Examples of using Medals and tokens in English and their translations into Polish
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Medals and tokens similar to euro coins.
Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation( EC)No 2182/2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins.
Opinion on medals and tokens similar to euro coins CON/ 2008/45.
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM General context Council Regulation 2182/20041 aims to protect euro coins against medals and tokens which are similar to euro coins.
Medals and tokens similar to euro coins: application to non-participating Member States.
The ECB understands this provision as being necessary to fulfil the legitimate expectations of the proprietors and/ orholders of such medals and tokens.
Furthermore, it now includes medals and tokens that have the technical properties of coinsand not just those which look like coins.
In addition, symbols representative of the issuing Member State 's sovereignty should not be reproduced on medals and tokens in the way they are depicted on euro coins.
It is important that the rules concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins should be uniform throughout the Community, and the requisite provisions should be adopted to that end.
Council Regulation( EC) No 2183/2004 of 6 December 2004 extending to the non-participating Member States the application of Regulation( EC)No 2182/2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins.
Secondly, medals and tokens may be used fraudulently in vending machines which accept coins, if the size and metal properties of the former are similar to those of euro coins.
Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation( EC) No 2183/2004 extending to the non-participating Member States the application of Regulation( EC)No 2182/2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins.
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.
Corrigendum to the opinion of the ECB of 16 April 2004 at the request of the Council of the European Union on a proposal for a Council regulation concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins( COM( 2004) 39final) CON/ 2004/13.
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.
On 16 February 2004 theEuropean Central Bank( ECB) received a request from the Council of the European Union for an opinion on a proposal for a Council regulation concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins hereinafter the« proposed regulation.
In particular, the ECB notes that a clear distinction is made in Article 2( a) and( b) between medals and tokens bearing the terms« euro»,« euro cent» or the euro symbol and those that simply fall within the reference band, regardless of whether they bear such terms or symbol.
OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK of 16 April 2004 at the request of the Council of the European Union on a proposal for a Council regulation concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins( COM( 2004) 39 final)( CON/ 2004/13)( 2004/ C 134/07) 1.
Furthermore, the ECB notes that the authorisations to be awardedunder Article 4( 2) concern medals and tokens whose size is inside the reference band, provided that no risk of confusion exists and that conditions on the combinations of diameter and edge height and the combinations of diameter and metal properties are met.
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 the reproduction of all orpart of the common face design on medals and tokens( OJ C 318, 13.11.2001, p. 3).
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.
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.
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 ECB understands that the proposed regulation results from the Commission 's assessment of the need for further action at Community level,as provided for in the final sentence of Article 3 of Commission Recommendation 2002/664/ EC of 19 August 2002 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins( hereinafter the« Recommendation') 1.
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 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.
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation( EC)No 2182/2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins and Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation( EC) No 2183/2004 extending to the non-participating Member States the application of Regulation( EC) No 2182/2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins, Vol. I and II, pdf 47 kB.
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. .
General observations By clarifying the specific elements of the designs on legal tender euro coins that should not be reproduced on medals and tokens that are similar to euro coinsand establishing the criteria to be used by the Commission when preparing an opinion on compliance with Regulation( EC) No 2182/2004( 2), the first proposed regulation strengthens the protective provisions laid down in Regulation( EC) No 2182/2004 against confusion and fraud relating to medals and tokens that could be mistaken for euro coins.
The ECB considers that including a definition of« reference band»in the proposed regulation enhances legal certainty in the application of the proposed regulation as it lays down the technical specifications for determining prohibited medals and tokens and therefore enables the general public, in particular manufacturers and retailers, to be aware of their legal obligations when producing and/ or selling medals and tokens.