Decision (EU) 2025/2182 of the European Central Bank of 16 October 2025 amending Decision ECB/2010/14 on the authenticity and fitness checking and recirculation of euro banknotes (ECB/2025/36)

Suspect counterfeit euro banknotes and euro banknotes that are not clearly authenticated following classification carried out in accordance with Annex IIa or IIb or following manual authenticity checking by a trained staff member shall immediately, in line with national regulations and in any case within a maximum of 20 working days, be handed over by cash handlers to the competent national authorities or to the NCB, respectively. Suspect counterfeit euro banknotes shall be handed over together with all available information related to the account holder.’

1 This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2 Cash handlers of Member States that adopt the euro following the date of adoption of this Decision shall apply it from the date of adoption of the euro.