# L_2015050EN.01004201.xml

| 21.2.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 50/42 |
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21.2.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 50/42

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DECISION (EU) 2015/286 OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 27 November 2014

amending Decision ECB/2010/29 on the issue of euro banknotes (ECB/2014/49)

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(1) thereof,

Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 16 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2014/509/EU of 23 July 2014 on the adoption by Lithuania of the euro on 1 January 2015 (1), in accordance with Article 140(2) of the Treaty, Lithuania fulfils the necessary conditions for the adoption of the euro and the derogation in favour of Lithuania referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession (2) will be abrogated with effect from 1 January 2015. |
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(1)

Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2014/509/EU of 23 July 2014 on the adoption by Lithuania of the euro on 1 January 2015 (1), in accordance with Article 140(2) of the Treaty, Lithuania fulfils the necessary conditions for the adoption of the euro and the derogation in favour of Lithuania referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession (2) will be abrogated with effect from 1 January 2015.

| (2) | Article 1(d) of Decision ECB/2010/29 (3) defines the ‘banknote allocation key’ and refers to Annex I to that Decision, which specifies the banknote allocation key applying since 1 January 2014. Given that Lithuania will adopt the euro on 1 January 2015, Decision ECB/2010/29 needs to be amended in order to determine the banknote allocation key applying from 1 January 2015, |
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(2)

Article 1(d) of Decision ECB/2010/29 (3) defines the ‘banknote allocation key’ and refers to Annex I to that Decision, which specifies the banknote allocation key applying since 1 January 2014. Given that Lithuania will adopt the euro on 1 January 2015, Decision ECB/2010/29 needs to be amended in order to determine the banknote allocation key applying from 1 January 2015,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Amendment

1.   The final sentence of Article 1(d) of Decision ECB/2010/29 is replaced by the following:

‘Annex I to this Decision specifies the banknote allocation key applying from 1 January 2015.’

2.   Annex I to Decision ECB/2010/29 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2015.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 27 November 2014.

The President of the ECB

Mario DRAGHI

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(1)  
  OJ L 228, 31.7.2014, p. 29.

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(2)  Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33).

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(3)  Decision ECB/2010/29 of 13 December 2010 on the issue of euro banknotes (OJ L 35, 9.2.2011, p. 26).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

BANKNOTE ALLOCATION KEY FROM 1 JANUARY 2015

| % |
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| European Central Bank | 8,0000 |
| Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique | 3,2385 |
| Deutsche Bundesbank | 23,5220 |
| Eesti Pank | 0,2520 |
| Central Bank of Ireland | 1,5170 |
| Bank of Greece | 2,6575 |
| Banco de España | 11,5550 |
| Banque de France | 18,5320 |
| Banca d'Italia | 16,0900 |
| Central Bank of Cyprus | 0,1975 |
| Latvijas Banka | 0,3685 |
| Lietuvos bankas | 0,5400 |
| Banque centrale du Luxembourg | 0,2655 |
| Central Bank of Malta | 0,0850 |
| De Nederlandsche Bank | 5,2325 |
| Oesterreichische Nationalbank | 2,5655 |
| Banco de Portugal | 2,2785 |
| Banka Slovenije | 0,4515 |
| Národná banka Slovenska | 1,0095 |
| Suomen Pankki | 1,6420 |
| TOTAL | 100,0000’ |

%

European Central Bank

8,0000

Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique

3,2385

Deutsche Bundesbank

23,5220

Eesti Pank

0,2520

Central Bank of Ireland

1,5170

Bank of Greece

2,6575

Banco de España

11,5550

Banque de France

18,5320

Banca d'Italia

16,0900

Central Bank of Cyprus

0,1975

Latvijas Banka

0,3685

Lietuvos bankas

0,5400

Banque centrale du Luxembourg

0,2655

Central Bank of Malta

0,0850

De Nederlandsche Bank

5,2325

Oesterreichische Nationalbank

2,5655

Banco de Portugal

2,2785

Banka Slovenije

0,4515

Národná banka Slovenska

1,0095

Suomen Pankki

1,6420

TOTAL

100,0000’

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