It should be stressed that the responsibility for the cash changeover does not fall exclusively on the euro area central banks. Other parties (banks, firms, governments) are also involved in the changeover. Actually, the Member States have the ultimate responsibility for the changeover, with the European Commission and the Eurogroup monitoring the whole process.
Sharon Donnery: The importance of data - statistics during the pandemic and beyond Opening remarks by Ms Sharon Donnery, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, at the Central Bank of Ireland Webinar "The Importance of Data: Statistics During the Pandemic and Beyond", 7 October 2021.