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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8516

1 August 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 25
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 31/07/2003

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/Gibraltar: Commission to study British law contested by Madrid on voting rights of Gibraltarians in European elections
(EU) EU/SPAIN/POLAND:
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) EU/BALKANS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU and US to develop common position on agriculture for WTO mini-ministerial in Cancun
(EU) EU/CANADA/AGRICULTURE: Agreement on trade in wines and spirits
(EU) EU/ASIA/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) ACP/EU: ACP trade ministers fine-tune their negotiating strategy for the Cancun Summit and prepare for October's regional trade negotiations with the EU
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: EUR 79.5 million for third reconstruction programme
(EU) EU/ECB: No objections from Governing Council to Trichet's appointment
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears Procter & Gamble's acquisition of Wella subject to conditions
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears acquisition of OMG's metals division by Umicore
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Go-ahead for merger of nine VW/Audi distribution centres
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/GLOBAL WARMING:
(EU) EU/GALILEO: Commission proposal for structures to monitor management of European satellite radionavigation programme
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission suspects AstraZeneca of abusing patents system
(EU) EU/GMOS: Group of NGOs criticises coexistence guidelines and urges Member States to pass strict legislation to ensure truly organic food can survive
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Cash family benefits accounted for over 5% of total social security benefits in the EU in 2000
(EU) EU/TRADE/CHINA: China no danger to EU, insists Pascal Lamy
(EU) EU/MACAO: Commission pleased with changes
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: EUR 3.9 million aid for Tuvalu
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/RATIFICATIONS:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 31/07/2003:
 USD  1.1318  CHF  1.5464  EEK  15.6466  ROL  37114  HKD  8.8271 
 JPY  135.72  ISK  87.69  HUF  263.93  SIT  234.7950  NZD  1.9521 
 DKK  7.4311  NOK  8.1610  LTL  3.4525  SKK  41.850  SGD  1.9901 
 GBP  0.70190  BGN  1.9467  LVL  0.6470  TRL  1606000  KRW  1335.35 
 SEK  9.1880  CYP  0.58754  MTL  0.4274  AUD  1.7455  ZAR  8.4260 
 CZK  32.220  PLN  4.3728  CAD