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| | Banque de France -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
 | | The ESCB is an institutional framework of a single monetary policy for the (The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as thei) euro. |
 | | According to the Banque de France's website, the "sharing of responsibilities between the ECB and the NCBs is based upon significant decentralization of the conduct of the ESCB's single monetary policy". |
 | | Its main charge is to implement the interest rate policy of the (Click link for more info and facts about European System of Central Banks) European System of Central Banks (ESCB). |
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