CELEX: 32015D0042(01)
Language: en
Date: 2015-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Decision (EU) 2015/2331 of the European Central Bank of 4 December 2015 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2016 (ECB/2015/42)

12.12.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 328/121
            
         DECISION (EU) 2015/2331 OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
   of 4 December 2015
   on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2016 (ECB/2015/42)
   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) 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 19 Member States whose currency is the euro have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2016, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               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 2016
   The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued by the Member States whose currency is the euro in 2016 as set out in the following table:
   
               (EUR million)
            
         
                
            
            
               Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2016
            
         
               Belgium
            
            
               80,6
            
         
               Germany
            
            
               667,5
            
         
               Estonia
            
            
               10,3
            
         
               Ireland
            
            
               38,8
            
         
               Greece
            
            
               79,5
            
         
               Spain
            
            
               276,4
            
         
               France
            
            
               266,0
            
         
               Italy
            
            
               35,0
            
         
               Cyprus
            
            
               12,1
            
         
               Latvia
            
            
               20,0
            
         
               Lithuania
            
            
               32,3
            
         
               Luxembourg
            
            
               19,1
            
         
               Malta
            
            
               9,9
            
         
               Netherlands
            
            
               52,5
            
         
               Austria
            
            
               260,0
            
         
               Portugal
            
            
               53,4
            
         
               Slovenia
            
            
               30,0
            
         
               Slovakia
            
            
               17,0
            
         
               Finland
            
            
               45,0
            
         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.
   
      Done at Frankfurt am Main, 4 December 2015.
      
         
            The President of the ECB
         
         Mario DRAGHI