1. The economic and historical significance of the introduction of a single European currency, the emotional aspects involved in the substitution of national currencies: loving the mark. - 2. The overall picture as regards regulatory matters. - 3. The draft regulation proposed by the Council on 24 January 1997, in compliance with Art. 109 l., par. 4, third phase, of the Treaty. - 4. Currency and pecuniary obligations in European monetary unification. - 5. Conversion of the national currency into euro and vice versa during the transitional period excludes the applicability of the contract of currency exchange: subsequent gratuitousness of the conversion. - 6. The continuity of contracts during the transitional period of changing from national currencies to the euro.
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