It is currently estimated that up to approximately 13 billion euro banknotes will need to be printed before the issue date for the eleven participating Member States. This estimate will be updated regularly as we approach 2002. A separate press release on banknotes is to be issued to you this evening. Finally, the Governing Council also addressed the following matters.
BIS Review 82/1998  -7-  First, with regard to statistics, it was agreed to publish an Addendum to the document entitled the “Money and Banking Statistics Compilation Guide - Guidance provided to NCBs for the compilation of money and banking statistics for submission to the ECB”.