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Innerhalb eines Tages kam bereits die Antwort der Leitung der EU-Abteilung
"Eurocash and Legal Issues" der Financial institutions and stability mechanisms Unit:
[FONT="]Two issues have to be differentiated: access to reliable information on the coins and reproduction of the design.
[/FONT] [FONT="]Reproduction[/FONT][FONT="] of the national sides of the euro coins (ie. of "regular" euro circulation coins and 2 euro commemorative coins other than 2 euro common commemorative coins) is governed by the legislation of the issuing euro area countries, since they are the holders of the copyright of the design of the national sides.
[/FONT] [FONT="]Therefore, reproduction of these designs is governed by the respective national law. Against this background, the statement that "[/FONT][FONT="]apparently, some Euro countries might not hold the copyright of their coin's national sides[/FONT][FONT="]" is not correct legally speaking.
[/FONT] [FONT="]For reproduction of the national design features, euro cash users and collectors must revert to the national authorities, it being understood that [/FONT][FONT="]Member States acting under national law competence may indeed put restrictions on using their design for reproduction.
[/FONT] [FONT="]For information on the national design features, [/FONT][FONT="]citizens interested in learning more on the 2 euro commemoratives can always find the information on the European Commission website.[/FONT] [FONT="]Euro coins - European Commission, regardless of Member States in principle providing information on the designs on their official websites.
[/FONT]Ende der Fahnenstange?
Innerhalb eines Tages kam bereits die Antwort der Leitung der EU-Abteilung
"Eurocash and Legal Issues" der Financial institutions and stability mechanisms Unit:
[FONT="]Two issues have to be differentiated: access to reliable information on the coins and reproduction of the design.
[/FONT] [FONT="]Reproduction[/FONT][FONT="] of the national sides of the euro coins (ie. of "regular" euro circulation coins and 2 euro commemorative coins other than 2 euro common commemorative coins) is governed by the legislation of the issuing euro area countries, since they are the holders of the copyright of the design of the national sides.
[/FONT] [FONT="]Therefore, reproduction of these designs is governed by the respective national law. Against this background, the statement that "[/FONT][FONT="]apparently, some Euro countries might not hold the copyright of their coin's national sides[/FONT][FONT="]" is not correct legally speaking.
[/FONT] [FONT="]For reproduction of the national design features, euro cash users and collectors must revert to the national authorities, it being understood that [/FONT][FONT="]Member States acting under national law competence may indeed put restrictions on using their design for reproduction.
[/FONT] [FONT="]For information on the national design features, [/FONT][FONT="]citizens interested in learning more on the 2 euro commemoratives can always find the information on the European Commission website.[/FONT] [FONT="]Euro coins - European Commission, regardless of Member States in principle providing information on the designs on their official websites.
[/FONT]Ende der Fahnenstange?