2009/56/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 12 December 2008 amending Decision ECB/2001/15 on the issue of euro banknotes (ECB/2008/26)
Date: 2008-12-12
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: European Central Bank, central bank, euro, issue of securities, paper money, technical specification

24.1.2009

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 21/75

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 12 December 2008

amending Decision ECB/2001/15 on the issue of euro banknotes

(ECB/2008/26)

(2009/56/EC)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 106(1) thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central
Banks and of the European Central Bank (hereinafter the ‘ESCB
Statute’), and in particular Article 16 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Decision ECB/2008/23 of 12 December 2008 on the
national central banks’ percentage shares in the key for
subscription to the European Central Bank’s capital (1)
provides for the adjustment of the key for subscription
to the European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) capital (hereinafter
the ‘capital key’) in accordance with Article 29.3 of the
ESCB Statute and establishes with effect from 1 January
2009 the new weightings assigned to each national
central bank (NCB) in the adjusted capital key (hereinafter
the ‘capital key weightings’).

Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2008/608/EC
of 8 July 2008 in accordance with Article 122(2) of the
Treaty on the adoption by Slovakia of the single currency
on 1 January 2009 (2) Slovakia fulfils the necessary
conditions for adoption of the euro and the derogations
the 2003 Act of
granted to it under Article 4 of
Accession (3) will be
from
1 January 2009.

abrogated with effect

Article 1(d) of Decision ECB/2001/15 of 6 December
2001 on the issue of euro banknotes (4) defines the
‘banknote allocation key’ and refers to the Annex to
that Decision, which specifies the banknote allocation

key applying since 1 January 2008. Given that new
capital key weightings will apply from 1 January 2009
and that Slovakia will adopt the euro on 1 January 2009,
Decision ECB/2001/15 needs to be amended in order to
determine the banknote allocation key applying from
1 January 2009,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Amendment to Decision ECB/2001/15

Decision ECB/2001/15 is amended as follows:

1. The final
following:

sentence of Article 1(d)

is

replaced by the

‘The Annex to this Decision specifies the banknote allocation
key applying from 1 January 2009.’

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 January 2009.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 12 December 2008.

The President of the ECB

Jean-Claude TRICHET

(1) See page 66 of this Official Journal.
(2) OJ L 195, 24.7.2008, p. 24.
(3) 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 Malta,
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).

the Republic of Lithuania,

the Republic of Hungary,

the Republic of Poland,

(4) OJ L 337, 20.12.2001, p. 52.

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ANNEX

BANKNOTE ALLOCATION KEY FROM 1 JANUARY 2009

European Central Bank

Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique

Deutsche Bundesbank

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland

Bank of Greece

Banco de España

Banque de France

Banca d’Italia

Central Bank of Cyprus

Banque centrale du Luxembourg

Central Bank of Malta

De Nederlandsche Bank

Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Banco de Portugal

Banka Slovenije

Národná banka Slovenska

Suomen Pankki

8,0000 %

3,1975 %

24,9630 %

1,4640 %

2,5900 %

10,9465 %

18,7465 %

16,4730 %

0,1805 %

0,2305 %

0,0835 %

5,2575 %

2,5595 %

2,3075 %

0,4335 %

0,9140 %

1,6530 %

Total

100,0000 %