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Following the entry into the EU of the former accession countries the scope of the Blue Book has increased significantly. Consequently, for reasons of practicality, this edition of the Blue Book has been split into two volumes. Volume 1 contains a chapter on the euro area and individual country chapters for the countries of the euro area, while Volume 2 contains the country chapters of the non-euro area countries.
The euro area chapter describes aspects and features of payment and securities settlement systems which are common to, or relevant to, the Eurosystem as a whole. This chapter also describes the common legal and regulatory framework, focusing, in particular, on the role of the European Central Bank and the Eurosystem. The individual country chapters deal with the respective national payment and securities settlement infrastructures. These provide an overview of institutional aspects and the major players involved, as well as containing extensive descriptions of payment media used by non-banks, retail payment systems, interbank exchange and settlement systems, and securities settlement systems.
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