The criteria entail

The European Commission and the European Central Bank ( ECB ) are invited to take part in the meetings . The Eurogroup usually meets immediately before a normal ECOFIN meeting .

For reasons of transparency , these criteria should be explicitly stated in the Regulation .

exchange rates and long term interest rates , as well as other factors . A number of general rules are used in the application of these criteria 1 .

Most of the refugees did not fulfill these criteria.

Euro banknotes not meeting these criteria are unfit .

These standards should be implemented as soon as possible .

These requirements imply a definition of liquidity that should be met even in stress situations .

These rules of thumb work (at least tolerably so) as a result of evolution.

NCBs keep reference euro banknotes showing a soil level derived from these criteria .

These terms of reference will be published on the ECB 's website on 28 April 2008 .

These general eligibility criteria are uniform throughout the euro area .

These criteria should be tailored to the specifics of each restrictive measure.

The fulfilment of these convergence criteria known as the Maastricht criteria laid a solid foundation for the new currency before it was launched . 8

These standards focus on ensuring the safety and efficiency of the card payment schemes .

They were published in January 1998 and are available on the ECB 's website ( pdf 111 kB ) .

An institution may access the Eurosystem 's standing facilities and open market operations based on standard tenders only through the national central bank of the Member State in which it is established .

The scope of instruments and systems to be covered should be clearly defined .

it introduces the durability test (80 000 km)

All relevant e money schemes will be assessed against these standards by the NCBs in the course of 2004 .

Greece joined this group of countries on 1 Januar y 2001 after fulfilling the criteria . see Glossary

Following the adoption of the ToR , some NCBs have taken measures in cooperation with the banking sector and the government , respectively , aiming at broadening the scope of the ToR .

assessed on the basis of several criteria in the Maastricht Treaty , which require a countr y to have a high degree of price stability sound public finances a stable exchange rate low and stable long term interest rates .

If its decision on any such exemption is based on the purposes of the Eurosystem 's minimum reserve system , the ECB takes into account one or more of the following criteria

The criteria set out the economic and legal preconditions for countries to participate successfully in Economic and Monetary Union .

It drafts proposals for new European laws , which it presents to the European Parliament and the Council .

The aim of these standards is to ensure that the card payment schemes are secure and efficient .

Asking whether, which, and when market processes meet such criteria is an empirical question.

According to the rapporteur, the extraordinary, exceptional, anomalous, and to mymind mistaken, vote of a few weeks ago on the Le Pen case, a wrong and intolerant political vote, has virtually more force than the criteria applied over a period of ten years.

We had been hoping for a report and recommendations providing a basis for really doing something about racism and, in electoral terms, clipping the wings of the far right.

All are expected to participate in Economic and Monetary Union and to introduce the euro as soon as they fulfil the convergence criteria .

The fact that the relevant systems always provide settlement services should not be interpreted in such a way that the clearing process would not be subject to the standards .

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At all events it should be ensured that such transport does not lag behind the safety standards applying to civilian goods.

The new terms of reference replace those relating to the use of cash recycling machines and cash in machines which were adopted by the Governing Council on 18 April 2002 .

Convergence criteria

Valuation principle

CONVERGENCE CRITERIA

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Assessment criteria

Once a country fulfils these legal and economic criteria in a sustainable manner , it joins the euro area .

The Eurosystem will now categorise retail payment systems in the euro area and assess all systems against the relevant standards .

Those were the reasons why my group voted against.

These criteria were agreed at the G10 level and announced in a Press Release in 1998 but they have not been transposed into EU legislation .

12 EU countries have not yet introduced the euro