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. Fifteenth Report on the practical preparations for the future enlargement of the euro area.

Abstract

This Commission Staff Working Document accompanies the 'Fifteenth Report on the practical preparations for the enlargement of the euro area'. While the Report deals with the practical preparations in Lithuania which is envisaging the euro changeover on 1 January 2015, this Staff Working Document provides information on the state of practical preparations in the remaining Member States outside the euro area1, focusing on any developments from October 2013 (state of play reflected in the last Staff Working Document2) until end of August 2014. As the previous Staff Working Documents published on this subject, it provides also an overview on how Member States respect the provisions of the 'Commission Recommendation of 10 January 2008 on measures to facilitate future changeovers to the euro (2008/78/EC)'3. The Annex provides a synoptic overview of the overall state of play of national changeover preparations.