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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9305

14 November 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 41 / 41
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / € value in different currencies on 13/11/2006

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Reflections on extending the European Commission
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission eager to make sufficiently early recommendations on Turkey before European Council in December - Finnish Presidency seeking to avoid “summit on Turkey”
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Poland blocks opening of talks on new partnership agreement with Moscow
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Council adopts negotiation mandates on visa facilitation and readmission agreements
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: European Union Rafah Border Mission extended - Call for end to Israeli flights over Lebanon
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Council takes note of postponement of decision on status
(EU) EU/UZBEKISTAN: Sanctions extended for at least three months
(EU) EU/DRC: EU looks for best way to pull out of DRC
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Defence ministers agree to entrust EDA with first force protection research programme
(EU) EU/COMMUNICATION: Citizen organisations call for structured dialogue with European institutions
(EU) EP/PRESIDENCY: Controversy over Borrell's successor
(EU) EP/GEORGIA: Socialists press Georgia on judicial reform
(EU) EU/NEPAL:
(EU) EU/NEPAL/BHUTAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CHINA/TRADE: Mandelson determined to work with Beijing to reduce “gaps” in China's WTO commitments
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Verheugen, Pekkarinen and Gutierrez discuss strengthening trans-Atlantic economic integration
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Hopes of relaunch of multilateral negotiations rest with Democrat majority in US Congress
(EU) EU/EDUCATION COUNCIL/AUDIOVISUAL: Majority of Member States join Finnish compromise on review of television Without Frontiers directive
(EU) EU/OECD/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: First preparations for revision in greenhouse gas quota trading system - Proposal anticipated for 2007
(EU) EU/EP/CLIMATE: Greens at Parliament propose stability pact for climate and energy security, which excludes nuclear
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT/AFRICA:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: 75 million euros in fines against new Member States which have failed to get rid of abnormal sugar stocks
(EU) EU/BETTER REGULATION: Revision of plan for initiative launched in 2005
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS: Counterfeiting costs Union 500 billion EUR every year
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/POLAND: Concerns about Polish deficit - Warsaw envisages 2010 referendum on adopting euro
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: True face of “services” directive to be devised by Council in its common position
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission orders Italy to suspend payment of aid to AEM Torino until it pays back previous illegal aid
(EU) EU/EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/AER/GLOBALISATION/IMMIGRATION: Riccardo Illy and Danuta Hübner place emphasis on role of regions
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY:
(EU) EP/FRAUD:
(EU) EP/INTERNET/YOUTH/GERMANY:
(EU) EP/DISASTERS:
(EU) EU/ROME TREATIES/REGIONS: To mark 50th Anniversary, Committee of Regions will adopt “Declaration of the cities and regions for Europe” in Rome
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in the Official Journal
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 708
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 13/11/2006:
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 JPY  151.28  LTL  3.4528  CHF  1.5937  TRY  1.8642  MYR  4.6643 
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 EEK  15.6466  SEK  9.0936  HRK  7.3324  HKD  9.9886  THB  46.847 
 GBP  0.67370  SIT  239.62  RON  3.5098  IDR  11710.58  ZAR