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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9567

18 December 2007
Contents Publication in full By article 48 / 48
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / € value in different currencies on 17/12/2007

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: New phase in monitoring of financial markets has begun
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: More promises of Palestinian aid
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Belgrade and Moscow criticise political agreement on EU mission to Kosovo, which they deem illegal
(EU) EU/DENMARK: No calendar has yet been defined for Danish referendum on opt-outs to European integration
(EU) EP/ARMAMENTS: Parliament calls for ban on anti-personnel mines
(EU) EU/RUSSIA:
(EU) EP/SESSION:
(EU) EP/SAUDI ARABIA: Call for improvement in women's rights
(EU) EP/JAPAN: Tribute to “comfort women” used in World War II
(EU) EP/AFRICA: Council and Commission defend results of Lisbon Summit
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN: Javier Solana welcomes lifting of state of emergency
(EU) EU/TURKEY/CROATIA: Accession negotiations to continue this Wednesday
(EU) EU/TURKEY/IRAQ:
(EU) EU/SLOVENIAN PRESIDENCY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Member states move slowly towards agreement on wine reform
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: US property sector shakes up European goal of increased integration of mortgages market
(EU) FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Commission and Japan Tobacco International sign agreement to combat contraband and counterfeit cigarettes
(EU) EU/ASEAN: Stock-take of free trade Agreement talks
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU and 11 industrial countries agree in principle to negotiate international anti-counterfeiting deal
(EU) EU/JHA: Institutional misunderstanding over appointment of European fundamental rights agency director
(EU) EU/LIBYA: Commission provides assistance to Benghazi HIV-AIDS victims
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates €1.5 million to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
(EU) EU/SOUTH KOREA/MARINE POLLUTION:
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: EU welcomes Bali roadmap which, in absence of detailed objectives for post-2012, sets timetable for negotiations to conclude in 2009
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Two new agencies to be created under 7th FPRD
(EU) EP/DRUGS:
(EU) EU/DRUGS:
(EU) EU/DRUGS:
(EU) EU/DRUGS:
(EU) EU/EIB: €462 million loan for industrial and business parks in Czech Republic
(EU) EU/EIB: €50 million loan for City of Athens
(EU) EU/EIB/CENTRAL AFRICA: IFC and EIB invest in region's first financial holding company
(EU) EU/EIB/FRENCH POLYNESIA:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission finds €2 million in restructuring aid was misused by Arcelor Huta Warszawa
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission opens investigation into possible aid to Italian manufacturer Ixfin
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Conditional approval for proposed acquisition of ICI by Akzo Nobel
(EU) EU/COMPETTIION: Commission approves acquisition of Futerro by PertoFina and Galactic
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislation published in Official Journal
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Consumer credit:
(EU) Investment/Russia:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 17/12/2007:
 USD  1.4393  GBP  0.71370  SEK  9.4593  TRY  1.7121  MYR  4.8080 
 JPY  163.12  HUF  254.23  SKK  33.555  AUB  1.6766  NZD  1.9042 
 BGN  1.9558  LTL  3.4528  CHF  1.6612  CAD  1.4561  PHP  59.630 
 CYP  0.585274  LVL  0.6966  ISK  90.74  CNY  10.6325  SGD  2.1011 
 CZK  26.395  MTL  0.4293  NOK  7.9780  HKD  11.2237  THB  43.740 
 DKK  7.4623  PLN  3.6176  HRK  7.3131  IDR  13551.01  ZAR  9.9340 
 EEK  15.6466  RON  3.5549  RUB  35.5810  KRW