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The Faroe Islands are not part of the Schengen Area, and Schengen visas are not valid. However, the islands are part of the Nordic Passport Union and the Schengen Agreement provides that travellers passing between the islands and the Schengen Area are not to be treated as passing the external frontier of the Area. [80]
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is an agency of the European Union (EU) in charge of the evaluation and supervision of pharmaceutical products. Prior to 2004, it was known as the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products or European Medicines Evaluation Agency ( EMEA ).
Portugal: European Central Bank through European Banking Supervision ; Bank of Portugal ; Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM) and Autoridade de Supervisão de Seguros e Fundos de Pensões (ASF) Qatar: Qatar Central Bank ; Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) Romania: National Bank of Romania ; Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF)
The European Economic Area (EEA) was established via the Agreement on the European Economic Area, [4] an international agreement which enables the extension of the European Union's single market to member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). [5]
In September 2011 the Swiss National Bank surprised currency traders by pledging that "it will no longer tolerate a euro-franc exchange rate below the minimum rate of 1.20 francs", effectively weakening the Swiss franc. This is the biggest Swiss intervention since 1978.
international law juridical persons established through primary (treaty) legislation, either as an EU institution (the European Central Bank) or an EU body of other type (such as the European Investment Bank Group entities, the European University Institute, the European Stability Mechanism or the Unified Patent Court) other EU institutions
Narodowy Bank Polski: 1945 French Polynesia: CFP franc: Overseas Issuing Institute: Institut d'émission d'outre-mer Portugal: Euro: European Central Bank (Bank of Portugal) Banco de Portugal: 1846 Qatar: Qatari riyal: Qatar Central Bank: مصرف قطر المركزي: 1973 Romania: Romanian leu: National Bank of Romania: Banca Națională a ...
Banco Espírito Santo : bailed-out by the Portuguese state in 2014 and re-organised into Novobanco; Banco Português do Atlântico; Banco Português de Negócios : sold to the Angolese Bank Banco BIC in 2012; Banco Privado Português; Banif Financial Group : bailed-out by the Portuguese state in 2015 and sold to Banco Santander