Comunicat de presă


Calendar of taking out the IN currencies from the NBR list of exchange rates

29.01.2002

The National Bank of Romania publishes the exchange rates of the ROL against both EUR and the IN currencies.

Once the EUR banknotes and coins are put into circulation, the process reaches a new stage, i.e. the retirement of the IN currencies.

Consequently, the NBR will update the list of exchange rates by gradually taking out each IN currency the day following its being called in. The last day of publishing the exchange rates of IN currencies is set out in the following table:

Currency Date from which the currency is no longer legal tender Last date of publishing the exchange rate of the ROL against the respective currency
Dutch guilder (NLG) 27 January 2002 25 January 2002
Irish pound (IEP) 9 February 2002 8 February 2002
French franc (FRF) 17 February 2002 15 February 2002
Belgian franc (BEF) 28 February 2002 27 February 2002
Greek drachma (GRD) 28 February 2002 27 February 2002
Spanish peseta (ESP) 28 February 2002 27 February 2002
Italian lira (ITL) 28 February 2002 27 February 2002
Austrian schilling (ATS) 28 February 2002 27 February 2002
Portuguese escudo (PTE) 28 February 2002 27 February 2002
Finnish markka (FIM) 28 February 2002 27 February 2002
Marca germană (DEM) 28 February 2002* 27 February 2002

*) For the German mark, the date of taking out of circulation established by law was 31 December 2001 but all businesses shall accept the DEM banknotes and coins until 28 February 2002 at least.