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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8406
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TIMETABLE / € value in different currencies on 21/02/2003

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Is political union of 25 or more countries possible?
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: On Monday foreign ministers will discuss Middle East, Iraq and Balkans - Jean-Luc Dehaene will report on progress at Convention
(EU) EU/CYPRUS:
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: EU denounces torture of opposition members and expresses concern over trial of main opposition party leader Morgan Tsvangirai
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: EMHRN comments and recommendations on eve of EU/Morocco Association Council
(EU) CONVENTION: Work on reform of Court of Justice has just begun
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/RELIGION: Geek Orthodox Church informs VGE of its wishes
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/CROATIA: Formal request for accession in order to open talks in 2004 and join at the same time as Bulgaria and Romania
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: 3rd session of Association Council - Moroccan request for "special status"
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission believes prolonged Iraq conflict offers no threat of serious recession and opposes relaxation of Pact
(EU) EU/MERGERS: Germany reports to favour Greek compromise over scrapping multiple voting rights after a transition period
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Council adopts recommendation aimed at improving health and safety at work of self-employed workers
(EU) EU/OPEN SKIES: Communication on consequences of "Open Skies" ruling of 26 February - United States must wait before amending agreements
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Technical negotiations over reform of Common Agricultural Policy and requests for national aid
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: A priori, Franz Fischler says Italy's amnesty for fined dairy farmers is illegal
(EU) EU/WTO/ENVIRONMENT: WTO to open doors to representatives of environment protection organisations
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/HEALTH: European health insurance card to modernise social security systems in Europe, says Commission
(EU) EU/CZECH REPUBLIC/SAPARD:
(EU) EU/FOOD AND MOUTH DISEASE: green light to ban bovine fresh meat from Paraguay
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Greenpeace invites Commission to open procedure against Spain for violating EU Waste Directive in its handling of the 'Prestige' emergency
(EU) EP/RETIREMENT: Karas report introduces notion of life coverage into pension fund directive
(EU) EP/DRUGS: Pirker report on synthetic drugs calls for strict control of precursors and a regulation rather than a directive
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Against opening harbour pilot services up to competition
(EU) EP/WTO: Parliamentarians of 75 countries insist on parliamentary control of WTO
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Representatives of dairy sector criticise proposals for mid-term review of CAP during public hearing in Parliament
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/FRAUD: OLAF reinforces fight against fraud in candidate countries
(EU) OECD/TAXATION: Tax pressure is reduced, says OECD report
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Aid for LEIPA George Leinfelder given Go ahead
(EU) EU/PUBLIC TENDER: Proceedings launched against seven Member States
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Authorisation of aid for Spanish coal industry
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/BELGIUM:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/UK:
(EU) EP/CONVENTION/INTERNAL MARKET: Kangaroo Club believes internal market should be exclusive competence of Union
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/CULTURE: European Cinema and Television Office requests clarification on competencies for Member States and EU on cultural diversity and pluralism of information and media
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Support for harmonisation of defendants' rights
TIMETABLE
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€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 21/02/2003:
 USD  1.0838  CHF  1.4673  EEK  15.6466  ROL  35555  HKD  8.4528 
 JPY  128.70  ISK  84.56  HUF  246.46  SIT  231.5251  NZD  1.9345 
 DKK  7.4311  NOK  7.5470  LTL  3.4525  SKK  42.162  SGD  1.8900 
 GBP  0.67900  BGN  1.9545  LVL  0.6227  TRL  1760000  KRW  1291.78 
 SEK  9.1300  CYP  0.58069  MTL  0.4230  AUD  1.8081  ZAR  8.7233 
 CZK  31.730  PLN  4.2022  CAD