CELEX: 32014D0053(01)
Language: en
Date: 2014-12-11 00:00:00
Title: 2014/937/EU: Decision of the European Central Bank of 11 December 2014 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2015 (ECB/2014/53)

19.12.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 365/163
            
         DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
   of 11 December 2014
   on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2015
   
      (ECB/2014/53)
   
   
      (2014/937/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) and Article 140(2) thereof,
   Having regard to Council Decision 2014/509/EU of 23 July 2014 on the adoption by Lithuania of the euro on 1 January 2015 (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               The European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right since 1 January 1999 to approve the volume of coins issued by the Member States whose currency is the euro.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The derogation in favour of Lithuania referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession has been abrogated with effect from 1 January 2015.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The 18 Member States whose currency is the euro and Lithuania have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2015, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               As the right of Member States to issue euro coins is subject to approval by the ECB of the volume of the issue, the volumes approved by the ECB may not be surpassed by the Member States without prior approval by the ECB,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2015
   The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued by the Member States whose currency is the euro in 2015 as set out in the following table:
   
               (million EUR)
            
         
                
            
            
               Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2015
            
         
               Belgium
            
            
               0,8
            
         
               Germany
            
            
               529,0
            
         
               Estonia
            
            
               10,3
            
         
               Ireland
            
            
               39,0
            
         
               Greece
            
            
               13,3
            
         
               Spain
            
            
               301,4
            
         
               France
            
            
               230,0
            
         
               Italy
            
            
               41,5
            
         
               Cyprus
            
            
               10,0
            
         
               Lithuania
            
            
               120,7
            
         
               Luxembourg
            
            
               45,0
            
         
               Malta
            
            
               8,7
            
         
               Netherlands
            
            
               52,5
            
         
               Latvia
            
            
               30,6
            
         
               Austria
            
            
               248,0
            
         
               Portugal
            
            
               30,0
            
         
               Slovenia
            
            
               13,0
            
         
               Slovakia
            
            
               13,4
            
         
               Finland
            
            
               60,0
            
         Article 2
   Taking effect
   This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification to the addressees.
   Article 3
   Addressees
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States whose currency is the euro and Lithuania.
   
      Done at Frankfurt am Main, 11 December 2014.
      
         
            The President of the ECB
         
         Mario DRAGHI
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 228, 31.7.2014, p. 29.