The group began by acknowledging the central role that traders will play in helping people understand prices and scales of values and accept the euro. Consumers are in direct physical contact with traders on an almost daily basis, and are thus by definition in a monetary relationship. The shop...

While underlining the advantages of the euro for European businesses in general, the Group identified two main types of constraint of particular concern for small businesses. The greatest difficulties relate to the accounting consequences of the shift to the euro. The second kind of constraint...