21.   As a result, doing the accounts can become complicated at times but Beel has kept enough French francs and Belgian francs to give out the required change.

22.   Core European currencies like the guilder, Belgian franc and Austrian schilling remained firm against the international currency turmoil.

23.   Turner commented that the firming of the guilder and of the Belgian franc weakened the mark against the dollar.

24.   Last week the president of Air France, Christian Blanc, had said that his company would recover six billion Belgian francs.

25.   Most of the debt is denominated in Belgian francs.

26.   That is despite the fact that the Belgian franc will remain legal tender in parallel with the euro until the end of February.

27.   The Luxembourg franc is worth the same as a Belgian franc, which is accepted in Luxembourg.