The European Parliament adopted by 627 votes to 10, with 42 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation (recast).
Parliament approved the Commission proposal subject to the following amendments:
- the single coinage system of the Union should also help to prevent counterfeiting;
- the proposal foresees that if the Commission considers that any designs for national circulation coins breach the technical requirements of the regulation, that it will send a complaint to the Council, within seven days of the submission of the design. Members took the view that the Commission should notify the European Parliament of any objections it raises in this context.