Esimerkkejä Medals and tokens käytöstä Englanti ja niiden käännökset Suomi
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Medals and tokens similar to euro coins.
Collector coins, medals and tokens- Council conclusions.
At the same time the proposed regulation establishes a level playing field for producing such medals and tokens.
Only medals and tokens which cannot be mistaken for genuine euro coins may be produced.
These regulations define the level of similarity to euro coins that should be banned for medals and tokens.
The ECB understands that such medals and tokens are considered to raise only very marginal risks of confusionand should be permitted.
The ECB understands this provision as being necessary to fulfil the legitimate expectations of the proprietors and/ or holders of such medals and tokens.
For reproduction with relief on objects other than coins, medals and tokens or any other objects which might be confused with coins.
This recommendation is addressed to the Member States and to all economic agents, who may produce,distribute, import or sell medals and tokens.
The ECB notes that the definition of« medals and tokens» laid down in Article 1( c) of the proposed regulation improves upon the definition in Article 1( c) of the Recommendation.
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM General context Council Regulation 2182/20041 aims to protect euro coins against medals and tokens which are similar to euro coins.
Furthermore, it now includes medals and tokens that have the technical properties of coinsand not just those which look like coins.
The scope of application of the Commission recommendation of 13 January 1999 concerning collector coins, medals and tokens(1) is limited to the transitional period from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2001.
The prohibition covers the issue, but also the sale and production, storage, import and distribution for the purpose of sale orfor commercial purposes, of collector coins, medals and tokens.
The proposal bans certain levels of similarity in medals and tokens similar to euro coins,and also sets out guidelines for those companies producing such medals or tokens. .
The ECB agrees with the objectives underlying the proposed regulation and shares the concerns regarding the risks of confusion and/ or fraud that medals and tokens similar to euro coins raise.
Economic operators mayuse the terms« euro» or« euro cent» or the euro symbol on medals and tokens under restricted conditions, inter alia, if the indication« Not legal tender» is stamped on the obverse or the reverse of the medal or token.
Reference is also made to Commission Communication of 22 October 2001 on copyright protection of the common face design of the euro coins which relates to the prohibition of thereproduction of all or part of the common face design on medals and tokens OJ C 318, 13.11.2001, p. 3.
In this respect, the ECB welcomes the accuracy and the broad scope of application of the new definition of« medals and tokens» which provides legal certaintyand will enable the effective application of the proposed regulation.
This approach will ensure the harmonised application of the protective rules laid down in the proposed regulation throughout the European Union and guarantee a sufficiently level playing field for all economic agents engaged in the activity of producing, distributing,importing or selling medals and tokens.
The ECB does not have any objections to the system of derogation established in Article 4 of the proposed regulation, as the medals and tokens authorised under it must abide by stringent visual or physical conditions so as to eliminate any possible risk of confusion.
The ECB notes that this provision covers medals and tokens which cannot be mistaken for euro coins either because their size is outside the reference band, even though they bear the terms« euro» or« euro cent» or the euro symbol without an associated nominal value, or where their size is inside the reference band, because of their shape or composition.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article,the Commission shall take into consideration, inter alia, the quantities of medals and tokens produced, the selling price, the packaging, the inscriptions on the medals and tokens and their advertisement.
Section 1( a) defines the reference band for the size of medals and tokens as the« set of combinations between the values for diameterand values for edge height included in the reference range for diameter and the reference range for edge height respectively».
In this regard, the prohibition of production and sale and of importation and distribution for sale or other commercial purposes of both categories of medals and tokens appears sufficient to prevent any risk of confusion among the general public.
The public may be led to believe that some medals and tokens have legal tender status, not only when they bear a design similar to euro coins but also when they bear certain elements of these designs. Therefore specific elements of the designs on legal tender euro coins should not be reproduced in the way they are depicted on euro coins.
In addition, it is desirable to formally define, in particular for the attention of private operators producing medals and tokens, the specific signs which should not be reproduced on medals and tokens in the way they are depicted on legal tender euro coins.
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 Commission4, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament5, Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank6, Whereas:( 1) Council Regulation( EC) No 2182/2004 of 6 December 2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins7 prohibits those medals and tokens similar to euro coins.
The ECB notes that Article 5( 2)of the proposed regulation contains a transitional provision allowing medals and tokens issued prior to the entry into force of the proposed regulation but not complying with its provisions to continue to be used until the end of 2012, at the latest.
According to the Commission 's explanatory memorandum the proposed regulation regulates the use of the terms« euro» and« euro cent» and of the euro symbol( IJ) on metallic objects having the appearance and/ ortechnical properties of coins( medals and tokens) and defines the levels of similarity to euro coins that should be prohibited for medals and tokens. .