Article 106 (ex 105 a) of the Treaty establishing the European Community maintains the historical tradition separating the issue of banknotes, for which the Central Bank is competent, and the issue of coins, which is the responsibility of the finance ministries. It is therefore for the European...

This report has been prepared to meet the Commission's commitment to carry out, before the end of 1998, an initial evaluation of the implementation of its Recommendation 98/286/EC on banking charges for conversion to the Euro. The report sets out, as a basis for consultation, the information...

The studies and analyses commissioned focused more particularly on three requirements of the changeover to the euro: the building of confidence in the new currency (on account of the transfer of sovereignty, the disappearance and replacement of national currencies, fears associated with...

On 6 June a audience of 450 drawn from small firms organisations, banks, trade associations and other communication multipliers attended "Enterprises 2002" to reflect on the practical impact for enterprises of the end of the transition period on 31 December 2001. This conference had been...

There is a general consensus that monetary stability in Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) requires sustainable public finances of the member states. In order to maintain a high degree of sustainability in Stage III of EMU, attention might shift away from the numerical criteria regarding overall...

A stable and predictable demand for money function is a pre-requisite for the use of targets for monetary aggregates as a suitable intermediate objective of monetary policy. In spite of the clear difficulties which have manifested themselves in the estimation of such money functions, empirical...

This document presents an analysis on the importance of the provision of information and technical assistance by large companies to their small business partners.