CELEX: 32004D0019(01)
Language: en
Date: 2004-12-14 00:00:00
Title: 2004/899/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 14 December 2004 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2005 (ECB/2004/19)

24.12.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 379/107
            
         
      DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
   
   of 14 December 2004
   on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2005
   (ECB/2004/19)
   (2004/899/EC)
   THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular to Article 106(2) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               The European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right from 1 January 1999 to approve the volume of coins issued by the Member States that have adopted the euro (the participating Member States).
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The participating Member States have submitted to the ECB, for approval, their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2005, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology,
            
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2005
   The ECB hereby approves the volume of coins to be issued by the participating Member States in 2005 as described in the following table:
   
               (EUR million)
            
         
                
            
            
               Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2005
            
         
               Belgium
            
            
               178,5
            
         
               Germany
            
            
               680,0
            
         
               Greece
            
            
               108,8
            
         
               Spain
            
            
               642,0
            
         
               France
            
            
               468,5
            
         
               Ireland
            
            
               131,0
            
         
               Italy
            
            
               675,0
            
         
               Luxembourg
            
            
               65,0
            
         
               Netherlands
            
            
               175,0
            
         
               Austria
            
            
               185,0
            
         
               Portugal
            
            
               170,0
            
         
               Finland
            
            
               60,0
            
         Article 2
   Final provision
   This Decision is addressed to the participating Member States.
   
      Done at Frankfurt am Main, 14 December 2004.
      
         
            The President of the ECB
         
         Jean-Claude TRICHET