technical structure developed by the European Central Bank for the international community to evaluate new reproduction equipment and counterfeit deterrence systems

The Counterfeit Analysis Centre (CAC) and the counterfeit currency database (CCD) of the ESCB will be established by and run under the aegis of the ECB. The establishment of the CAC is intended to centralise the technical analysis of and data relating to the counterfeiting of euro banknotes issued by the ECB and the NCBs. All relevant technical and statistical data concerning the counterfeiting of euro banknotes shall be centrally stored in the CCD.