Press Release: Commission encourages candidate countries’ companies to start preparing for the introduction of the Euro

In a conference organised in the framework of the EXPO 2000 in Hanover, the Commission, with the support of the European Parliament, launched an information campaign on the practical impact of the € cash changeover for candidate countries' businesses. At the conference companies from the EU and candidate countries, public administrations and the media exchanged views on the importance and practical and strategic implications of the final cash changeover.