Article 3Exemptions
F11.
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.
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.