Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Pericles IV Programme (follow-up to the Pericles 2020 programme) funds staff exchanges, seminars, trainings and studies for law enforcement and judicial authorities, banks and others involved in combating euro-counterfeiting. Actions can take place in the euro area, in EU countries outside the euro area and in third countries.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The Pericles IV programme has the objective to protect euro banknotes and coins against counterfeiting and related fraud, by supporting and supplementing the measures undertaken by the Member States and assisting the competent national and Union authorities in their efforts to develop among themselves and with the Commission a close and regular cooperation and an exchange of best practice, where appropriate including third countries and international organisations.
The present call aims to:
- support and supplement the measures undertaken by the Member States;
- assist the competent national and authorities in their efforts to develop among themselves and with the European Commission a close and regular cooperation and an exchange of best practices, where appropriate including third countries and international organisations.
Detailed Call Description
The call implements the priorities of the Pericles IV Programme for 2022, i.e.:
- Supporting activities aimed at improving cooperation among Member States which are particularly affected by the production and distribution of counterfeits.
- Fostering cooperation with authorities of third countries where there is suspicion of or evidence for counterfeit euro production.
- Maintaining an efficient framework for the protection of the euro in South Eastern Europe.
- Topical developments
- Distribution of counterfeits and high quality components on the darknet, and ‘movie money’ and ‘prop copy’ products online (including altered design notes)
- Euro coins: authentication of euro coins and handling of euro coins unfit for circulation and security features of euro coins
- Support for the establishment / reinforcement of national central offices (NCOs).
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Thematic Categories
- Economy-Finances
Eligibility for Participation
- Financial Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- Private Bodies
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be competent national authorities in the area of the protection of the euro against counterfeiting
- be from a Euro area or non-Euro area Member State
Target groups:
- staff of agencies engaged in detecting and combating counterfeiting, in particular police forces, customs and financial administrations, depending on their specific functions at national level
- intelligence personnel
- representatives of the national central banks, the mints, commercial banks and other financial intermediaries, in particular as regards the obligations of financial institutions
- judicial officers, specialist lawyers and members of the judiciary in this field
- any other group of specialists concerned, such as chambers of commerce and industry or comparable structures capable of providing access to small and medium-sized enterprises, retailers and cash-in-transit companies.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
1)The Central Bank of Cyprus
Currency Section
80 Kennedy Avenue,
1076 Nicosia
CYPRUS
Tel. +357 22714165
Fax +357 22714941
Email: ncccy@centralbank.gov.cy
2) The Cyprus Police Forensic Science Laboratory
Criminalistic Services
Police Headquarters
1478 Nicosia
CYPRUS
Tel. +357 22607240-45
Fax +357 22808936
Email: forensiclab@police.gov.cy
(Publish Date: 22/02/2022-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
For help related to this call, please contact:
ECFIN-PERICLES@ec.europa.eu