Brussels, 06/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - With the adoption, last Thursday in Brussels, of the Dariusz Rosati (PES, Poland) report on enlarging the euro zone to the new Member States, the Parliament broadly subscribed to the Commission's proposal on changes to Council Regulation 974/98. The EP, however, stipulates that the transitional period for introducing notes and coins in euros (which may be totally eliminated) should not in any case exceed one year. In the same way, during a maximum of three months after the end of the period when both currencies are in circulation, the banks of Member States adopting the euro should exchange their customers' national notes and coins for euros, free of charge and in unlimited amounts. Early November, the Commission drew up an inventory of the places where it would be most practical for single currency to be adopted, noting that Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia had begun preparations but that they ought to speed up the rate (EUROPE 9062). These three countries hope to adopt single currency in 2007.