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Wim Duisenberg, first President of the ECB. The European Central Bank is the de facto successor of the European Monetary Institute (EMI). [7] The EMI was established at the start of the second stage of the EU's Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) to handle the transitional issues of states adopting the euro and prepare for the creation of the ECB and European System of Central Banks (ESCB). [7]
1 European Central Bank. 2 Non-Eurozone currencies. 3 See also. ... This is a list of central banks and currencies of Europe. ... Banco de Portugal
The ESCB is composed of the European Central Bank and the national central banks of all 27 member states of the EU. The first section of the following list lists member states and their central banks that form the Eurosystem (plus the ECB), which set eurozone monetary policy.
The Eurosystem is the monetary authority of the eurozone, the collective of European Union member states that have adopted the euro as their sole official currency. The European Central Bank (ECB) has, under Article 16 of its Statute, [ 1 ] the exclusive right to authorise the issuance of euro banknotes .
The euro is managed and administered by the European Central Bank and the Eurosystem, composed of the central banks of the eurozone countries. As an independent central bank, the ECB has sole authority to set monetary policy .
The euro is used in the 20 eurozone countries and 4 European microstates (dark blue). It is also used de facto in (Montenegro and Kosovo) (red)The euro came into existence on 1 January 1999. [2]
The Eurotower, home of the European Central Bank supervisory staff. The first pillar of the banking union is European Banking Supervision, also known as the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), which grants the European Central Bank (ECB) a leading supervisory role over banks in the euro area. [33]
The seat of the European Central Bank is situated in Frankfurt, Germany. [6] Its premises comprise a twin-tower skyscraper and the city's former Wholesale Market Hall (Großmarkthalle), with a low-rise building connecting the two. It was completed in 2014 and was officially opened on 18 March 2015.