On the functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union, the committee agrees that disparities in growth and inflation rates within the euro area are increasingly due to structural reasons.
Gadā ES mērierīcēs un kontroles ierīcēs izlieto 33 tonnas dzīvsudraba, un katru gadu apmēram 25–30 tonnas dzīvsudraba nonāk apritē tikai no termometriem vien.