DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 10 December 2009
on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2010
(ECB/2009/25)
(2010/14/EU)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 128(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right from 1 January 1999 to approve the volume of coins issued by the Member States that have adopted the euro (hereinafter the ‘participating Member States’).
(2) The participating Member States have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2010, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2010
The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued by the participating Member States in 2010 as described in the following table:
|
(EUR million) |
|
|
|
Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2010 |
|
Belgium |
105,2 |
|
Germany |
668,0 |
|
Ireland |
43,0 |
|
Greece |
55,0 |
|
Spain |
210,0 |
|
France |
290,0 |
|
Italy |
283,0 |
|
Cyprus |
18,1 |
|
Luxembourg |
40,0 |
|
Malta |
10,5 |
|
Netherlands |
54,0 |
|
Austria |
306,0 |
|
Portugal |
50,0 |
|
Slovenia |
30,0 |
|
Slovakia |
62,0 |
|
Finland |
60,0 |
Article 2
Final provision
This Decision is addressed to the participating Member States.
Done at Frankfurt am Main, 10 December 2009.
The President of the ECB
Jean-Claude TRICHET
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