The EUR 500 note

17.4.2001

ORAL QUESTION H-0373/01
for Question Time at the part-session in May 2001
pursuant to Rule 43 of the Rules of Procedure
by Liam Hyland
to the Council

With the euro being introduced in just over six months, does the Council share the concern expressed in different quarters that the new EUR 500 note will greatly facilitate the illegal activities of money‑launderers world‑wide? If so, does it propose to counter this threat?

 

 

Tabled: 17.04.2001

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