--- kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To Han and Louis: > > Are there any changes taking place now in > preparation for the Euro on > 2002-01-01? Such as gasoline pumps registering > prices in Euros, postage > stamps in Euros, vending machines, cash registers, > etc.? The national > currencies must be converted to Euros by the end of > February. If the change > of these items doesn't start before 2002-01-01 there > is a chance due to the > amount of time it takes to change machines, that > they will not be able to > function in Euros after the cut-off date. > > What are the time tables? In Ireland, which also adopts the euro in January, there is a very considerable amount of dual-pricing everywhere. However, as for "in-built" stuff, such as changing vending machines or anything, these cannot change to Euros until the actual date itself (2002-01-01) since the cash and coins are as yet unobtainable. In Ireland the cut off date is around the third week of February, giving a seven-week changeover period, after which the pound will no longer be legal tender. Jonathan ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie
