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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8770

25 August 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/euro
Germany may also stop using one and two centime coins

Brussels, 24/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - Like Finland, Belgium and the Netherlands, before it, Germany too may decide to gradually phase out the one and two centime coins currently in circulation.

This information comes from Wolgang Soeffner, Head of the Bundesbank for coins and notes and interviewed in the Düsseldorf based Handelsblatt newspaper. Germany might decide to introduce a system rounded up to multiples closest to five centimes, a method that would lead to the de facto elimination...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/SUDAN: Dutch Presidency to visit Sudan on 9 September - Jack Straw notes 'progress' - Khartoum urges international community not to intervene in Sudan
(EU) EU/TURKEY/CYPRUS:
(EU) NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR PROGRAMME:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION: Ministers de Graaff, Donner, Nicolai and Roche, with Ombudsman Diamandouros at Asser Institute symposium, together with Ombudsman Diamandouros
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/INDIA:
(EU) EU/CHINA:
(EU) EU/BURUNDI:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMU: Commissioner Almunia satisfied with Italian budget for 2005-08
(EU) EU/EMU: Germany's budget deficit hits 4% of GDP in first half of 2004
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/OIL: Almunia against unilateral measures to put brakes on sharp oil price hikes - question will probably be discussed during informal ECOFIN meeting on 10-11 September
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Poland and other new Member States should be allowed to benefit from agricultural aid earlier than planned
(EU) EU/EURO: Germany may also stop using one and two centime coins
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/FISHING: Commission proposes ban on bottom trawling in 2004 around Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission protects designation of origin for eleven products
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission launches consultation on implementation of EU forestry management
(EU) EU/EDUCATION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Czech President vetoes European Arrest Warrant law - Rocco Buttiglione urges Italian Senate to speed through transposition
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Viviane Reding welcomes new portfolio
(EU) EU/TRADE/COMMISSION: Eurochambres urges Barroso Commission to adopt economic rejuvenation and enhance competitiveness
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Peter Straub celebrates start of decentralisation process in Finland
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Eurozone registered foreign trade surplus of EUR 8.7 million in June (but deficit in EU25)
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(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: energy, transport and food are some of the topics coveredby conferences in September
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