Article 3 Exemptions
1. Medals and tokens bearing the terms ‘ euro ’ or ‘ euro cent ’ or the euro symbol without an associated nominal value shall not be prohibited when their size is outside the reference band, unless a design similar to one of the elements referred to in Article 2(1)(c) appears on their surface.
Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 46/2009 of 18 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 2182/2004 concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins.
2. Medals and tokens whose size is inside the reference band shall not be prohibited when:
(a) they are pierced with a hole of over 6 millimetres in the centre, or when their shape is polygonal but not exceeding six edges, provided the condition under point (c)(ii) is respected; or
(b) they are made of gold or silver or platinum; or
(c) when they fulfil the following conditions:
(i) the combinations of diameter and edge height of medals and tokens are consistently outside the ranges defined in each of the cases specified in Section 2 of Annex II; and
(ii) the combinations of diameter and metal properties of medals and tokens are consistently outside the ranges defined in each of the cases specified in Section 3 of Annex II.