{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-2182/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/2182",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 of 6 December 2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-2182",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:\n(a) ‘euro’ means the legal currency of participating Member States as defined in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 974/98 and of those participating third countries which have concluded an agreement with the Community on the introduction of the euro (hereinafter referred to as participating third countries);\n(b) ‘euro symbol’ means the symbol representing the euro ‘€’ as shown and described in Annex I;\n(c) ‘medals and tokens’ means those metallic objects, other than blanks intended for striking coins, which have the appearance and/or technical properties of a coin but are not issued under national or participating third country legislative provisions or other foreign legislative provisions, and which therefore are neither a legal means of payment nor legal tender;\n(d) ‘gold’, ‘silver’ and ‘platinum’ mean alloys containing gold, silver and platinum with a millesimal fineness in weight of at least 375, 500 and 850 respectively. This definition shall not concern hallmarking conventions applicable in Member States;\n(e) ‘European Technical and Scientific Centre’ (hereinafter referred to as ETSC) means the entity established by the Commission Decision of 29 October 2004;\n(f) ‘reference band’ shall have the meaning given to it in Section 1 of Annex II.",
  "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/2004/2182/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:02.583964+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."
}