Traduction de «Contraffazione di moneta » (Italien → Anglais) :

31. Supports the Commission in its concern to have provisions on combating counterfeiting included in cooperation, association and pre-accession negotiations;

26. Supports the Commission in its concern to have provisions on combating counterfeiting included in cooperation, association and pre-accession negotiations;

Seven Member States provide for maximum penalties of imprisonment for Article 2 offences: AT provides for a maximum of five years for counterfeiting, receiving and fraudulent use; CY provides for a maximum of 14 years for counterfeiting payment instruments and seven years for using and acquiring them; DK a maximum of six years for counterfeiting and theft of payment instruments and 18 months for using them; LV ten years for the theft, acquisition and destruction of payment instruments and between 3 and 15 years for counterfeiting, fraudulent use and use of false payment instruments; LT a maximum of six years for using false instrumen ...[+++]ts; NL seven years; PT penalises the acquisition of false payment instruments with three years’ imprisonment, currency trafficking with a maximum of five years, using falsified bearer cheques with six months to five years and falsification with three years (minimum) to twelve years (maximum); in SE there is a maximum of ten years for theft, falsification and receiving, only if the offence is serious (“gross”).

The ETSC contributes to the fulfilment of the objectives of the ‘Pericles’ programme pursuant to Council Decision 2001/923/EC of 17 December 2001 establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (5) and Council Decision 2001/924/EC of 17 December 2001 extending the effects of the Decision establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (Pericles programme) to the Member States which have not adopted the euro as the single currency (6).

Member States use broad notions or definitions such as counterfeiting, falsifying, falsifying in order to create a higher value, the act of forgery or making a counterfeit which cover the conduct of fraudulent making or altering [45] of currency meant in Article 3 (1) (a).

It should be ensured that the euro is protected in an appropriate way in all Member States -inter alia- by efficient criminal law measures, even before the currency starts to be put into circulation, in order to defend the necessary credibility of the new currency and thereby avoid serious economic consequences.