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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8466

21 May 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 40 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 20/05/2003

Contents

: AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE, THIS EDITION OF THE DAILY EUROPE PUBLICATION WAS CONCLUDED AT 15: 00, IN CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF AGENCE EUROPE.
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS COUNCIL: EU could send mission to Democratic Republic of Congo - discussion on EU-Russia relations before St Petersburg Summit
(EU) EU/PES: Summit with Chancellor Schröder in Berlin on 22 May
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/UNITED KINGDOM: Tony Blair asks Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to remove the word "federal" from future Constitution
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Duff, Lequiller and Dini rekindle idea of "single presidency", ten years after Constitution comes into force
(EU) EU/CHARLEMAGNE PRIZE:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/DEFENCE: Resistance to comon European defence
(EU) EP/IRAQ: Greens want EU to send special representative to Iraq and UN to administer oil generated revenue
(EU) EP/LATIN AMERICA: 15th inter-parliamentary conference in Brussels
(EU) EU/IRELAND:
(EU) EP/COMMITTEE PROCEDURES: Mr Corbett obtains Commission referral
(EU) EP/TURKEY:
(EU) EP/ISRAEL:
(EU) EU/TERRORISM:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Results of the Council
(EU) BALKANS: Council calls on Coreper to find solutions for additional funding for Balkans - Council conclusions
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: Approval of the scientific and technical agreement
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/POLICE:
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Greek Minister of foreign affairs calls on fifteen for more opening up and better management of legal economic immigrant channels
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Council political agreement on fighting transmissible diseases and improving reproductive health in poor countries
(EU) EU/TAKEOVER BIDS: United States puts pressure on Parliament not to include "reciprocity" provision in takeover directive, lifting the ban on defence measures during bids by US companies
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission to sanction Deutsche Telekom
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Detailed investigation into RV&FC acquisition proposal (vitamins and fine chemicals) by DSM
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Anna Diamantopoulou supports development of local employment initiatives and considers Structural Funds must be better used
(EU) ACP/EU: 5th meeting of ACP/EU economic and social circles (Yaounde, Cameroon)
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Mr Kinnock believes that new Staff Regulations benefit personnel - Unions say package is unacceptable
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Parliament adopts agreement obtained in conciliation with Council on civil aviation reports
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament includes results of conciliation committee on modification of recreational craft directive in order to adopt text
(EU) EP/NEW NEIGHBOURS: Don't raise false hopes, say MEPs, with different stresses on East or South, and why not Norway?
(EU) EP/ACP: Parliament hopes for concerted solution to avoid further cancellations of EU-ACP Joint Parliamentary Committee meetings
(EU) EP/NATIONAL ACCOUNTING:
(EU) EP/FAMILY INTERGROUP: Mrs Giscard d'Estaing pleads for a reference to family and child protection in future European Constitution
(EU) EU/CONVENTIONCULTURE: AER President, Liese Prokop, warns Convention against principle of cultural diversity being eroded
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: new Dublin foundation report on development of industrial relations in Europe 2002
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/DATA/USA:
(EU) EP/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/GERMANY:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 20/05/2003:
 USD  1.1644  CHF  1.5123  EEK  15.6466  ROL  37687  HKD  9.0811 
 JPY  136.36  ISK  85.76  HUF  245.11  SIT  233.1225  NZD  1.9949 
 DKK  7.4244  NOK  7.9305  LTL  3.4530  SKK  41.052  SGD  2.0137 
 GBP  0.71300  BGN  1.9466  LVL  0.6529  TRL  1702000  KRW  1397.28 
 SEK  9.1700  CYP  0.58637  MTL  0.4297  AUD  1.7756  ZAR  9.0926 
 CZK  31.470  PLN  4.3273  CAD