Editing Euro coins (section)

==Controversy==
In spring 2016, controversy arose in the [[Netherlands]] after an episode of the television program ''Keuringsdienst van Waarde'' showed that euro coins for the Netherlands and other countries were being made by South Korean company [[Poongsan Corporation|Poongsan]], a known producer of [[cluster munition]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npo.nl/npo3/keuringsdienst-de-industrie-achter-clustermunitie|title=Keuringsdienst: De industrie achter clustermunitie|website=npo.nl}}</ref> Cluster munitions are banned internationally by the 2008 [[Convention on Cluster Munitions]] (CCM), because of their indiscriminate and long-term effects on civilians. The CCM prohibits the use, production, stockpiling or transfer of cluster munitions as well as assistance with these acts. After parliamentary questions were posed, the Dutch government stated that the [[Royal Dutch Mint]] had ordered around 40&nbsp;million 'coin blanks' between 2011 and 2016, and that Poongsan was on a list of vetted suppliers of the European Commission's Mint Directors Working Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/ah-tk-20152016-2503.html|title=Antwoord op vragen van de leden Merkies en Jasper van Dijk over de productie van euromunten door een Zuid-Koreaans bedrijf dat ook betrokken is bij de productie van clustermunitie|first=Tweede Kamer der|last=Staten-Generaal|website=zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl|date=11 May 2016}}</ref> Since then, both the Royal Dutch Mint and the Norwegian Mint have excluded Poongsan as a coin blank supplier due to its involvement with cluster munitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stopexplosiveinvestments.org|title=Home – Stop Explosive Investments: Help stop the funding of cluster bomb producers|first=Stop Explosive|last=Investment|website=www.stopexplosiveinvestments.org}}</ref> Questions were also raised that year in the European Parliament about Poongsan's presence on the vetted list of coin blank suppliers of the European Commission's Mint Directors Working Group. The Commission responded with claims that, despite the European Union's support of the CCM, the EU itself is not a Party to it and responsibility on the issue lies with EU member states.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+WQ+E-2016-007032+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN|title=Written question – Production by South Korean company Poongsan of cluster munitions and Euro coin blanks – E-007032/2016|website=www.europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>