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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8669

19 March 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 50 / 50
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / € value in different currencies on 18/03/2004

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: European Parliament remains largely divided on EU policy on services of general interest - More detail needed
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Support expected from Member States on adoption of solidarity clause, reinforcement of Europol and appointment of anti-terrorist co-ordinator - Differences on creation of European information agency - Special JHA Council this Friday
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Poland says its willing to compromise
(EU) EU/SPAIN: Manuel Marin, former European Commissioner may chair congress
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN PARTIES: European Free Alliance becomes party
(EU) EU/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/IRAQ:
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) EP/EPP-ED: Schüssel, Waldner and Patten at Vienna study days next week
(EU) EP/ARMENIA: Parliament's EU/Armenia cooperation committee appeals for improvement in relations between Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan
(EU) EP/CROATIA: EP Foreign affairs committee supports Croatian EU accession request but subject to conditions
(EU) EP/PES/AUSTRIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Negotiations with Microsoft fail - Monti announces decision creating legal precedent
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Despite unfavourable political context, Fischler invites Fifteen to agree on reform of Mediterranean products, on Monday
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Fishler warns that as long as payment bodies aren't ready, market aid won't be paid out
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: In "Boogerd-Quaak" resolution, Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights threatens to take agreement on indexing air passengers before the Court
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Schreyer and Vitorino say budget limited to 1% of GNP is not enough for Union of 27 - Fischler forecasts reduction in agricultural aid in 2008
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Income from road tolls should be spent on transport sector, says EP's Committee on Transport
(EU) EU/EP/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/EP/CONSUMERS: Parliament's legal committee calls for setting up of minimum harmonised rules for consumer credit
(EU) EP/EQUALITY: Prets report thinks gender as criteria for insurance premiums andpriivate pensions unacceptable
(EU) EP/DISASTERS: On 30 March, Parliament is to give go-ahead for use of Solidarity Fund for regions struck by natural disasters in 2003
(EU) EU/ETHICS: European Group on Ethics warns women about commercial firms which offer umbilical cord blood banking "services"
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Review of Spanish hydrological plan announced by Zapatero could calm European cynics
(EU) EU/EP/DEVELOPMENT:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission to facilitate admission and residency of foreign scientists
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises aid to Altis Semiconductor in France
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: German sickness funds not subject to competition rules when imposing upper limits on payments for certain medicines
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Hoechst calls for fine for agreement on sorbates market to be cancelled
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Turkish SME asks EU for financial compensation
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY: Professor Maria Joao Rodrigues says "combine innovation, life long learning, social inclusion and sustainability to make Lisbon become Europe's way forward" - European Policy Centre recommendations
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/TEXTILES:
(EU) EU/CHURCHES/LISBON STRATEGY: COMECE calls for EU family strategy - Jérôme Vignon says "all polices have to take into account of impact they have in making family more fragile"
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY: Single market, innovation, jobs, less red tape, sustainable Europe are objectives of AMCHeM EU
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 18/03/2004:
 USD  1.2261  CHF  1.5625  EEK  15.6466  ROL  39955  HKD  9.5547 
 JPY  131.22  ISK  86.97  HUF  254.45  SIT  238.0200  NZD  1.8828 
 DKK  7.4474  NOK  8.5020  LTL  3.4533  SKK  40.410  SGD  2.0727 
 GBP  0.67215  BGN  1.9464  LVL  0.6584  TRL  1627981  KRW  1422.09 
 SEK  9.2493  CYP  0.58599  MTL  0.4268  AUD  1.6522  ZAR  8.1894 
 CZK  33.153  PLN  4.7366  CAD