Calendar of Euro distribution:
10 billion euro banknotes
(for an approximate value of 500 billion Euros) will be available to exchange
for national banknotes on 1 January 2002.
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1 January 2002 |
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until 28 February 2002 (timetable varies from country to country) |
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30 June 2002 (timetable varies from country to country) |
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unlimited |