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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9870

27 March 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 38
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 26/03/2009

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The real question in the controversy over whether there should be a special European Council on jobs
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES: New Transatlantic Partnership Agreement by 2012 and unified transatlantic market by 2015?
(EU) EP/BELARUS: Half-yearly assessment of dialogue with EU allows for cautious optimism
(EU) EP/TURKMENISTAN: EP wants more guarantees before voting on interim agreement
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Commission remains fully committed in accession negotiations and wants new chapters opened, Barroso says
(EU) EP/LISBON TREATY: Dehaene, Brok, Leinen and Kaufmann reports likely to be put to vote in plenary session
(EU) EP/TOTALITARIANISM: Victims of totalitarianism to be commemorated on 21 August
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS: Agreement in principle on amending EP rules and preventing Le Pen from chairing first session in July
(EU) EP/UN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/FOOD: Food aid programme continues
(EU) EP/FOOD: Parliament in favour of reviewing legislation on novelty foods, but not of food from cloned animals
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament gives go-ahead to extend time allowed for examining biocidal substances in EU by at least four years
(EU) EP/INDUSTRY: Parliament calls for concerted action from Member States to help car industry
(EU) EP/EXCISE DUTY: MEPs call for moderate rise in tobacco excise duty
(EU) EP/TAXATION:
(EU) EP/STATISTICS:
(EU) EP/WOMEN'S RIGHTS: Parliament calls for end to female genital mutilation
(EU) EP/JHA: Children under 12 will not have to give fingerprints under VIS system
(EU) EU/JHA: Jacques Barrot unveils measures to clamp down on human trafficking and sexual abuse of children
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Agreement in principle on 'Solvability II'
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/DIRECT DEBITS: Commission and ECB still disagree with MIFs to fund post-2012 SEPA Direct Debits
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR: Commission suggests greater EU involvement in tackling spread of nuclear weapons
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Road package agreement reintroduces strict 12-day rule
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Compromise on labelling of rosé wine
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Recapitalisation of bank of Ireland approved
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves UK Working Capital Guarantee Scheme
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Greece has to recover unlawful public aid of €1.4 million
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: CFI upholds OHIM's decision not to register “Budweiser” as Community trade mark in favour of American brewer, Anheuser-Busch
(EU) EU/EIB: €250 million loan in favour of Croatian SMEs
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission-Italian regions joint seminar on reconciling family and professional life
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Best practice with regard to directors' pay
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/APPOINTMENTS: Jurgen R. Thumann is new president of BusinessEurope
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 26/03/2009:
 USD  1.3607  HUF  302.00  NOK  8.8175  CNY  9.2191  NZD  2.3497 
 JPY  133.63  LTL  3.4528  HRK  7.4682  HKD  10.4579  PHP  65.530 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.7095  RUB  45.4005  IDR  15797.73  SGD  2.0349 
 CZK  27.233  PLN  4.5675  TRY  2.2550  INR  68.2460  THB  47.627 
 DKK  7.4488  RON  4.2655  AUD  1.9349  KRW  1810.75  ZAR  12.7498 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  10.8765  BRL  3.0426  MXN  19.2525  ISK  290.00 
 GBP  0.93160  CHF  1.5266  CAD  1.6707  MYR