TEN thousand posters are to be distributed to retail outlets as part of a familiarisation campaign to prepare for the European single currency.

The posters, giving the prices of typical retail items in euros and pence, are being distributed by EAN Ireland as its contribution towards the Department of Finance's Euroweek.

EAN Ireland sets the standards for bar coding, scanning and electronic commerce. The organisation is distributing the posters. A notional rate of exchange of 80p to the euro is being used.