EXTRACT OF "ON THE DENOMINATIONS, SPECIFICATIONS, REPRODUCTION, EXCHANGE AND WITHDRAWAL OF EURO BANKNOTES" From Article 2, Reproduction 2. The reproduction of all or part of a banknote specified in Article 1 of this Decision is authorised without recourse to a specific procedure in the following cases:
a. for photographs, drawings, paintings, films, and generally for any type of image in which the focus is not the banknotes or reproductions themselves, and which do not provide a close-up view of the banknote designs;
b. for reproductions which are more than 125% or less than 75% of both the length and the width of the respective banknote as specified in Article 1 of this Decision, irrespective of the material used for the reproduction.
3. Any other reproduction of all or part of a banknote has to be authorised by (i) the NCB of the participating Member State in which the applicant is located, under delegation from and in accordance with the policies of the ECB, or (ii) the ECB, for applicants located outside the participating Member States.
Reference: http://www.ecb.int/about/ecb1998_6amended.htm and http://www.banque-france.fr/gb/billets/main.htm?menu2=menu_m61.htm&page=euro/1.htm
The information on this page is based on information presented on the Web site referenced above at the time this article was placed online. Check the site (http://www.ecb.int) or the local banking authority for your country for updates and changes to the law prior to relying on the information presented here.
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