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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8456

7 May 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 46 / 46
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / € value in different currencies on 06/05/2003

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Attempt to clarify attitudes of Spain, Italy, central and eastern European countries on EUROPE of security and defence
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Benelux suggests half-yearly rotating European Council and Council should be kept (except for General Affairs and Foreign Affairs Councils) and accepts the idea of delegate Commissioners
(EU) EU/DEFENCE:
(EU) EP/CONVENTION: EP Convention Members form working groups and will be drafting amendments in Strasbourg next week - Andrew Duff's amendments
(EU) EP/GREENS: European Greens decide to launch joint campaign for 2004 European elections
(EU) EU/DEFENCE/CONVENTION: Andrew Duff says defence summit was "perfectly timed" - Enrique Baron approves of initiative
(EU) EU/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: first independent experts' group report worried about situation by Gypsis - other criticism
(EU) EP/TURKEY: MEPs still divided on Turkey's accession to EU
(EU) EU/FOREIGN AFFAIRS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: New plan for recovery of cod stocks is first concrete application of reformed Common Fisheries Policy
(EU) EU/CHEMICAL PRODUCTS:
(EU) EU/POSTAL SERVICES: Commission proposes applying reduced level of VAT to postal services to eliminate competitive distortion between public and private post companies
(EU) EU/USA: Green light expected on Wednesday for European sanctions against FSC system
(EU) EU/WTO/TEXTILES: Consultation over end of tariff system in 2005
(EU) EU/WTO: Pretoria opposes European system on geographical indications
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Health ministers call on Commission to closely monitor Sars cases in Europe
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Gro Harlem Brundtland meets Commissioners Byrne, Busquin and Lamy - WHO and Commission to cooperate
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Mr Florenz wants health to be competence shared by EU and Member States
(EU) EU/YOUTH COUNCIL: Viviane Reding to propose new Youth programme at end of year, which ministers hope will be autonomous, stronger, and exclusively for youth
(EU) EU/EDUCATION COUNCIL: Commission Communication on role of universities in knowledge-based Europe should be less technocratic and more humanist, according to future EU Member States
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Viviane Reding outlines results of Eurobarometer poll on lifelong learning
(EU) EU/CULTURE COUNCIL: Declaration on destruction of cultural goods in Iraq - Patras, European capital 2006
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL COUNCIL: Council makes progress along road to review of Broadcasting Directive
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Poul Nielson visits Baghdad - First EU humanitarian airlift
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Preparations for Crete summit and Civil Forum
(EU) EP/PALESTINE:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission assesses electronic tagging techniques for livestock
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Ms Haigneré wants single European bid for ITER
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/ITALY: Romano Prodi clarifies SME issue, after being put on the spot by Silvio Berlusconi
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Fraudulent use of Commission's name for commercial aims
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/COHESION: Appeal from cities and regions in Europe for ambitious cohesion policy - Germany, however, wants limited budget
(EU) EU/UNIONS: Romano Prodi and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing at Congress of Prague - participation of UNICE's Georges Jacobs - John Monks expected to be confirmed as Secretary General of ETUC
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Improved access to private means of transport for people with disabilities
(EU) OECD:
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€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 06/05/2003:
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 JPY  133.92  ISK  83.66  HUF  245.11  SIT  232.6633  NZD  1.9977 
 DKK  7.4258  NOK  7.8830  LTL  3.4532  SKK  41.162  SGD  1.9781 
 GBP  0.70440  BGN  1.9464  LVL  0.6440  TRL  1736000  KRW  1365.82 
 SEK  9.0968  CYP  0.58779  MTL  0.4278  AUD  1.7801  ZAR  8.3549 
 CZK  31.303  PLN  4.2742  CAD