Practical Issues Arising From The Euro
May 2002 Issue
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Title, Contents,
Foreword and Summary 
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Part
I
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Completion of the Euro Changeover in Practice
The euro area
Austria
Belgium
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
The Netherlands
Portugal
Spain
Part
II
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Lessons from the Euro Changeover
A: The Organisation of the Changeover
B: The Completion of the Non-Cash Changeover
Box: Lessons from the conversion
weekend
Accounts
Payments
C: The Cash Changeover
Prior distribution of
euro cash
Box: Frontloading: payment and collateral
Box: Contrasting
approaches to sub-frontloading
Starter kits
Cash at banks
Cash at
retailers
Cash for tickets and vending machines
Withdrawal of legacy
cash
Box: Contrasting approaches to the withdrawal of legacy cash
Box:
Defacement of legacy banknotes
D: Costs and Benefits of a Quick Changeover
The timetable for the changeover
The pace of the cash
changeover
Box: Why was the cash changeover quicker in some countries
than others?
Costs and benefits of a quick cash changeover
E: Other Issues
The prevention of criminal
activity
The information campaign
The attitude of the public
The
impact on prices
Box: Euro-area HICP: evidence of euro changeover
effects
Changeover costs and charges
Part
III
Lessons for the UK
A: Similarities and Differences between the UK and the First
Wave
Similarities between the UK and the first
wave
Differences between the UK and the first wave
Box: Steps in a UK
changeover
B: Lessons from the First Wave
Box: Lessons from decimalisation
The overall framework for a UK changeover
The mass changeover in the UK
Box: Banking services in euro under a phased approach
Box: The securities changeover for small investors in the UK
The UK cash changeover
Box: Cash distribution in the UK
Other aspects of a UK changeover
Annex A: Preparing the Bank of England for possible UK entry
Annex B: Changeover in sterling financial markets
C: Use of the Euro in the UK outside Financial Markets
Use of the euro by businesses
Use of the euro on the high
street
Northern Ireland
