Protective provisions
Article 2
Subject to Articles 3 and 4, the production and sale of medals and tokens, and their importation and distribution for sale or for other commercial purposes, shall be prohibited in the following circumstances: (a) when the terms ‘euro’ or ‘euro cent’ or the euro symbol appear on their surface; or (b) when their size is inside the reference band; or (c) when any design appearing on the surface of medals and tokens is similar to any of the national obverse designs or to the common reverse face of euro coins, or is identical or similar to the edge design of the two-euro coin.