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On Monday, November 24, twenty-six new French, German and Spanish Government bonds of the euro-area will start trading on EuroMOT, the Borsa Italiana market for euro-bonds, foreign bonds and "asset backed securities".

The twenty-six Government bonds are fixed income bonds with an annual coupon and a maturity date ranging from three to 30 years.

Borsa Italiana's aim is to broaden its set of instruments listed on EuroMOT, where corporate eurobonds and Republic of Italy bonds are already available.

As already happens for previously listed bonds, continuous trading of the European Government bonds will be supported by specialists to ensure market liquidity.

The specialists are Unicredit Banca Mobiliare and Nuovi Investimenti SIM.

Milan, 20 November 2003