{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-974/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-974/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1998/974",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 974/98 of 3 May 1998 on the introduction of the euro",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-974",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The euro shall also be divided into the national currency units according to the conversion rates. Any subdivision thereof shall be maintained. Subject to the provisions of this Regulation the monetary law of the participating Member States shall continue to apply.\n2. Where in a legal instrument reference is made to a national currency unit, this reference shall be as valid as if reference were made to the euro unit according to the conversion rates.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1998/974/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:58:21.107634+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}