EMU

EMU in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of EMU.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• EMU in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• EMU in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Meaning of Emu

In the context of Europe, and according to A Dictionary of Law, the following is a definition of Emu : (European Monetary Union, EMU)

The establishment of a common currency for member states of the European Union. The *Maastricht Treaty specified three stages for achieving EMU, starting with participation in the *Exchange Rate Mechanism. The second stage created the European Monetary Institute, which coordinated the economic and monetary policy of member states. The third stage, achieved by January 1999, locked member states into a fixed exchange rate, activated the *European Central Bank, and introduced the single currency, the euro (divided into 100 cents), for all noncash transactions (national currencies continued in use for cash transactions). In 2002 euro notes and coins came into circulation in those states within the system (i.e. all member states except the UK, Denmark, and Sweden).

EMU and the European Union

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See Also

• Economic and Monetary Union