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<title>GnuCash and the EURO</title>
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<h1>GnuCash and the EURO</h1>
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p>On January 1, 1999, eleven European Union countries formed
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an economic and monetary union (EMU) and started using a single
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currency - the euro. These countries locked the exchange rates
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of their national currencies to the euro and are sharing the
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new currency.</p>
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<p>However, euro notes and coins will not be available until
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January 1, 2001. Until then, the old national currency notes
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and coins (French francs, Deutschmarks etc) will continue to
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circulate. But in law they are part of the euro. Their value in
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euro is completely fixed. All kinds of cashless monetary
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transactions like cheques or wire transfers are possible in
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euro</p>
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<p>You can find more information about the euro at: <a href=
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"http://europa.eu.int/euro">http://europa.eu.int/euro</a> .</p>
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<h2>EMU Member Countries and Exchange Rates</h2>
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<a name="euro_iso_curr"></a>
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<p>The following table shows the EMU member countries and the
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respective exchange rates of the euro to the old national
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currencies. More countries are expected to join the EMU
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later.</p>
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<table border="1">
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<th>Country</th>
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<th>ISO Code</th>
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<th>Full Description</th>
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<th>Exchange Rate</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<td>Austria</td>
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<td>ATS</td>
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<td>Austrian Schilling</td>
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<td>1 euro = 13.7603 S</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Belgium</td>
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<td>BEF</td>
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<td>Belgian Franc</td>
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<td>1 euro = 40.3399 bfrs</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Finland</td>
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<td>FIM</td>
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<td>Finnish Mark</td>
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<td>1 euro = 5.94573 Fmk</td>
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</tr>
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<td>France</td>
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<td>FRF</td>
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<td>French Franc</td>
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<td>1 euro = 6.55957 FF</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Germany</td>
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<td>DEM</td>
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<td>German Mark</td>
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<td>1 euro = 1.95538 DM</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Ireland</td>
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<td>IEP</td>
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<td>Irish Pound</td>
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<td>1 euro = 0.787564 Ir. £</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Italy</td>
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<td>ITL</td>
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<td>Italian Lira</td>
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<td>1 euro = 1936.27 Lit</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Luxembourg</td>
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<td>LUF</td>
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<td>Luxembourgian Franc</td>
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<td>1 euro = 40.3399 lfrs</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Netherlands</td>
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<td>NLG</td>
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<td>Dutch Guilder</td>
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<td>1 euro = 2.20371 hfl</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Portugal</td>
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<td>PTE</td>
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<td>Portuguese Escudo</td>
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<td>1 euro = 200.482 Esc</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Spain</td>
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<td>ESP</td>
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<td>Spanish Peseta</td>
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<td>1 euro = 166.386 Ptas</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h2>EURO support in GnuCash</h2>
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<p>You can enable euro support in GnuCash in the international
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category of the <a href="xacc-globalprefs.html">preferences</a>
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dialog box. If your system locale specifies one of the <a href=
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"#euro_iso_curr">EMU member currencies</a>, euro support is
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enabled by default.</p>
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<p>FIXME: Actual documentation with screenshots and so on</p>
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<p>Return to <a href="xacc-main.html">Main Documentation
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Page.</a></p>
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