DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 29 November 2012
on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2013
(ECB/2012/26)
(2012/754/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 whose currency is the euro.
(2) The Member States whose currency is the euro have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2013, 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 2013
The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued by the Member States whose currency is the euro in 2013 as described in the following table:
|
(EUR million) |
|
|
|
Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2013 |
|
Belgium |
149,9 |
|
Germany |
758,0 |
|
Estonia |
10,1 |
|
Ireland |
48,4 |
|
Greece |
8,9 |
|
Spain |
230,0 |
|
France |
300,0 |
|
Italy |
101,5 |
|
Cyprus |
7,1 |
|
Luxembourg |
40,0 |
|
Malta |
8,1 |
|
Netherlands |
63,8 |
|
Austria |
253,0 |
|
Portugal |
17,2 |
|
Slovenia |
15,0 |
|
Slovakia |
21,4 |
|
Finland |
60,0 |
Article 2
Final provision
This Decision is addressed to the Member States whose currency is the euro.
Done at Frankfurt am Main, 29 November 2012.
The President of the ECB
Mario DRAGHI
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