Counterfeit euro coins: analysis and cooperation

PROPOSED ACT : Council Decision 2003/862/EC extending the effects of Decision 2003/861/EC concerning analysis and cooperation with regard to counterfeit euro coins to those Member States which have not adopted the euro as their single currency. CONTENT : In adopting Decision of 2003/861/EC concerning analysis and cooperation with regard to counterfeit euro coins the Council provided that it is to have effect in those Member States which have adopted the euro as their single currency. It is important that the euro should enjoy the same level of protection in those Member States which have not adopted it and the necessary provisions should be taken to that end. Therefore, Council Decision 2003/861/EC concerning analysis and cooperation with regard to counterfeit euro coins shall be extended to those Member States which have not adopted the euro as their single currency. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 08/12/2003. This Decision is addressed to those Member States which have not adopted the euro as their single currency.�