The Euro Zone comprises the
following countries:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Cyprus
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Ireland
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Slovenia
- Spain
Thus 15 of the Member States of the European Internal Market have
adopted the Euro.
Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City also use the Euro, although they
are not officially Euro members nor members of the EU. These countries use
the Euro by virtue of agreements concluded with EU member states (Italy in
the case of San Marino and Vatican City, France in the case of Monaco), on
behalf of the European Community. |
Conversion rates:
1 Euro
= 13.7603 Austrian schillings
= 0.585274 Cyprus pounds
= 40.3399 Belgian francs
= 5.94573 Finnish markka
= 6.55957 French francs
= 1.95583 German marks
= 340.750 Greek drachmas
= 0.787564 Irish pounds
= 1 936.27 Italian lire
= 40.3399 Luxembourg francs
= 0.429300 Maltese Lira
= 2.20371 Dutch guilders
= 200.482 Portuguese escudos
= 239.64 Slovenian tolars
= 166.386 Spanish pesetas
(The Euro replaced the ECU at the rate of 1 Euro = 1 ECU )
For more information visit the special Euro section of the
EU website.
|