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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe report was prepared in the Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs, under thedirection of Matthias Mors, director and mission chief, and coordination of Gabriele Giudice, head ofunit.Contributors:Matthias Mors, Chris Allen, Stefan Appel, Zeta Astra, Karlis Bauze, Peghe Braila, Laszlo Butt, PedroCardoso, Giuseppe Carone, Jakob E. Christensen, Riccardo Ercoli, Olivia Galgau, George Gavanas,Gabriele Giudice, Christos Gofas, Ignacio Gonzalez-Vazquez, Loukas Kaskarelis, Zenon Kontolemis,Dorin-Emil Mantescu, Vasiliki Michou, Guillaume Prèvost, Kaspar Richter, Agapi Thomopoulou,Elena Tsene, Christoph Ungerer, Carlo Viviani and Ana Xavier. George Gavanas provided statisticalassistance and was responsible for the layout. Assistance was also provided by Aristea Politi,Alexandra Stergidi and Athanasia Varaki.The report was prepared in liaison with the ECB.Comments on the report would be gratefully received and should be sent, by mail or e-mail to:Gabriele Giudice,European Commission,Unit ECFIN-G-3,CHAR 10/236,B-1049 Brussels.e-mail: ECFIN-G3-REQUESTS@ec.europa.euThe cut-off date for this report was 23/04/2014v