The objective of the SPDR Barclays 1-3 Year Euro Government Bond UCITS ETF is to track the performance of the short-dated Eurozone government bond market. It aims to do this by tracking the performance of the Barclays 1-3 Year Euro Treasury Bond Index as closely as possible. The Barclays 1-3 Year Euro Treasury Bond Index measures the performance of the Eurozone government bond market and currently includes bonds from Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta,Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain. Only bonds issued in euros or legacy euro currencies with a maturity between one and up to (but not including) three years are included.