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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9642

15 April 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 34 / 34
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / € value in different currencies on 14/04/2008

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The EU and sovereign wealth funds: do not underestimate the dangers
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Slovenian presidency prepares European Council report for June but all decisions required for treaty implementation will probably be taken in second half of 2008
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Member states have problems with proposal for toughening fight against illegal fisheries
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Council reduces Poland's cod quotas
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission puts forward ecosystem-based approach to marine management
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: France pleads for “European food safety initiative”
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Updating common market organisation in agriculture
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Pascal Lamy campaigning for agreement
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Seillière warns BusinessEurope support for round depends on agreement on fair trade
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Informal Council establishes combating deforestation and sustainability of biofuels as priority - proposals from Council working group on 7 May
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: "Ambient Air Quality" adopted
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Ministers to work on growth of innovative SMEs at informal Council on Tuesday and Wednesday
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Kick-off for high level group on research
(EU) RESEARCH:
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: EP wants to develop clean coal technologies
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: EP support SME involvement in research
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Paolo Costa and Dirk Sterckx criticise Council position on maritime package
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Discussions continue on creation of legal body responsible for settling patent disputes
(EU) EU/ECONOMICS: G7 and IMF call for banking transparency and harden line on exchanges
(EU) EU/ECONOMICS: Increase in industrial production in Europe
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Parliament calls for improved cancer control
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: For regulation to be binding, it must have all its annexes in Official Journal
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Principle of “unjustified enrichment” can justify refusal to reimburse VAT if there is equality of treatment
(EU) EU/SOCIAL DIALOGUE: European employers call on Spidla not to legislate on European works councils
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Mergers and acquisitions:
(EU) Investment:
(EU) Reinsurance:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 774
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 14/04/2008:
 USD  1.5869  HUF  252.39  CHF  1.5777  BRL  2.6898  MYR  5.0170 
 JPY  159.38  LTL  3.4528  ISK  118.11  CAD  1.6223  NZD  2.0049 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.6969  NOK  7.9445  CNY  11.1067  PHP  66.015 
 CZK  24.940  PLN  3.4125  HRK  7.2640  HKD  12.3652  SGD  2.1547 
 DKK  7.4583  RON  3.6266  RUB  37.1700  IDR  14583.61  THB  50.106 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  9.4060  TRY  2.0898  KRW  1555.56  ZAR  12.5051 
 GBP  0.79860  SKK  32.302  AUD  1.7158  MXN