Financial sectors in EU accession countries

This publication describes the structure and functioning of the financial sectors of the 12 countries that are currently negotiating accession into the European Union. These countries are Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. The publication devotes one chapter to each of the countries and provides an overview of the structure and functioning of the banking system and financial markets.

The publication is based on the proceedings of a workshop held by the ECB for representatives of the central banks of the accession countries and the Eurosystem, and the country chapters have been prepared by experts from the accession country central banks.