Statement: Fighting Fake Euros: Commissioner Šemeta welcomes adoption of “Pericles 2020”

On the 11 March 2014, Algirdas Šemeta, Commissioner responsible for anti-fraud, welcomed Member States' formal adoption of the Pericles 2020 programme to help protect the euro against counterfeiting.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (the 'Pericles 2020' programme) http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-regulation-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-establishing-an-exchange-assistance-and-training-programme-for-the-protection-of-the-euro-against-counterfeiting-the-pericles/

ESO: Background information: Anti-Fraud: New anti-fraud programmes adopted to protect EU financial interests until 2020 http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-anti-fraud-new-anti-fraud-programmes-adopted-to-protect-eu-financial-interests-until-2020/

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