CELEX: 32011D0021
Language: en
Date: 2011-12-01 00:00:00
Title: 2011/816/EU: Decision of the European Central Bank of 1 December 2011 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2012 (ECB/2011/21)

7.12.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 324/37
            
         DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
   of 1 December 2011
   on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2012
   (ECB/2011/21)
   (2011/816/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) 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 whose currency is the euro.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The 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 2012, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2012
   The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued by the Member States whose currency is the euro in 2012 as described in the following table:
   
               (EUR million)
            
         
                
            
            
               Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins
               (not intended for circulation) in 2012
            
         
               Belgium
            
            
               196,0
            
         
               Germany
            
            
               668,0
            
         
               Estonia
            
            
               12,7
            
         
               Ireland
            
            
               31,2
            
         
               Greece
            
            
               25,4
            
         
               Spain
            
            
               250,0
            
         
               France
            
            
               310,0
            
         
               Italy
            
            
               128,4
            
         
               Cyprus
            
            
               13,1
            
         
               Luxembourg
            
            
               35,0
            
         
               Malta
            
            
               10,5
            
         
               Netherlands
            
            
               63,8
            
         
               Austria
            
            
               264,0
            
         
               Portugal
            
            
               28,5
            
         
               Slovenia
            
            
               26,0
            
         
               Slovakia
            
            
               32,2
            
         
               Finland
            
            
               60,0
            
         Article 2
   Final provision
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States whose currency is the euro.
   
      Done at Frankfurt am Main, 1 December 2011.
      
         
            The President of the ECB
         
         Mario DRAGHI