Press Release: Launch of the EURO 2002 information campaign – signing of the contract with Publicis

On 4.4.00 the President of the European Central Bank, Willem Duisenberg, and the President of Publicis, Maurice Levy, signed the contract for the EURO 2002 information campaign, following the approval of the Governing Council of the ECB at its last meeting on 30.3.00. Publicis is the agency which will assist the ECB in a two-year Europe-wide campaign intended to familiarise citizens of the euro area and beyond with the euro banknotes and coins. A total of €80 million has been budgeted for the campaign.

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