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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8454

3 May 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 41 / 41
TIMETABLE / € value in different currencies on 02/05/2003

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The quarrelling between large and small countries is largely unjustified and can be defused - Preconditions and first attempts
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Commission Presidency presents guidelines at "Gymnich" meeting for concrete EU action in post-war period
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/ESDP:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/COMMISSION: Barnier and Vitorino present amendments to Presidium document on institutions - no to full time Council President - one Commissioner per country - simple majority voting of those on Council
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/NUCLEAR: John Wolf wants EU and United States to work closely together to combat nuclear proliferation and highlights problem of Iran
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Poul Nielson to visit Iraq on Tuesday and Wednesday
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Solana, Prodi, Patten and Cox express hope with relaunch of peace process following presentation of road map - Javier Solana's visit to region
(EU) EU/RWANDA: Union deploys observation mission for constitutional referendum on 26 May
(EU) EU/CYPRUS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Next monitoring report will show most acceding countries have problems in implementing acquis on food safety and management of Community funds
(EU) EU/EMU: Commission to recommend, on Wednesday, that France take major steps to bring its public deficit below the 3% mark in 2004
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EU/FISHING: Presentation of cod restocking plan
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Framework decision proposal on sanctions for serious maritime pollution
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Galileo case still blocked at ESA
(EU) EU/CHEMICAL PRODUCTS:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION COUNCIL/CULTURE: First formal Council at 25 with future new Member States - towards political agreement on eLearning programmes and Erasmus Mundus
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Informal Lagonissi Council (2/4 May) to focus on environment in future European Constitution and environmental cooperation with Balkans
(EU) EU/COHESION: Conference on 5/6 May, regional conference on 16 May
(EU) EU/JAPAN: Consensus at summit on North Korea, Iraq and Middle East
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Loyola de Palacio meets Spencer Abraham, US Secretary for Energy
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Transatlantic Business Dialogue is reactivated
(EU) EU/TRADE/TEXTILES:
(EU) EU/TERRORISM/G8:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: EU divided over duration of mandate of High Level Group on reform of Common Agricultural Policy
(EU) EU/CANADA: Various Member States criticise draft agreement between EU and Canada on wines and spirits
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Beekeepers call for emergency measures
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Authorisation of French aid to combined transport
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Green light for building metro in Thessaloniki (Greece)
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: T-Mobile and mmO2 given go-ahead for network sharing in the United Kingdom
(EU) EU/AGRCIULTURE/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission investigates aid to Sernam
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission clears aid for high speed rail link between London and Channel Tunnel
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission clears investment aid to disadvantaged urban areas in France
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB supports Tumpel-Gugerell to board of governors
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: In April, economic sentiment improves slightly but industrial confidence indicator falls
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/SOCIAL: Ministerial conference on integration of disabled (Malaga, 7-8 May)
(EU) EU/CULTURE/CUSTOMS:
TIMETABLE
(EU) Main European activities from 4 to 12 May 2003:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 02/05/2003:
 USD  1.1239  CHF  1.5104  EEK  15.6466  ROL  37310  HKD  8.7653 
 JPY  133.40  ISK  83.55  HUF  245.85  SIT  232.7250  NZD  1.9991 
 DKK  7.4246  NOK  7.8535  LTL  3.4532  SKK  40.843  SGD  1.9874 
 GBP  0.69980  BGN  1.9464  LVL  0.6405  TRL  1726000  KRW  1362.50 
 SEK  9.1168  CYP  0.58806  MTL  0.4268  AUD  1.7802  ZAR  8.3618 
 CZK  31.267  PLN  4.2445  CAD