translate English to French: In the case of the Finnish markka, also at the beginning of the reference period, before joining the ERM, it initially continued its weakening movement apparent over the previous few months which had interrupted the longer-term upward movement since 1993 - reaching a maximum downward deviation of 6.5% below its future central rate against one ERM currency in April 1996.
Les cours-pivots de la livre irlandaise par rapport aux autres monnaies du mécanisme de change ont été réévalués de 3 %, avec effet à partir du 16 mars 1998.