PURPOSE: to extend to the non-participating Member States the application of the Regulation establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (the 'Pericles 2020' programme).
LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Regulation (EU) 2015/768 extending to the non-participating Member States the application of Regulation (EU) No 331/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (the ‘Pericles 2020’ programme).
CONTENT: the Regulation extends the application of the Regulation establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (the 'Pericles 2020' programme) to the non-participating Member States.
In order to ensure a smooth transition without interruption between the Pericles programme and the Pericles 2020 programme, the Regulation aligns the duration of this Regulation with the Council Regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 15.5.2015. The Regulation shall apply from 1.1.2014.