PURPOSE: to lay down measures necessary for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting to those Member States which have not adopted the euro as their single currency.
LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Regulation (EC) No 45/2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1339/2001 extending the effects of Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 laying down measures necessary for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting to those Member States which have not adopted the euro as their single currency.
CONTENT: by Regulation (EC) No 1339/2001 the application of Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 was extended to non-participating Member States as defined in Regulation (EC) No 974/98 of 3 May 1998 on the introduction of the euro.
Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 was amended by Regulation (EC) No 44/2009. However, it is important that the euro should also be protected in those Member States which have not adopted it as their single currency and the necessary steps should be taken to that end, in compliance with the principle of proportionality.
The aim of this Regulation is to amend Regulation (EC) No 1339/2001 accordingly.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 11 February 2009.