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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9918

11 June 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 33
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 10/06/2009

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Financial supervision: divergences confirmed at Ecofin council, European council expected to make decision next week
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Ganley withdrawal means “No” campaign in Ireland loses figurehead
(EU) EU/ELECTIONS: With low turnout, calls grow for reform of European electoral system and pan-European lists - Concrete proposals from Jo Leinen and Graham Watson
(EU) EU/GABON: European Commission saddened by death of President Omar Bongo Odimba, and hopes for peaceful succession
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission presents “ambitious” Stockholm programme for consolidating freedom, security and justice area
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Decisive Council for rail freight
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Political agreement anticipated on oil stocks
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Andris Piebalgs confident that inter-governmental agreement on Nabucco will be signed early July
(EU) EU/TELECOM COUNCIL: “Telecoms package” will not formally be tackled
(EU) EU/TRADE: Russians turn cool about WTO accession
(EU) EU/CANADA: CETA negotiations planned to begin in October
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Electrabel gets €20 million fine for acquisition of Compagnie Nationale du Rhône without prior authorisation
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Consultation of market players on commitments proposed by IACS concerning ship classification market
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission presents new rules on state aid for ship management companies
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Poland's appeal against taxes on surplus agricultural stocks dismissed
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Swedish Presidency to present EU's strategy for Baltic Sea region to be adopted at October European Summit, announces Danuta Hübner
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: President of Economic and Social Committee appeals to June European Council
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Council adopts conclusions on social services as vehicle of social inclusion
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Latvian government prepares to carry out drastic budgetary adjustment
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Ministers support Commission's intentions of stepping up harmonisation of retail financial products market
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Conditions for VAT exemption for goods to be re-exported within EU to be tightened up
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission holds consultation on whether to set end-date for SEPA project
(EU) EU/ECOFIN:
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Council determines criteria for sharing burden of financing climate change measures
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: NGO criticism of EU “inertia” on financial support for poor countries - European Council must give commitment on figures
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: NGOs paint pitiful picture of Barroso Commission's ecological record - climate, energy and transport come out well
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Hervé Jouanjean appointed Director-General for Budget
(EU) EU/ELECTIONS: Union elections at European Commission
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 10/06/2009:
 USD  1.4102  HUF  278.17  NOK  8.8430  CNY  9.6365  NZD  2.2257 
 JPY  138.03  LTL  3.4528  HRK  7.2639  HKD  10.9307  PHP  66.846 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.6995  RUB  43.6320  IDR  14109.80  SGD  2.0431 
 CZK  26.748  PLN  4.4645  TRY  2.1698  INR  66.7450  THB  48.010 
 DKK  7.4462  RON  4.1970  AUD  1.7387  KRW  1771.60  ZAR  11.3326 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  10.7296  BRL  2.7136  MXN  19.1153  ISK  290.00 
 GBP  0.85830  CHF  1.5158  CAD  1.5500  MYR