGOs call on EU to insist that Tunisia respect human rights
(EU) EU/UN/AFRICA:
(EU) EU/DEATH PENALTY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Solbes wants to play down scope of triggering early warning regarding Germany and Portugal's deficits, while hoping that Council acts as credibility of Stability Pact depends on it
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Verheugen presents package on funding he considers fair and balanced and, with Prodi, Fischler and Schreyer, calls on applicant countries to examine it as a whole
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY/ENLARGEMENT: Commission calls for cohesion policy not to be limited to poorest - Report confirms that disparities double with enlargement
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Green light for French aid to airline companies
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/TUNISIA: Undertaking to deepen contents of Association Agreement and joint hopes of stepping-up Barcelona Process
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Approval of EU work against terrorism - In favour of continuing co-operation with Member States as with EU
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/AUTOMOBILES: CLEDIPA welcomes Commission project as courageous step for service and repair of vehicles
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission fixes terms for demerger between Schneider and Legrand, on one hand, and between Tetra Laval and Sidel, on the other
(EU) EP/BSE: Tuesday's debate covers lessons to be learnt from BSE crisis
(EU) EP/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: José Folgado says opening and connecting up energy markets is vital in process of creating "more Europe"
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
(EU) EP/CULTURE: Viviane Reding sets out her 2002 priorities on education, culture, sport, audiovisual, languages and youth
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/LENDING: Commission considers changing Guarantee Fund mechanism to cope with increased volume of loans
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/REGIONS/ADDENDUM:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 30/01/2002:
 USD  0.8642  CHF  1.4709  EEK  15.6466  ROL  27883  HKD  6.7401 
 JPY  114.69  ISK  89.40  HUF  243.49  SIT  221.9528  NZD  2.0832 
 DKK  7.4284  NOK  7.8535  LTL  3.4551  SKK  42.350  SGD  1.5852 
 GBP  0.61100  BGN  1.9516  LVL  0.5575  TRL  1149000  KRW  1132.97 
 SEK  9.2090  CYP  0.57667  MTL  0.3977  AUD  1.7074  ZAR  9.8908 
 CZK  31.936  PLN  3.5667  CAD