{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-2182/article-4",
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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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Derogations by authorisation",
  "text": "The Commission may grant specific authorisations to use the terms ‘ euro ’ or ‘ euro cent ’ or the euro symbol on the surface of medals and tokens, under controlled conditions of use, in cases where no risk of confusion exists. In such cases, the economic operator concerned within a Member State shall be clearly identifiable on the surface of the medal or token and, when the medal or token bears an associated nominal value, the indication ‘ Not legal tender ’ must be stamped on the obverse or the reverse of the medal or token.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 46/2009 of 18 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/2182/article/4",
    "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."
}