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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8582

11 November 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 48 / 48
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / € value in different currencies on 10/11/2003

Contents

: Due to the Anniversary of Armistice Day, which is a Bank Holiday in Belgium, our offices will be closed on Tuesday 11 November
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
:
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: 67% of Europeans taking part in Eurobarometer survey are in favour of a European Constitution and 84% are for a referendum
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EP/TIBET:
(EU) EP/RUSSIA/CHECHNYA: Socialists and Greens criticise Silvio Berlusconi's "disregard" of considered opinions of the EU
(EU) EP/EUROBAROMETER/ISRAEL:
(EU) EP/ISRAEL:
(EU) EU/IGC:
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN: Mr Solana and Mr Kasuri prepare for Troika in February 2004
(EU) EU/IGC: Second Istituto Affari Internazionali's Convention Watch
(EU) EP/CFSP/ESDP:
(EU) EU/EP/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/SERBIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/WTO/UNITED STATES: American surtaxes on steel imports ruled against at last instance and should be dismantled by 15 December
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: New negotiation agenda for association and free trade agreement to be set at Wednesday's "Ministerial level" meeting
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission may launch infringement procedure against Spain and United Kingdom for insufficient controls - First case of preventive measures (such as reduced quotas)
(EU) EU/CHEMICALS: Competitiveness Council welcomes Commission's efforts to amend its revised chemicals legislation but most Member States are still concerned about its impact
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Agreement on electromagnetic compatibility and progress on unfair trade practices
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/ITER:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: G10 is very confident in economic recovery
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Microsoft remains confident
(EU) EU/WTO: WTO Director General notes emerging agreement on 13 September compromise document
(EU) EU/WTO: Thailand calls for dispute panel on customs classification
of poultry
(EU) EU/GMOS: Food Committee vote on Syngenta sweetcorn postponed
until December
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission discusses reform of Mediterranean products with professionals
(EU) EP/EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Greens/EFA campaign for healthy food
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Court of Auditors criticises the way the Community aid regime works for dried fodder producers
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/REGIONS/COOPERATION:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Full application of the Aarhus Convention in the EU would be a milestone in strengthening environmental democracy
(EU) EP/TAXATION: EP suports provisional registration tax refund system, pending cancellation of this tax
(EU) EP/LATIN AMERICA/ASIA: EP separates rules on co-operation with Asia and Latin American and increases donations to latter
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT/UNITED STATES: Ulrich Stockmann accuses US of attempting to force DHL out of the air courrier market
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT/TENS: Italian MEPs argue in favour of "corridor 8"
(EU) EP/IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: European Insurance Committee and Women's Lobby find fault with sexual equality directive on supply of services and goods
(EU) EP/SEXUAL EQUALITY:
(EU) EP/ECONOMY/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: Biotech industry approves of new EU pharmaceutical rules
(EU) EU/CHEMICALS/ITALY:
(EU) EU/LOBBIES:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 573
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 10/11/2003:
 USD  1.1483  CHF  1.5729  EEK  15.6466  ROL  39952  HKD  8.8941 
 JPY  124.80  ISK  87.98  HUF  257.30  SIT  235.9900  NZD  1.8522 
 DKK  7.4356  NOK  8.2320  LTL  3.4530  SKK  41.265  SGD  1.9934 
 GBP  0.68660  BGN  1.9462  LVL  0.6400  TRL  1711243  KRW  1348.16 
 SEK  8.9757  CYP  0.58261  MTL  0.4261  AUD  1.6079  ZAR  8.0131 
 CZK  32.033  PLN  4.5805  CAD