Seminar on Currency Boards in the context of EU accession

This issue deals with currency board arrangements in candidate countries, showing the willingness to tackle difficult subjects pertinent to accession. It presents the papers and conclusions together with a summary of the seminar that took place in Brussels on 25 November 1999. The seminar looked at countries' recent experiences with currency boards and identified conditions producing success. It helped to clarify the Commission Services' position with regard to currency board arrangements in candidate countries in the context of their future accession to Economic and Monetary Union and adoption of the euro.

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