Commission Staff Working Document Accompanying the document Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Central Bank, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions. Tenth Report on the practical preparations for the future enlargement of the euro area

Abstract

This Commission Staff Working Document accompanies the 'Tenth Report on the practical preparations for the future enlargement of the euro area'. While the Report deals mainly with the changeover preparations in Estonia which will introduce the euro on 1 January 2011, the Working Document provides information on the state of practical preparations for the changeover in other EU Member States which have yet to adopt the euro1. It summarises the situation in each Member State concerned and provides on overview on how the countries respect the provisions of the 'Commission Recommendation of 10 January 2008 on measures to facilitate future changeovers to the euro (2008/78/EC)' built on the experience acquired in the course of the introduction of euro cash in 2002-2008. The Annex gives a synoptic overview of the state of the national changeover preparations.