{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-1338/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-1338/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2001/1338",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 of 28 June 2001 laying down measures necessary for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-1338",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Centralisation of information at national level",
  "text": "1. Member States shall ensure that, as soon as any case of counterfeiting is detected, information at national level is communicated to the national central office with a view to its being forwarded to Europol through the Europol national unit.\n2. Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure the exchange of information between the national central office and the Europol national unit.",
  "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/2001/1338/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:56:52.494073+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."
}