51.   Currency stability is only one of a range of economic criteria which Maastricht laid out.

52.   Currency stability is only one of a range of economic criteria which Maastricht lays out.

53.   Elsewhere, however, Sweden met other key economic criteria for euro entry.

54.   Kohl on Thursday stood by the plan for a single European currency, urging EU member countries to work harder to achieve the required economic criteria.

55.   Participating countries must meet certain economic criteria relating to such points as inflation, deficits and debt.

56.   Only when the government believes the five economic criteria it has set for euro membership have been fulfilled will it put membership to a referendum.

57.   Referring to proposed European monetary union, Major said he would also fight any attempt to soften the economic criteria for entry.

58.   Rexrodt also said the government would abide by the timetable and economic criteria for joining in the proposed single European currency.

59.   Sweden may meet important economic criteria for entry into the euro, but still does not fulfil the exchange rate criterion, the European Central Bank said on Wednesday.