The pound was 0.5 down at 1.31 US dollars and fell 0.4 to 1.11 euros.

For the year 2004 the total amount spent will be up to 3.1 million Euro.

It is said to have reached staggering 3.1billion ( 3.6bn) up from initial 2.2 billion.

For the biennium 2002 2003, 1,895,208 has been collected and 1,378,052 was collected against prior bienniums' assessments, totalling 3,273,260, as shown in the table.

Revalued to the exchange rate applied in the present document (US 1 0.8103), the 2004 2005 delivery estimates amount to 143.4 million.

Revalued to the exchange rate applied in the present document (US 1 0.8103), the 2004 2005 delivery estimates amount to 143.4 million.

Its contribution amounted to 18.5 million euros in 2005.

By that year we will be spending up to 1.5 billion euros annually.

The total sum committed so far is almost 13 million euros.

As of 31 December 2004, the accumulated fund balance in the special account amounts to 2,867,824, including a transfer of 399,728 during 2004.

as previously reported, the increasing level of outstanding assessed contributions from prior financial periods of 114.0 million (2002 111.1 million) is still of concern.

During the year 2004, the Organization's contribution to the scheme amounted to 1,659,567.

Many developed countries provide lavish subsidies for electric cars amounts up to 7,500 in the US, 8,500 in Canada, 9,000 ( 11,700) in Belgium, and 6,000 even in cash strapped Spain. Denmark offers the most lavish subsidy of all, exempting electric cars from the country s marginal 180 registration tax on all other vehicles.

In a few cases, very large fines as high as EUR 96,000,000 were reported.

According to a Spanish media, Coutinho's transfer fee may amount to 160 million euros (1 euro 1.77 Chinese yuan), being the highest paid player in the history of Barcelona and La Liga.

In some areas, notably in North America and Europe, they have reached very high levels indeed, sometimes exceeding billions of US dollars or euros. But they seldom if ever reach the optimal level of three times actual gain. There could be several reasons for this.

The Eurozone s Strength in Disunity

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Further, it is estimated that an additional amount of 300,000 will be collected, totalling 3.6 million that will become available for distribution in January 2006, unless otherwise decided by the Conference.

The new rates are effective from the school year in progress on 1 January 2005. The currency areas where increases were approved are as follows Austria (euro), Belgium (euro), Denmark (krone), France (euro), Germany (euro), Ireland (euro), Italy (euro), Japan (yen), Netherlands (euro), Spain (euro), Sweden (krona), Switzerland (Swiss franc), United Kingdom (pound sterling), United States dollar in the United States and the United States dollar outside the United States.

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Following the temporary decline of the 2003 level to 27 billion, FDI inflows to CEE were at an estimated 36 billion in 2004, reaching a record high.

However, an amount of 92,836 was outstanding as at 31 March 2005, and invoices amounting to 48,324 were paid in connection with security enhancements.

Income tax (under the Tax

Balance as at 31 December 2004 12.2

Total funding for childcare over the 2000 2009 period would amount to 725 million euros.

For example, a developed country government contributed 1 million Euros to support development of a Regional Center.

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as at 31 December 2004

In Germany, these compensation claims amount to half of the country s entire net foreign wealth, or 500 billion ( 653 billion). Since these claims would probably be lost should the euro collapse, the political pressure to give way finally to Eurobonds is becoming overwhelming.

MANNHEIM The European Union s policy of saving the euro at all costs is enough to guarantee the euro s survival. But is preserving the one size fits all euro really worth sacrificing the eurozone s competitiveness and, ultimately, European solidarity?

Similarly, the budgetary requirements represent a euro based calculation, with a rate of exchange corresponding to 0.901 US 1.

Admission fees charged to the public increased in 2004 as follows adults 5.00 senior citizens and university students 3.00 groups of 20 or more adults, 4.00 and children under 18 years of age, 2.00.

In order to estimate the required budgetary amounts in euros, the January to December 2004 average United Nations euro dollar exchange rate, i.e. 1 US 1.2341, has been applied to those items.