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

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)

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