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The Eurosystem

• The process of European integration
  • A historical perspective: from the Council of Europe to the EU
  • What level of integration has been achieved?
  • How does a country become a member of the EU?
  • The successive expansions of the EU
• Economic and MonetaryUnion(EMU)
  • Definition
  • The road towards economic and monetary union
  • The three stages of the EMU
  • The convergence criteria
  • The introduction of the euro
  • Irrevocable conversion rates
  • EU enlargement and EMU
• The institutional framework of the EMU
  • Background: The EMI
  • The ESCB, the Eurosystem, the ECB and the NBCs
  • The Banco de España in the ESBC
  • Participation in ECB capital
  • The functions of the ESCB
  • The governing bodies of the ECB
  • The legal framework of the ESCB and the ECB
  • Eurosystem mission statement
    • The mission
    • The strategic intents of the Eurosystem
    • Organisational principles
• The single monetary policy
  • The Legislation
  • The goal: price stability
  • The transmission mechanism
  • Strategy
  • Implementing
  • TARGET / TARGET 2
  • List of Monetary Financial Institutions
  • Spanish list of elegible assets
  • ECB interest rates (55,7 KB)
  • Calendars
    • Indicative calendar for the Eurosystem's tender operations 2008 (46,6 KB)
    • Indicative calendar of reserve maintenance periods for 2008
• Reserve management service
• Other ESCB informations
  • Governing Council decisions
  • ESCB: Public consultations
  • Public consultations by other institutions: Eurosystem contributions
  • Addresses and telephone numbers of ESCB Banks
• Educational
• 10th Anniversary of the European Central Bank

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