Press Release: Berlin seminar on the EU accession process

The third annual central bank seminar on the European Union accession process took place in Berlin on 7 December 2001, jointly organised by the Deutsche Bundesbank and the European Central Bank). The seminar was attended by representatives of each of the 12 countries negotiating accession to the EU. The purpose of the seminar was to deepen the understanding of key central banking issues ahead of EU accession and thereby to prepare for a smooth future integration of accession countries' central banks into the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and eventually the Eurosystem.

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