2010/597/EU: Decision of the European Central Bank of… Article 6

Detection of unfit euro banknotes

Article 6

1. Fitness checking shall be carried out in accordance with the minimum standards laid down in Annexes IIIa and IIIb. 2. An NCB may, after informing the ECB, lay down stricter standards for one or more denominations of euro banknotes if this is justified, for example by a deterioration in the quality of the euro banknotes in circulation in its Member State. 3. Unfit euro banknotes shall be handed over to an NCB in consideration of national regulations.

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