{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1210/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1210/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2010/1210",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 1210/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2010 concerning authentication of euro coins and handling of euro coins unfit for circulation",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1210",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Packaging of euro coins unfit for circulation",
  "text": "1. The natural or legal person submitting euro coins for reimbursement or replacement shall sort them per denomination in standardised bags or boxes, as follows:\n(a) the bags or boxes shall comprise:\n(i) 500 coins for each of the denominations of EUR 2 and EUR 1,\n(ii) 1 000 coins for each of the denominations of EUR 0,50, EUR 0,20 and EUR 0,10,\n(iii) 2 000 coins for each of the denominations of EUR 0,05, EUR 0,02 and EUR 0,01,\n(iv) for smaller quantities, 100 coins of each denomination;\n(b) each bag or box shall bear the identifying details of the submitting natural or legal person, the value and the denomination contained, the weight, the date of packaging and the bag or box number; the submitting natural or legal person shall provide a packaging list with an overview of the bags or boxes submitted; where coins have been treated with chemical or other hazardous substances, the standard packaging units shall be accompanied by a written declaration specifying the exact substances which have been used;\n(c) where the total quantity of euro coins unfit for circulation is smaller than the requirements referred to in point (a), those euro coins shall be sorted by denomination and may be submitted in non-standard packaging.\n2. By derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may maintain different packaging requirements as provided for under their national rules on 11 January 2011.",
  "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/2010/1210/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:25.612871+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."
}