For example, the rules provide that a referral fee is nominal if it does not exceed one hour of the gross cash wages of the employee receiving the fee. By pegging permissible fees to the hourly wage of each employee, the rules create significant administrative problems and may conflict with state privacy requirements that restrict access to information concerning an employee's salary.
Its weight will be based on the importance of the euro area as a single economic entity. Similarly, the EURIBOR will be substituted for the German and French national interest rates in the determination of the SDR’s interest rate. These modifications underscore how the official international financial community is gradually adjusting to the new reality of the euro.