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Law on the termination of the payment property of the banknotes denominated in Deutsche Mark and the Federal Coins on Deutsche Mark or German Pfennig

Original Language Title: Gesetz über die Beendigung der Zahlungsmitteleigenschaft der auf Deutsche Mark lautenden Banknoten und der auf Deutsche Mark oder Deutsche Pfennig lautenden Bundesmünzen

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Law on the termination of the payment property of the banknotes denominated in Deutsche Mark and the federal coins denominated in Deutsche Mark or German Pfennig (DM-Termination Act-DMBeEndG)

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DMBeEndG

Date of completion: 16.12.1999

Full quote:

" DM-Termination Act of 16 December 1999 (BGBl. 2402), which is based on Article 7 of the Law of 14 September 2005 (BGBl. 2746).

Status: Amended by Art. 7 G v. 14. 9.2005 I 2746

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Footnote

(+ + + Text evidence from: 1.1.2002 + + +)
The law is adopted by the Bundestag as Article 1 G of 16.12.1999 I 2402. It's gem. Art. 8 of this G mWv 1.1.2002 entered into force. § 1 has already entered into force mWv 22.12.1999. Unofficial table of contents

§ 1

At the end of the 31 December 2001, the banknotes denominated in Deutsche Mark and issued by the Federal Republic of Germany and issued by the Federal Republic of Germany and denominated in Deutsche Mark or Deutsche Pfennig shall lose their Property as a legal tender. The Deutsche Bundesbank swaps in the framework of Article 16 of Council Regulation (EC) No 974/98 of 3 May 1998 on the introduction of the euro (OJ L 327, 30.4.1998, p. EC No 1) the banknotes and coins referred to in the first sentence of 1 January 2002 on the basis of Council Regulation (EC) No 2866/98 of 31 December 1998 on the conversion rates between the euro and the currencies of the Member States which make up the euro. (OJ L 327 EC No 1), irrevocably fixed conversion rates in euro banknotes and euro coins. Unofficial table of contents

§ 2

The Deutsche Bundesbank is not obligated to pay compensation for banknotes that have been destroyed, lost, false or falsified on Deutsche Mark. It may only make a replacement for damaged banknotes denominated in Deutsche Mark if the holder presents either parts of a note that are overall greater than half of the note, or the proof that the rest of the note, from which he or she is the only one, will be Half or a lesser part is destroyed. Unofficial table of contents

§ 3

The Deutsche Bundesbank is not obliged to exchange federal coins denominated in Deutsche Mark or Deutsche Pfennig in legal tender if they are falsified, pierced or otherwise altered by ordinary circulation. Unofficial table of contents

§ 4

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§ 5

The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure applicable to the prosecution of a criminal offence in the field of counterfeiting shall apply in accordance with the prosecution of a criminal offence pursuant to § 4 in connection with a provision of the Criminal Code referred to therein. The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure in force for the prosecution of a falsification of money in accordance with § 146 of the Criminal Code shall apply accordingly for the prosecution of a criminal offence pursuant to § 4 in conjunction with Section 146 of the Criminal Code. Unofficial table of contents

§ 6

§ 4 shall be applied to acts committed during its validity, even if it has not entered into force.