European Commission President Jacques Santer (R) and European Monetary Affairs Yves-Thibault de Silguy (L) sign off European Commission's proposed locking rates at the Breydel building December 31. [European Union finance ministers meet today to announce the rates at which the 11 nations monies - the currencies of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain - will be convertible into euro from January 1. ]
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