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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8155

21 February 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 37 / 37
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / € value in different currencies on 20/02/2002

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Bilateral or trilateral convergence on one issue or another is no alliance, and the EU's policy is not defined by the political affiliations of the majorities in power
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/EXTERNAL RELATIONS/UNITED STATES: MEPs congratulate Patten on his brave remarks about policy of Bush Administration
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: United States and European Parliament back Union sanctions, South Africa deplores them
(EU) EUCONVENTION: European Commission seminar
(EU) EP/CONVENTION: Brok pleads in favour of work being over by end-2003 and fears too much power in hands of Presidium
(EU) EU/FRY:
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Javier Solana to visit Kiev from Wednesday evening to Thursday
(EU) EU/CZECH REPUBLIC: Milos Zeman says his comments about Arafat were misquoted
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/THE CHURCH: conference at Lille's Catholic University organised by COMECE with Jacques Delors and Jean-Luc Dehaene
(EU) EU/COLLEGE OF EUROPE/POLAND:
(EU) EU/TURKEY/HUMAN RIGHTS:
(EU) PAEAC/BAHRAIN:
(EU) EU/WESTERN SAHARA:
GEENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission proposes directive on patentability of software to no-one's satisfaction
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission to draw up balance sheet on Thursday of implementation of Broad Economic Policy Guidelines in 2001
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY/HEALTH: Commission proposes to add 43 carcinogens, mutagens and other toxic products to list of banned chemicals
(EU) EU/BUDGET/CONVENTION: Commission to adopt Preliminary Draft Amending Budget on Thursday to arrange finance for Convention
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Commission unveils second scoreboard on progress in social policy agenda
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: SVC in favour of lifting testing requirement
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2000: McCartin recommends Parliament grant Commission discharge on implementation of Budget 2000
(EU) EU/FRAUD/TOBACCO: Commission pursues its action against Philip Morris and Reynolds
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Peter Carl does not fear trade war
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Turkey prepared to meet EU demands in affair of tapping into Ankara delegation's e-mail
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Swedish refugee aid association and three Swedish citizens challenge the EU's freezing of Taliban assets
(EU) EP/IMMUNITY: Legal Committee opposes idea of lifting Pasqua and Marchiani's immunity
(EU) EU/ACP/IVORY COAST: Council opens way for total resumption of co-operation with the country
(EU) EU/CROATIA: First Picula/Verheugen meeting
(EU) EU/GEORGIA: Commission grants 700,000 euro aid to farmers affected by drought
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) EP/COMPETITION/AUTOMOBILES: Draft regulation on automobile distribution meets expectations but some points are still controversial, says Rapporteur Konrad
(EU) EP/REGIONAL POLICY: Exchange of views between Cocobu and Commissioners Barnier and Diamantopoulou for preparing discharge work on Budget 2000
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: INTERREG programmes adopted, including one involving Norway and Russia
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: EP and Council to launch conciliation over motorbike and moped pollution
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: British SME priorities for Barcelona Summit
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Informal Council of Vitoria to tackle follow-up to be given to eEurope initiative - Extension in run up to 2005?
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: British business leaders call on President Prodi to amend draft directive on temporary work
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 20/02/2002:
 USD  0.8743  CHF  1.4812  EEK  15.6466  ROL  28213  HKD  6.8189 
 JPY  116.90  ISK  88.02  HUF  243.65  SIT  222.6186  NZD  2.0795 
 DKK  7.4314  NOK  7.7635  LTL  3.4524  SKK  42.068  SGD  1.5980 
 GBP  0.61140  BGN  1.9479  LVL  0.5589  TRL  1203000  KRW  1149.70 
 SEK  9.1940  CYP  0.57677  MTL  0.3990  AUD  1.6903  ZAR  9.9976 
 CZK  31.925  PLN  3.6377  CAD