European Parliament 9 December 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION P-3620/02 by Wolfgang Ilgenfritz (NI) to the Commission. Position of Jersey in the EU.

A recent independent study, conducted under the authority of Professor Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, winner of the Nobel Prize of Physics showed that the amount of nickel released from the EUR 1 and EUR 2 coins is significantly lower than from the national coins used prior to the introduction of the euro.