Euro — converging national replacements
Euro: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- EUR
- Ancestry branch
- Converging branches
Where this money came from
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No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.
The story
Defined ECU references in legal instruments become euro references at 1:1 from 1 January 1999; an undefined ECU reference carries a rebuttable presumption. [1]
Euro introduction alone neither discharges obligations nor permits unilateral alteration or termination; parties’ agreements remain relevant. [2]
Use the full six-significant-figure national-units-per-euro rate without truncation; derived inverse rates are prohibited for operational conversion. [3]
Turning points
Territorial euro adoption
1 EUR = 13.7603 ATS. Austria: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined. [4] [5] [6]
Territorial euro adoption
1 EUR = 40.3399 BEF. Belgium: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined. [7] [8] [6]
Territorial euro adoption
1 EUR = 1.95583 DEM. Germany: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined. [9] [10] [6]
Territorial euro adoption
1 EUR = 7.53450 HRK. Croatia: euro adoption 2023-01-01; cash 2023-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined. [11] [12] [6]
Territorial euro adoption
1 EUR = 1.95583 BGN. Bulgaria: euro adoption 2026-01-01; cash 2026-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined. [13] [14] [6]
Bulgaria cash implementation confirmed
ECB’s 1 January 2026 announcement confirms Bulgarian euro cash circulation and the twenty-first euro-area membership. [15]
Sources and evidence
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 1103/97, 17 June 1997 C642 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 1103/97, 17 June 1997 C643 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 1103/97, 17 June 1997 C644 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C662 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C663 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C646 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C664 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C665 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C666 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C667 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C700 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C701 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C702 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C703 ↗
- European Central Bank · Bulgaria introduces the euro, 1 January 2026 C661 ↗
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