Article 6 Detection of unfit euro banknotesF1

Manual fitness checking shall be carried out in accordance with the minimum standards laid down in Annex III.

Automated fitness checking shall be carried out by a successfully tested banknote handling machine according to the minimum standards which are published on the ECB’s website and amended from time to time.

An NCB may, after informing the ECB, lay down stricter standards for one or more denominations or series of euro banknotes if this is justified, for example by a deterioration in the quality of the euro banknotes in circulation in its Member State. These stricter standards shall be published on that NCB’s website.

Unfit euro banknotes shall be handed over to an NCB in consideration of national regulations.