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The name euro was officially adopted on 16 December 1995. The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999, replacing the former European Currency Unit (ECU) at a ratio of 1:1 (US$1.1743).he share of the euro as a reserve currency has increased from 18% in 1999 to 27% in 2008. Over this period the share of the U.S. dollar fell from 71% to 64% and the Yen fell from 6.4% to 3.3%.
Denmark joined the European Economic Community (EEC) on 1 January 1973, at the same time as Britain and the Republic of Ireland. The EEC is now known as the European Union.7 people found this useful. Edit. Share to: I am Flukey. 497,712 Contributions. Ireland is where I was born, grew up and still live.ngland and the rest of the UK joined the European Union on 1 November 1993 when the Treaty on European Union (otherwise known as the Treaty of Maastricht) came into force. No country could have joined before November 1993 as the European Union did not exist till the Treaty on European Union came into force.