Under de inledande fyra åren – 2002 till 2005 – hade det ett totalt referensbelopp på 4 miljoner euro. ###>Pericles, a Community programme for exchange, assistance and training in the protection of the euro against counterfeiting, was established by a Council decision in 2001 and is designed to support and supplement the measures undertaken by the Member States to protect the euro against counterfeiting.