Press Release: Vienna seminar on the EU accession process, 14-15.12.00

A high-level 'Vienna seminar on the EU accession process', took place on 14-15.12.00 in Vienna, bringing together representatives of the Eurosystem (the European Central Bank (ECB) and the national central banks of the 12 euro area countries) and the governors of the central banks of the 12 EU accession countries. The purpose of the seminar was to deepen the discussion of important monetary policy issues to ensure a smooth future integration of accession countries' central banks into the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and finally the Eurosystem.

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