Amendments
Article 1
Decision 2005/37/EC is amended as follows: (1) Article 1 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 1. The European Technical and Scientific Centre (ETSC) is established within DG ECFIN in Brussels. 2. For the application of this Decision, the Director-General of DG ECFIN is empowered to take the necessary actions and to conclude administrative arrangements with authorities of third countries and private entities enabling the ETSC to carry out its tasks. Those administrative arrangements may concern, in particular, the transmission and exchange of technical information.’; (2) Article 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 2 The ETSC shall perform the following tasks: (a) analyse and classify every new type of counterfeit euro coin in accordance with Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001; (b) contribute to the fulfilment of the objectives of the Pericles 2020 programme pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 331/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *1 ) ; (c) carry out the tasks under Articles 4, 5, 7 and 12 of Regulation (EU) No 1210/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *2 ) and under Articles 2, 4, 5 and 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 ( *3 ) ; (d) assist the Coin National Analysis Centres (CNAC) and the law-enforcement authorities and collaborates with the relevant authorities in the analysis of counterfeit euro coins and the strengthening of protection. ( *1 ) Regulation (EU) No 331/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (the ‘Pericles 2020’ programme) and repealing Council Decisions 2001/923/EC, 2001/924/EC, 2006/75/EC, 2006/76/EC, 2006/849/EC and 2006/850/EC ( OJ L 103, 5.4.2014, p. 1 )." ( *2 ) 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 ( OJ L 339, 22.12.2010, p. 1 )." ( *3 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 of 6 December 2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins ( OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 1 )’;" (3) in the last sentence of Article 3, the word ‘OLAF’ is replaced by ‘DG ECFIN’.