The Introduction of the Euro Banknotes: Some Legal Issues
This paper addresses two legal issues regarding the euro banknotes, in circulation since zero hours 1 January 2002, the currency of some 300 million Europeans. These are the physical representation of the single currency introduced 1 January 1999. Following the introduction of such banknotes, moneta...
Published in: | Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2003
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1528887000004262 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1528887000004262 |
Summary: | This paper addresses two legal issues regarding the euro banknotes, in circulation since zero hours 1 January 2002, the currency of some 300 million Europeans. These are the physical representation of the single currency introduced 1 January 1999. Following the introduction of such banknotes, monetary debts may be discharged in a territory that extends from Faro in Portugal to Rovaniemi in Finland, from the Aran Islands in the Atlantic to the island of Crete in the Aegean. No doubt a major and a historical event for Europe. |
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