Latvia becomes the 18th Member State to adopt the euro

• A successful euro changeover in Latvia. IP 14/25. 16/01/2014
• Latvians are spending their last lats. IP 14/12. 10/01/2014
• Smooth euro changeover in Latvia. IP 14/3. 06/01/2014
• A successful start for the euro changeover in Latvia. IP 14/1. 03/01/2014
• Latvia becomes the 18th Member State to adopt the euro. IP 13/1307. 31/12/2013
• Latvia and the euro

Survey results

Opinion polls on changeover

Flash Eurobarometer: Latvian switchover to euro: Dual circulation period, daily tracking(193 kB)   (16/01/2014)

Audiovisual

Introduction of the Euro in Latvia

Practical preparations

Latvia's practical preparations for the changeover to the euro are now complete.

Following the Commission's first assesment, published in July on Latvia's practical preparations for introducing the euro, the Commission on 3 December assessed in its second report   further progress made until the end of October 2013.

The report addresses in particular the preparations for the introduction of euro cash, the measures put in place for protecting consumers in the changeover period, such as the "Fair Euro Introducer" campaign, and the communication campaign.

The Commission concluded that Latvia's preparations were overall well advanced, while recommending further efforts in some areas during the final phase of the changeover.

Latvia has ordered 400 million euro coins bearing their national sides and 110 million euro banknotes of various denominations for the introduction of euro cash.

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The Latvian Central Bank, Bank of Latvia, on 1 November started to provide commercial banks with euro cash ("frontloading"). Commercial banks' major clients are scheduled to receive euro cash as of 10 December 2013; smaller corporate clients using simplified sub-frontloading are scheduled to receive euro cash as of 27 December 2013.

Documents

3 December 2013. COM(2013) 855 final. Thirteenth Report on the practical preparations for the future enlargement of the euro

23 July 2013. COMM(2013)540. Twelfth Report on the practical preparations for the future enlargement of the euro area