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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9828

29 January 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 27
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 28/01/2009

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: José Manuel Barroso says member states and not Commission prevented European regulation of financial markets before crisis - EU27 also blocking progress in social arena
(EU) EU/GUANTANAMO: Barrot calls on member states to work together
(EU) EU/LEBANON: €4 million to support June's electoral process
(EU) EU/AFRICA:
(EU) EU/IRAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission proposes €5 billion new investment in energy and Internet broadband infrastructure for 2009-2010
(EU) EU/BETTER REGULATION: Commission happy with initiative
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission proposes review of VAT directive to boost uptake of electronic invoicing
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY: Commission adopts its country chapters
(EU) EU/JHA: Problems in appointing future director of Europol
(EU) EU/JHA: EU issues warning about social networks such as Facebook
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Commission proposes funding sources for global agreement, but does not specify amount to help poor countries adapt
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Impact of financial crisis, access to sustainable energy and humanitarian crisis in Gaza on agenda of informal meeting in Prague
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission fines marine hose producers €131 million for market sharing and price-fixing cartel
(EU) EU/STATE AID: State aid rules on production of films and audiovisual works extended until 2012
(EU) EU/STATE AID: France must recover aid paid to fruit sector
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Green light to Czech State aid to promote interoperability of rail services
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission satisfied with French measures to differentiate airport charges
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATONS: Italian regulatory authority asked not to allow Telecom Italia to increase prices for access to local loop without audited data on costs
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Piebalgs calls for EU to join IRENA
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: European trade unions suggest social progress protocol should be added to Union treaties
(EU) EP/REGIONAL POLICY: EP/national parliaments interparliamentary meeting on cohesion policy after 2013
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court of First Instance refuses to allow Intel to defer deadline for response in abuse of dominant position case
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 28/01/2009:
 USD  1.3260  HUF  284.80  NOK  8.8870  CNY  9.0672  NZD  2.5024 
 JPY  118.57  LTL  3.4528  HRK  7.3618  HKD  10.2881  PHP  61.670 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.7019  RUB  44.7265  IDR  15016.95  SGD  1.9869 
 CZK  27.351  PLN  4.3450  TRY  2.1408  INR  64.8750  THB  46.264 
 DKK  7.4525  RON  4.2310  AUD  1.9815  KRW  1806.68  ZAR  13.1241 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  10.6145  BRL  3.0381  MXN  18.6953  ISK  290.00 
 GBP  0.92725  CHF  1.5163  CAD  1.6161  MYR