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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8666

16 March 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 48 / 48
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / € value in different currencies on 15/03/2004

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Is rail's survival linked to its being open to competition?
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Extraordinary Home Affairs Council Friday - After minutes of silence, Europe looks for concrete actions - co-operation of European information and police services, key to European response - INvoking the "solidarity clause"
(EU) EU/SPAIN: Socialists and european greens welcome Zapatero victory in 14 March elections - withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq - Moratinos to foreign affairs?
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Schröder-Miller meeting 23 March
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Prodi congratulates Putin on re-election
(EU) EP/DENMARK: Elections, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen leads Socialist list
(EU) EP/ITALY: Parties difficulties in forming lists
(EU) EP/CYPRUS:
(EU) EU/RWANDA: Javier Solana and Poul Nielson encourage president Kagame to continue democratisation process, reconciliation and stabilisation of Great Lakes region
(EU) EU/CHINA: Visit of Javier Solana
(EU) EU/GREATER EAST/USA:
(EU) EU/USA/BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION:
(EU) EU/EP/HAITI: Parliament calls for end to violence, respect for human rights and an interim government of national unity
(EU) EU/EU/MADRID ATTACKS:
(EU) EU/EU/MADRID ATTACKS/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission makes audit ethics rules tougher
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: After attacks in Madrid, President Prodi stresses joint EU/Member State action is urgent to step up security - report supports development of Community security research programme with annual budget of EUR one billion
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission puts forward ways to prevent volume crime in EU
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS/ELECTRONIC COMMERCE: Increasing consumer confidence in e-commerce is theme chosen by Presidency for World Consumer Rights Day - Commission announces initiative
(EU) EP/HEALTH/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Fifteen to adopt measures to protect small cetaceans on 22 March
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Towards definitive ban on bottom trawls in Scottish coral reef areas
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Oracle prepares response to Commission's objections
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Consultative Committee pronounces unanimously in favour of Commission's decision
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission prepares to look into tax breaks enjoyed by certain Italian companies
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to takeover of Baxi by BC European Capital Funds
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: RTL allowed to take sole control of M6
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: European Commission recommends extending range of measures to make Internet safer
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB loans in Greece reach 1.2 billion EUR in 2003
(EU) EU/EIB: Diversification of Bank funding in western Balkans in 2003
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/JUSTICE/HOME AFFAIRS: EP regrets delay in asylum policy - go-ahead to border management agency and to penalisation of drug trafficking - in support of new five-year action plan - other opinions
(EU) EP/HEALTH:
(EU) EP/RESEARCH:
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/RECRUITMENT:
(EU) EP/JUSTICE: EP calls on Member States to support and ratify European penitentiary charter at Council of Europe
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: EP supports Council on insurance demands applied to aircraft in Europe
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EP/EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: Parliament encourages development of "mini-crèches" in firms and flexible working hours
(EU) EP/EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: Parliament in support of service for assisting NGOs that combat violence toward women and children
(EU) EP/TEN/ITALY:
(EU) EP/CULTURE: EP approves promotion of groups engaged in youth, culture and education-training at European level
(EU) EP/MINORITIES: EP calls on Member States to take account of fundamental rights of women with disabilities, migrant and Roma women
(EU) EP/COMMUNITY LAW: European Parliament urges for strengthened control of application of Community law
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 589
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 15/03/2004:
 USD  1.2278  CHF  1.5645  EEK  15.6466  ROL  39895  HKD  9.5693 
 JPY  136.02  ISK  86.60  HUF  253.83  SIT  238.0200  NZD  1.9044 
 DKK  7.4515  NOK  8.4895  LTL  3.4520  SKK  40.456  SGD  2.0979 
 GBP  0.68180  BGN  1.9463  LVL  0.6632  TRL  1615435  KRW  1442.97 
 SEK  9.2563  CYP  0.58589  MTL  0.4279  AUD  1.6727  ZAR  8.2566 
 CZK  33.165  PLN  4.7229  CAD