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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9993

8 October 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 36 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 07/10/2009

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Defence Europe will be the priority area for the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2011 - What this will mean in practice
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Council, Commission and Parliament believe Treaty will come into force in 2009 - Situation in Prague still uncertain
(EU) EP/LISBON TREATY: Liberals and Greens at EP call for new European Commission to be formed immediately under Treaty of Nice
(EU) EP/MAGHREB: EP delegation meets with European Commission
(EU) EU/GUINEA: EU to back Blaise Compaore's work as facilitator for peaceful solution to guinea crisis
(EU) EU/GREECE:
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS: 2009 Sakharov prize finalists announced
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Call for liberation of 36 Iranians taken prisoner during attack on Ashraf Camp
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/AUSTRALIA:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Excessive deficit procedures against further nine member states
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Downturn shows that coordination in euro area has to be strengthened
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Producers of power transformers fined over illegal cartel
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission welcomes Microsoft's proposal to respond to fears of "tied sales" of Internet Explorer software
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves temporary additional aid to German Landesbank WestLB
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: TEN-T coordinators deliver final report to Commission
(EU) EU/ENERGY: €50 billion more needed by 2020 to develop clean technology in the EU according to European Commission
(EU) EP/TAXATION: Harmonisation of company taxation and energy tax to be handed on to new European Commission
(EU) EU/TAXATION: EREC calls for CO2 emissions to be included in energy tax directive
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS:
(EU) EP/JHA: MEPs lament lack of progress on asylum package
(EU) EP/JHA: MEPs welcome end to talks over European PNR
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commissioners broadly in support of bilateral free trade agreement between EU and South Korea
(EU) EP/HUMANITARIAN AID: Michèle Striffler is appointed permanent rapporteur for humanitarian aid
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Resumption of aid dependent on European mission report on Mauritania situation
(EU) EU/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Agricultural organisations disappointed with outcome of EU milk meeting - Further demonstration on 19 October?
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro area GDP down 0.2% in second quarter of 2009 - 0.3% drop in EU
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan to allow Italian company Grimaldi to expand fleet
(EU) EU/EIB: Bank launches SME lending facility for Eastern neighbours
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan for extension of port of Las Palmas, in Canaries
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Committee of the Regions takes stance in favour of EU Danube strategy
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 07/10/2009:
 USD  1.4694  HUF  267.90  NOK  8.3640  CNY  10.0306  NZD  2.0025 
 JPY  130.68  LTL  3.4528  HRK  7.2855  HKD  11.3879  PHP  68.474 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.7089  RUB  43.7065  IDR  13853.11  SGD  2.0582 
 CZK  25.680  PLN  4.2180  TRY  2.1625  INR  68.6060  THB  49.041 
 DKK  7.4436  RON  4.2685  AUD  1.6512  KRW  1719.70  ZAR  10.9850 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  10.3610  BRL  2.5925  MXN  19.8597  GBP  0.92490 
 CHF  1.5150  CAD  1.5546  MYR