1 Euro. Official Name of the new monney since 1995.

 1 Cent. Cent, also called centime d'Euro in France.

 people concerned by the change to the new monney. They all are going to adopt Euro instead of their old monney.

 Countries adopt the same monney, in what is called the Euro Zone: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Luxemburg, Portugal and Nederlands.

 Adoption of the name calendar for the transfer to Euro. This represents the last step of the Economic and Monney Union (UEM). This was proposed for the first time on Oct. 08, 1970 in the Weber report. UEM was created in Dec. 1978. The Delors plan, planning the transfer, was adopted by the European Council in June 1989. And then, UEM financial and juridic aspects were accepted on Feb. 07, 1992 in the famous Maastricht treaty.

 No more Official rates for the National monney of 11 countries in the EU, replaced by Euro (followed by Greceland on Jan 01, 2001).

 Euro becomes the only monney of all the inhabitants of 12 countries in the EU (plus those of Kosovo and Bosnia).

 Old National monney disappear: Deutsch Mark, Shilling, Franc belge, Peseta, Franc français, Mark, Drachme, Irland Pound, Lire, Franc luxembourgeois, Gulden and Escudo don't exist anymore.

 different notes, of 500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10 and 5 Euros values. They are strictely identical in EVERY countries of the Euro Zone (see the notes).

 different coins, of 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.10, 0.20, 0.50, 1 and 2 Euros values. A common face, the other has National symbols, that makes a total of 96 different coins (see the 12 National faces of the coins).

 de notes in Euros made since July 1999 in the Euro Zone, 10 to be distributed in 2002. Each country has made around its average national use. In the same time, 70 billions of coins in Euros have been made in the 12 countries.

 Euros for one US Dollar, in November 2001 (1.61 Euros for one Sterling Pound).