Decision of the European Central Bank of 22 April 2004 amending Decision ECB/2001/15 of 6 December 2001 on the issue of euro banknotes (ECB/2004/9)
Date: 2004-04-22
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: European Central Bank, accession to the European Union, central bank, euro, issuing of currency

9.6.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 205/17

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 22 April 2004
amending Decision ECB/2001/15 of 6 December 2001 on the issue of euro banknotes

(ECB/2004/9)

(2004/506/EC)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu‐
nity and in particular Article 106(1) thereof, and to the Statute of
the European System of Central Banks and of the European Cen‐
tral Bank and in particular Article 16 thereof,

Having regard to Decision ECB/2001/15 of 6 December 2001 on
the issue of euro banknotes (1),

Whereas:

(1)

In view of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Repub‐
lic 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 Repub‐
lic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European
Union and their respective national central banks becom‐
ing part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB)
on 1 May 2004, Decision ECB/2004/5 of 22 April 2004
on the national central banks’ percentage shares in the key
for subscription to the European Central Bank’s capital (2)
lays down with effect from 1 May 2004 the new weight‐
ings assigned to the national central banks (NCBs) in the
key for subscription to the European Central Bank’s (ECB’s)
capital.

(2)

Article 1(d) of Decision ECB/2001/15 defines the ‘bank‐
note allocation key’ by reference to the Annex to Decision
ECB/2001/15, which specifies the key applying from

1 January 2004. Decision ECB/2001/15 needs to be
amended accordingly in order to determine the banknote
allocation key applying from 1 May 2004,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Amendment to Decision ECB/2001/15

Decision ECB/2001/15 is amended as follows:

1.

the final sentence of Article 1(d) is replaced by the following:

‘The Annex to this Decision specifies the banknote allocation
key applying from 1 May 2004.’;

2.

the Annex to Decision ECB/2001/15 is replaced by the text
set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Final provision

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 May 2004.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 22 April 2004.

The President of the ECB
Jean‐Claude TRICHET

(1) OJ L 337, 20.12.2001, p. 52. Decision as amended by Decision

ECB/2003/23 (OJ L 9, 15.1.2004, p. 40).

(2) See page 5 of this Official Journal.

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9.6.2004

ANNEX

Banknote allocation key from 1 May 2004

European Central Bank

Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique

Deutsche Bundesbank

Bank of Greece

Banco de España

Banque de France

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland

Banca d’Italia

Banque centrale du Luxembourg

De Nederlandsche Bank

Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Banco de Portugal

Suomen Pankki

8,0000 %

3,2820 %

27,2000 %

2,4415 %

10,0065 %

19,1375 %

1,1865 %

16,7960 %

0,2020 %

5,1415 %

2,6765 %

2,2715 %

1,6585 %

TOTAL

100,0000 %