COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2025/1408 of 8 July 2025 amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 as regards the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria

Article 1

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 974/98, the following entry is inserted between the entry for Belgium and the entry for Germany:

‘Bulgaria

1 January 2026

1 January 2026

No’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2026.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 July 2025.

For the Council

The President

S. LOSE

(1) Opinion of 2 July 2025 (OJ C, C/2025/3948, 10.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3948/oj).

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 974/98 of 3 May 1998 on the introduction of the euro (OJ L 139, 11.5.1998, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1998/974/oj).

(3) Council Decision (EU) 2025/1407 of 8 July 2025 on the adoption by Bulgaria of the euro on 1 January 2026 (OJ L, 2025/1407, 14.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1407/oj).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1408/oj

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