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UNI Europa Graphical affiliates Unión General de Trabajadores (FES-UGT) and Comisiones Obreras (FSC-CCOO) invited UNI EG Secretary Nicola Konstantinou and Policy Officer Claudia Saller to visit the Casa de la Moneda in Madrid. Casa de la Moneda (Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre) is the national spanish institution that produces banknotes, coins, stamps and security documents like passports.

Elena Rosa Santamaria Hernandez (FES-UGT) and Joaquina Rodriguez Torrejon (FSC-CCOO) accompanied the visitors from UNI EG in the printshop, where they had the chance to see the different steps of production of the 50 Euro banknotes. Casa de la Moneda is state owned and applies very strict regulation concerning quality control, security, health and safety of workers, environment standards, etc.

The visitors also met with the director, Mr Angel Esteban, and the head of the department for Euro coordination. The management and the trade unions of the Casa de la Moneda will be invited to attend an important conference on security printing that UNI EG plan to organise in 2011. One key objective of this conference will be to discuss the consequences of the opening of the market of the printing of Eurobanknotes which is planned to take place in 2012 and, within this framework, to promote the setting up of a European consortium between the public companies/workshop that print Eurobanknotes, which could play a role of reference for the private companies.