introduction of the euro as a single currency .

a scenario for the changeover to the single currency

Those who first imagined the single currency expected it to have profound consequences.

5.1 The changeover for cash transactions

A further impetus for pursuing a single currency and EMU was provided by the adoption of the Single European Act in 1986 .

16 Member States of the European Union use the euro as their currency

The Parliament is prepared to go as far as its responsibilities will permit to meet the Community's commitments, but it is simply not prepared to give way on the question of principle.

The euro is gradually changing the economies of the euro area .

Without a single market and a single currency, the Community has no future.

You are saying this to us when you should be saying it to the Council, which strengthened its executive powers still further in Asolo.

For precisely that reason, it may well be too early to write off the single currency.

The single currency that we have today can be seen as a logical step in complementing the Single Market .

Large portfolio investors don t put all of their funds in a single currency.

With regard to the suggestions about the disclosure of information on the voting behaviour and individual views of the members of the Governing Council , it should be borne in mind that the ECB operates a The euro cash changeover 1 January 2002 saw the single currency become a tangible reality .

Firstly , the introduction of the single currency is a long term project .

Andorra , Montenegro and Kosovo likewise use the euro , but without a formal arrangement .

Mr Herman, have you forgotten the riots in Casablanca ? The riots in Tunisia ?

General government as defined in the European System of Accounts 1995 ( ESA 95 ) , consists of central , state and local government and social security funds .

The ministers discuss issues connected with their shared responsibilities in respect of the single currency .

B. Updating of the terminology used in the Treaties with respect to the single currency 3 .

As long as this is the case , the euro cannot be regarded as a fully implemented single currency .

The ECB is the central bank for Europe 's single currency , the euro .

I vote against racism, and against the wrongful use of power by one people over another I vote in favour of the selfdetermination of all people, and I vote against the lies built up by the parties.

whether a majority of the Member States fulfil the necessary conditions for the adoption of a single currency ,

The Euro Party on 18 January 2002 celebrating the introduction of the single currency

It laid the foundations for the introduction of the single currency nearly a decade later .

EURO AREA ENLARGEMENT The euro started out as the single currency of 11 Member States .

A second feature of the international role of the euro is that it is partly driven by the euro area itself .

The number of EU Member States that use the single European currency has now increased to 15 .

Euro banknotes are expressions of the same and single currency , and subject to a single legal regime .

Since the single currency was France s condition for accepting German reunification, Germany played along.

Prior to the introduction of the single currency , Andorra used the French franc and the Spanish peseta .

the national central banks ( NCBs ) of the 16 EU Member States whose common currency is the euro .

Therefore , price transparency created by the single currency helps the Eurosystem to keep inflation under control .

It is also a necessary step in the completion of the introduction of the euro as the single currency of 16 countries in Europe .

However , a single European Economic Community ( EEC ) currency was not yet foreseen in the treaties .

It is the only currency that is legal tender in the Dominican Republic for all monetary transactions, whether public or private.

It is precisely this which is the raison d' être of the ECB as the single monetary authority in an economic area which has irrevocably fixed exchange rates ( a single currency ) and freely circulating capital ( a single market ) .

ECB Statistical requirements of the European Central Bank in the field of general economic statistics August 2000 euro area GDP ) , since missing data for these countries seriously hamper the compilation of reliable euro area estimates .

This provides that the Council , acting by a qualified majority , shall take the other measures necessary for the rapid introduction of the euro as a single currency .

The number of EU Member States using the single European currency has therefore increased to 16 .

Fraud takes place mainly in the Member States in connection with the common agricultural policy.

The Community , as the exclusive holder of competence in monetary matters , determines alone the name of the single currency . As a single currency , the name of the euro needs to be identical in the nominative singular case in all Community languages to ensure that its singleness is apparent .'

Free circulation of capital across Europe , and beyond , was a reality well before the introduction of the single currency .

By this means , it is you that will reap , for the benefit of the entire European people , the full benefits of the single currency .