# Legal tender of euro banknotes and coins

European Parliament procedure 2023/0208(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 9th term, committee ECON). Stage: Awaiting Parliament's position in 1st reading. 310 committee amendments tabled by 48 Members between 2024-01-29 and 2025-12-19.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier concerns the legal tender of euro banknotes and coins. Amendments revise provisions on mandatory acceptance of cash, refusals on preferential or circumstantial grounds, ex ante unilateral exclusions of cash by retailers, access to cash including ATM and bank-branch closures, monitoring by Member States, implementing acts and the role of the European Central Bank and the Commission.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy KELLEHER | Ireland | RE | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197818.md |
| Gilles BOYER | France | RE | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197577.md |
| Aurore LALUCQ | France | S&D | 44 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197697.md |
| Jonás FERNÁNDEZ | Spain | S&D | 42 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125046.md |
| Evelyn REGNER | Austria | S&D | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96998.md |
| Stéphanie YON-COURTIN | France | RE | 37 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197581.md |
| Henrike HAHN | Germany | Verts/ALE | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197457.md |
| Eero HEINÄLUOMA | Finland | S&D | 32 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197800.md |
| Chris MACMANUS | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/205452.md |
| Markus FERBER | Germany | PPE | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1917.md |
| Nikos PAPANDREOU | Greece | S&D | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/244571.md |
| Carla TAVARES | Portugal | S&D | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/257071.md |
| Olivier CHASTEL | Belgium | RE | 29 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197463.md |
| Thomas BAJADA | Malta | S&D | 29 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/256936.md |
| Matthias ECKE | Germany | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/237465.md |

## Official source documents

- PE758.713: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ECON-AM-758713_EN.pdf
- PE781.237: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ECON-AM-781237_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2023-0208-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2023-0208-COD.json

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