# L_2019009EN.01019401.xml

| 11.1.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 9/194 |
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11.1.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 9/194

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DECISION (EU) 2019/47 OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 29 November 2018

amending Decision ECB/2010/29 on the issue of euro banknotes (ECB/2018/31)

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) | Decision (EU) 2019/43 of the European Central Bank (ECB/2018/27) (1) provides for the adjustment of the key for subscription to the capital of the European Central Bank (ECB) (hereinafter the ‘capital key’) in accordance with Article 29.3 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank and establishes, with effect from 1 January 2019, new weightings assigned to each national central bank (NCB) in the adjusted capital key (hereinafter the ‘capital key weightings’). |
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(1)

Decision (EU) 2019/43 of the European Central Bank (ECB/2018/27) (1) provides for the adjustment of the key for subscription to the capital of the European Central Bank (ECB) (hereinafter the ‘capital key’) in accordance with Article 29.3 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank and establishes, with effect from 1 January 2019, new weightings assigned to each national central bank (NCB) in the adjusted capital key (hereinafter the ‘capital key weightings’).

| (2) | Article 1(d) of Decision ECB/2010/29 (2) defines the ‘banknote allocation key’ and refers to Annex I to that Decision, which specifies the banknote allocation key applying since 1 January 2015. Given that new capital key weightings will apply from 1 January 2019, Decision ECB/2010/29 needs to be amended in order to determine the banknote allocation key applying from 1 January 2019, |
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(2)

Article 1(d) of Decision ECB/2010/29 (2) defines the ‘banknote allocation key’ and refers to Annex I to that Decision, which specifies the banknote allocation key applying since 1 January 2015. Given that new capital key weightings will apply from 1 January 2019, Decision ECB/2010/29 needs to be amended in order to determine the banknote allocation key applying from 1 January 2019,

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 2019.’

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 2019.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 29 November 2018.

The President of the ECB

Mario DRAGHI

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(1)  Decision (EU) 2019/43 of the European Central Bank of 29 November 2018 on the national central banks' percentage shares in the key for subscription to the European Central Bank's capital and repealing Decision ECB/2013/28 (ECB/2018/27) (see page 178 of this Official Journal).

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(2)  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 2019

| % |
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| European Central Bank | 8,0000 |
| Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique | 3,3410 |
| Deutsche Bundesbank | 24,2720 |
| Eesti Pank | 0,2600 |
| Central Bank of Ireland | 1,5535 |
| Bank of Greece | 2,2850 |
| Banco de España | 11,0200 |
| Banque de France | 18,7735 |
| Banca d'Italia | 15,5970 |
| Central Bank of Cyprus | 0,1985 |
| Latvijas Banka | 0,3610 |
| Lietuvos bankas | 0,5365 |
| Banque centrale du Luxembourg | 0,3000 |
| Central Bank of Malta | 0,0965 |
| De Nederlandsche Bank | 5,3755 |
| Oesterreichische Nationalbank | 2,6860 |
| Banco de Portugal | 2,1630 |
| Banka Slovenije | 0,4440 |
| Národná banka Slovenska | 1,0575 |
| Suomen Pankki | 1,6795 |
| TOTAL | 100,0000 |

%

European Central Bank

8,0000

Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique

3,3410

Deutsche Bundesbank

24,2720

Eesti Pank

0,2600

Central Bank of Ireland

1,5535

Bank of Greece

2,2850

Banco de España

11,0200

Banque de France

18,7735

Banca d'Italia

15,5970

Central Bank of Cyprus

0,1985

Latvijas Banka

0,3610

Lietuvos bankas

0,5365

Banque centrale du Luxembourg

0,3000

Central Bank of Malta

0,0965

De Nederlandsche Bank

5,3755

Oesterreichische Nationalbank

2,6860

Banco de Portugal

2,1630

Banka Slovenije

0,4440

Národná banka Slovenska

1,0575

Suomen Pankki

1,6795

TOTAL

100,0000

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