Thank you for visiting the Reading Room. Here you will find references to online, free publications on the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) of the EU and the European System of Central Banks (ESCB).
The European Central Bank, the Eurosystem, the European System of Central Banks
ECB, April 2009 (3rd edition)
EMU@10! - Assessing the first ten years and challenges ahead
European Commission, June 2008
European Central Bank, The First Ten Years; Special edition of the Monthly Bulletin
ECB, May 2008
Legal and
institutional aspects of the currency changeover following the restoration of
the independence of the Baltic States
Kristīne Drēviņa, Kęstutis Laurinavičius and Andres Tupits,
2007
ECB Legal
Working Paper series, No. 5, July 2007
Privileges
and immunities of the European Central Bank
Georg Gruber and Martin Benisch, 2007
ECB Legal
Working Paper series, No. 4, June 2007
The road to the Euro; One currency for one Europe
European Commission, 2007
Recent
Developments in the Law of the European Central Bank
Chiara Zilioli and
Martin Selmayr, 2007
Yearbook of European Law 2006
The European Central Bank – History, Role and Functions (2.2 MB)
Hanspeter K. Scheller, ECB, 2006 (2nd revised edition)
National Central Banks and Community Public Sector Procurement Legislation: A Critical Overview
Jorge García-Andrade and Phoebus Athanassiou, 2006
ECB Legal Working Paper series, No. 3, October 2006
The application of multilingualism in the European Union context
Phoebus Athanassiou, 2006
ECB Legal Working Paper series, No. 2, March 2006
The developing EU Legal Framework for Clearing and Settlement of Financial Instruments Klaus M. Löber, 2006 ECB Legal Working Paper series, No. 1, February 2006
Legal Aspects of the European System of Central Banks – Liber Amicorum Paolo Zamboni Garavelli
Collection of articles on the EU and ESCB, the Eurosystem, monetary law, central bank independence and central bank statutes as well as on financial law, 2005
The European Integration Process – A Changing Environment for National Central Banks Presentations given at a workshop organised by the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, 2005
EMU After Five Years: an assessment
Commission Report, 2005
The reform of the Stability and Growth Pact: an assessment
José Manuel González-Páramo, 2005
Speech during conference on “New Perspectives on Fiscal Sustainability” dated 13 October 2005
Guide to Consultation of the European Central Bank by National Authorities Regarding Draft Legislative Provisions (0.3 MB)
ECB, 2005, cs . da . de . el . es . et . fi . fr . hu . it . lt . lv . mt . nl . pl . pt . sk . sl . sv
The European Central Bank – History, Role and Functions (1.5 MB)
Hanspeter K. Scheller, ECB, 2004
A Constitutional Treaty for an Enlarged Europe: Institutional and Economic Implications for Economic and Monetary Union Papers presented at a workshop organised by the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, 2004
The Three Pillars of Central Bank Governance - Towards a Model Central Bank Law or a Code of Good Governance? (0.2 MB)
Dr. Fabian Amtenbrink, 2004
Paper presented at the IMF Seminar on Current Developments in Monetary and Financial Law, 4 June 2004.
The European Central Bank in the European Constitutional Order (0.9 MB)
Prof. dr. René Smits, 2003
This text provided the basis for a lecture given by the author on accepting the Jean Monnet Chair of the Law of the Economic and Monetary Union at the Faculty of Law of the Universiteit van Amsterdam on 4 June 2003.
The euro as a catalyst for legal convergence in Europe
Dr. Willem F. Duisenberg, 2000
Speech on the occasion of the Annual Conference of the International Bar Association, Amsterdam, 17 September 2000
The European Central Bank: Independence and Accountability (0.1 MB)
Christa Randzio-Plath and Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, ZEI Policy Paper, 2000
Papers presented at the conference on “The Constition of the Eurosystem: the Views of the EP and the ECB”, 8 March 2000.
The Past and Future of European Integration: A Central Banker’s Perspective
Dr. Willem F. Duisenberg, 1999
The 1999 Per Jacobsson Lecture on 26 September 1999 in Washington, D.C.
