# Commission Decision of 29 October 2004 establishing the European Technical and Scientific Centre (ETSC) and providing for coordination of technical actions to protect euro coins against counterfeiting (2005/37/EC), Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The European Technical and Scientific Centre (ETSC) is established within DG ECFIN in Brussels.
2. For the application of this Decision, the Director-General of DG ECFIN is empowered to take the necessary actions and to conclude administrative arrangements with authorities of third countries and private entities enabling the ETSC to carry out its tasks. Those administrative arrangements may concern, in particular, the transmission and exchange of technical information.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2005/37/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-37/article-1
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