Vocabulary

European Commission.

European Central Bank.

European Economic Area.

European Investment Bank.

European Union.

euro, the single currency of the participating member states in the Third Stage of the European Economic and Monetary Union of the Treaty Establishing the European Community, as amended from time to time.

a currency union of the following member states which have adopted the euro as their sole legal tender: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.