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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8175

20 March 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 50 / 50
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / € value in different currencies on 19/03/2002

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Is the "Community method" in danger? Encouraging signs alongside matters for concern - From Dehaene to Straw, Chirac to Schröder
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: At its 21/22 March plenary, Convention to hold first general debate and discuss working methods and candidate country demands - Prodi to meet Giscard d'Estaing
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/CATALONIA:
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS: Javier Solana in Geneva
(EU) EU/NATO/GREECE: Meeting with Spanish Presidency on 22 March
(EU) EU/ACP: Belgium contributes to training of ACP parliamentarians
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EP/PORTUGAL:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BSE: Commmission may decide on Wednesday to send France warning about failure to respect Court ruling on British beef
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: EU Agriculture Ministers reach compromise on extending tobacco aid for three years
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council adopts conclusions on current and future veterinary and phytosanitary agreements - Agreements with Chile, the United States, New Zealand and Russia
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/ENLARGEMENT: Commissioners Verheugen, Fischler and Byrne address ministers - Netherlands highly critical of direct aid approach
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Candidate country agriculture ministers stress entitlement to 100% direct aid
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/TRADE: Pascal Lamy announces that EU will rapidly take safeguard measures against US action on steel - Strengthening of relations with Latin America
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Positive EuroMed trade conference results
(EU) EU/SPORTS: Wednesday's meeting of sports ministers and federations focuses on doping
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Solvay obtains extension for acquisition of Ausimont (Montedison group) - Monti speaks of possibility of reopening Montedison file
(EU) EU/INSURANCE: Council's common position on insurance brokers
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission presents Fifteen with study confirming validity of its strategy on agricultural direct aid
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/REFORM:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Eight companies create "Galileo services" for satellite navigation services co-operation - Companies stress Galileo is not more accurate than GPS but is always available
(EU) EU/CONFERENCE/POST COMMUNIST EUROPE:
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY:
(EU) EP/REFORM: Parliament requests European Union to be given right of legal entity by way of single and coherent European Treaty
(EU) EP/FISHERIES:
(EU) EP/REFUGEES:
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Closure of Commission enquiry on border restrictions at Gibraltar-Spanish border
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Conference on company taxation on 29/30 April
(EU) EU/TOBACCO: EU isolated at preparatory meeting for WHO anti-smoking convention
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Hemp farming in Netherlands must meet strict criteria to ensure it is not turned into cannabis
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Provisions of Italian highway code that discriminate on grounds of nationality declared unlawful
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Commission suggests strengthening industrial co-operation in preparation of Euro-Mediterranean free-trade zone
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Mediterranean conference on intercultural dialogue with Romano Prodi, Viviane Reding, Pat Cox and Jacques Delors
(EU) EU/GEORGIA:
(EU) ESC/MARCH SESSION: European statutes for SMEs, simplification of internal market, future of CAP, rights for immigrants - Loyola de Palacio and Pedro Solbes Mira to attend
(EU) EU/EIB: Loans for extending German Boehringer Ingelheim bio-technical complex in Biberach
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 19/03/2002:
 USD  0.8829  CHF  1.4661  EEK  15.6466  ROL  28867  HKD  6.8862 
 JPY  115.97  ISK  89.03  HUF  245.33  SIT  223.6921  NZD  2.0330 
 DKK  7.4341  NOK  7.7395  LTL  3.4523  SKK  42.040  SGD  1.6129 
 GBP  0.61810  BGN  1.9497  LVL  0.5597  TRL  1205000  KRW  1171.26 
 SEK  9.0689  CYP  0.57604  MTL  0.4010  AUD  1.6837  ZAR  10.3674 
 CZK  31.393  PLN  3.6233  CAD