European Parliament 19 July 2001, WRITTEN QUESTION E-2176/01 by Avril Doyle (PPE-DE) to the Commission. EU Convention on Human Health and Biomedicine.

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission (21 September 2001) After the single market and the single currency, the Commission considers that their essential accompaniment, the single payments area, must be established. Within such an area any payment in euros would be treated like any similar domestic or cross-border transaction.