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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9097

24 December 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 27
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 21/12/2005

Contents

GENERAL NEWS
: Our offices will be closed on 26 and 27 December 2005 for the Christmas holiddays. The next issue of EUROPE, No. 9098, will be dated 29 December 2005
(EU) EU/AUS TRIAN PRESID ENCY: Timetable of Council meetings in first half of 2006
(EU) EU/ECB/2006:
(EU) EU/STATE AID/FRANCE: Investigation into state aid awarded to Institut Français du Pétrole
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission refers part of Tesco's acquisition of the Czech and Slovak business of Carrefour to Slovak competition authority but approves rest of the deal
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears planned acquisition of Eurowings by Lufthansa
(EU) EU/GCC: At Abu Dhabi summet, six countries of GCC state willingness to conclude free-trade agreement with EU as soon as possible
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission proposes to bolster legislation on transfer of radio-active waste and spent nuclear fuel
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EU/EUROMED: At their first meeting in MarrakeSh, transport ministers recommend stepping up regional cooperation and looking into extension of traNs-European networks to Mediterranean
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND/FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT: extension of pan-European cumulation and talks on revision of customs code of EU
(EU) EP/EUROVIGNETTE: EP/Council compromise on ?Eurovignette? described as disapppointing by those in favour of internalisation of external costs
(EU) EP/SOCIALISTS/POVERTY: Marie-Arlette Carlotti and Catherine Guy-Quint urge Parliament to make European food aid programme permanent
(EU) EU/INFRINGEMENTS/ENVIRONMENT: Commission starts legal action against 8 Member States for inadequate protection of whales, dolphins and porpoises
(EU) EU/INFRINGEMENTS/ENVIRONMENT: Commission to take legal action against Greece
(EU) EU/INFRINGEMENTS/ENVIRONMENT: Commission to pursue nine infringement cases against Italy over inadequate waste management
(EU) EU/INFRINGEMENT:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/EESC/LISBON STRATEGY: Committee calls for establishment of single European area of knowledge and implementation of lifelong learning charter
(EU) EU/EESC/COMMUNICATION: Committee's response to Commission communication on Plan D
(EU) EP/INSURANCE/COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY:
(EU) EU/CHURCHES/SOCIAL: Churches call for common vision for a social Europe
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/LUXEMBOURG: We must Speak better of Europe, Jean-Claude Juncker says
(EU) EU/EP/JEAN MONNET FOUNDATION: Bronislaw Geremek is president
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/IRELAND:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/RELIGION:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 21/12/2005:
 USD  1.1822  HUF  250.85  SKK  37.76  RUB  34.095  KRW  1202.95 
 JPY  138.84  LTL  3.4528  CHF  1.5551  TRY  1.6026  MYR  4.4672 
 CYP  0.5735  LVL  0.6965  ISK  75.72  AUD  1.6171  NZD  1.7521 
 CZK  28.857  MTL  0.4293  NOK  8.0325  CAD  1.3799  PHP  63.088 
 DKK  7.4589  PLN  3.8365  BGN  1.9556  CNY  9.5492  SGD  1.9765 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  9.4327  HRK  7.3825  HKD  9.1652  THB  48.413 
 GBP  0.681  SIT  239.5  RON  3.6599  IDR  11626.94  ZAR