ECB Blue Book on “payment and securities settlement systems in the European Union”

02 August 2005

The European Central Bank (ECB) published the latest addendum to the June 2001 report entitled “Payment and securities settlement systems in the European Union”. The “Blue Book” provides a comprehensive description of the main payment and securities clearing and settlement systems in the countries that comprised the European Union and covers both the domestic and cross-border aspects of these systems.

While the descriptive parts are updated once every few years, the statistical data are updated annually. The addendum published today incorporates the figures for 2003. It has been prepared in association with the national central banks of the countries concerned.

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