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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9568

19 December 2007
Contents Publication in full By article 46 / 46
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 18/12/2007

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU/Africa: Contradictory and divergent short-term developments
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: José Socrates tells EP that all Portuguese presidency objectives have been achieved
(EU) EU/TREATY: Hungary is first country to ratify Lisbon Treaty
(EU) EU/PARTIES: Regulation on European political parties is adopted
(EU) EU/UKRAINE:
(EU) EU/KYRGYZSTAN:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Formal adoption of blue fin recovery plan
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: First compromise quite insufficient for 2008 quotas
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Spain and Italy displeased with report on electronic identification for small ruminants
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Ten agricultural products added to list of PDO and PGI products
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/GMO:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Portuguese Presidency hopes to end with a flourish with political agreements on aviation in ETS, and soil protection directive
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Brown invites Merkel and Sarkozy to London to continue talks on financial market stability
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: MEPs question McCreevy on link between White Paper on mortgage credit and subprime crisis
(EU) EP/POSTAL SERVICES: MEPs adopt Council's common position on postal services without amendment, and hope issue will be settled quickly
(EU) EU/TRADE: Washington offers trade opportunities to make up for closure of its on-line gambling sector
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU in favour of Cape Verde joining WTO
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Priority action plan 2008-2013 is launched for Euro-Mediterranean energy cooperation
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/JHA: EU and United States wish to place their databases in network
(EU) EU/JHA: No “à la carte” Schengen for London, says EU Court of Justice
(EU) EU/JHA: EU/Russia dialogue on visas begins
(EU) EP/JHA:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: New approach to public investment in risky high-tech research
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: European Research Council awards €2 million in grants to cutting edge researchers
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Albania joins FP7
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: 2.1 million prospective new jobs on European labour markets by 2012, according to Eurociett report
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Collective action against Latvian construction firm, Laval, hampers freedom of establishment
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission closes infringement proceedings against Malta as country now opens its market to competition in petroleum products
(EU) EU/STATE AID: European observatory on State Aid, a Veneto region based initiative
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/EIB: AlterMed investment fund for SME in Central Maghreb countries, Turkey and Egypt launched
(EU) EU/EIB/FEMIP: €200 million loan for Tunisian SME
(EU) EU/EIB/ALGERIA:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: ERDF invests €375.3 million in two Irish regional operational programmes
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
(EU) EP/BUDGET:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 18/12/2007:
 USD  1.4416  GBP  0.71485  SEK  9.4381  TRY  1.7146  MYR  4.8330 
 JPY  163.44  HUF  253.80  SKK  33.561  AUB  1.6703  NZD  1.9034 
 BGN  1.9558  LTL  3.4528  CHF  1.6602  CAD  1.4503  PHP  60.547 
 CYP  0.585274  LVL  0.6964  ISK  90.69  CNY  10.6465  SGD  2.1035 
 CZK  26.353  MTL  0.4293  NOK  8.0260  HKD  11.2456  THB  44.075 
 DKK  7.4620  PLN  3.6115  HRK  7.3030  IDR  13543.83  ZAR  9.9649 
 EEK  15.6466  RON  3.5397  RUB  35.6130  KRW