Regulation 2009/44 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 laying down measures necessary for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting

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  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
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  5. Original proposal
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Current status

This regulation has been published on January 22, 2009 and entered into force on January 23, 2009.

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Key information

official title

Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2009 of 18 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 laying down measures necessary for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting
 
Legal instrument Regulation
Number legal act Regulation 2009/44
Original proposal COM(2007)525 EN
CELEX number i 32009R0044

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Key dates

Document 18-12-2008; Date of publication
Publication in Official Journal 22-01-2009; Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 19 Volume 011,OJ L 17, 22.1.2009
Effect 23-01-2009; Entry into force Date pub. + 1 See Art 1
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

22.1.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 17/1
 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 44/2009

of 18 December 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 laying down measures necessary for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the third sentence of Article 123(4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Whereas:

 

(1)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 (3) requires credit institutions and any other related institutions to withdraw from circulation all euro notes and coins received by them which they know or have sufficient reason to believe to be counterfeit and hand them over to the competent national authorities.
 

(2)

It is important to ensure that circulating euro notes and coins are authentic. To that end, credit institutions, other payment service providers and other economic agents involved in the processing and distribution of notes and coins should check the authenticity of the euro notes and coins they receive before they put them back into circulation, except where they come from other establishments or persons who are themselves under an obligation to check or where they have been obtained from the authorities authorised to issue them. Other economic agents, such as traders and casinos, should also be subject to these obligations where they supply, on a secondary basis, automated teller machines (cash dispensers), but they may not be involved beyond these secondary activities. In order to comply with the obligation to check for authenticity, these economic agents nevertheless need time to adapt their internal functioning. As regards notes, the procedures laid down for Member States which have adopted the euro as a single currency may also cover the suitability of the checked notes for circulation.
 

(3)

Appropriate adjustment of the equipment is a prerequisite for checking the authenticity of euro notes and coins. In order to adjust the equipment used for the checks for authenticity it is essential that the necessary quantities of counterfeit notes and coins are available at the places where testing is conducted. It is, therefore, appropriate to permit the transporting of counterfeit notes and coins between competent national authorities as well as institutions and bodies of the European Union.
 

(4)

The European Technical and Scientific Centre (ETSC) is now formally established within the Commission by Council Decision 2003/861/EC (4) and Commission Decision 2005/37/EC (5). Therefore, the provision stating that the ETSC communicates data to the Commission is no longer necessary.
 

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendments

Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 is hereby amended as follows:

 

1.

Article 2 shall be amended as follows:

 

(a)

point (c) shall be replaced by the following:

 

‘(c)

“credit institutions” shall mean the credit institutions referred to in Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 2006/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions (6);
 

(b)

the following point shall be added:

 

‘(g)

“payment service providers” shall mean the payment service providers referred to in Article 1(1) of Directive 2007/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on payment services in the internal market (7).
 

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Article 4 shall be amended as...


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