CELEX: 32005D0014(01)
Language: en
Date: 2005-12-09 00:00:00
Title: 2005/918/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of  9 December 2005  on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2006  (ECB/2005/14)

20.12.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 333/55
            
         
      DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
   
   of 9 December 2005
   on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2006
   (ECB/2005/14)
   (2005/918/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 2006, 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 2006
   The ECB hereby approves the volume of coins to be issued by the participating Member States in 2006 as described in the following table:
   
               (EUR million)
            
         
                
            
            
               Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2006
            
         
               Belgium
            
            
               145,5
            
         
               Germany
            
            
               500,0
            
         
               Greece
            
            
               71,4
            
         
               Spain
            
            
               625,0
            
         
               France
            
            
               362,0
            
         
               Ireland
            
            
               76,0
            
         
               Italy
            
            
               772,4
            
         
               Luxembourg
            
            
               45,0
            
         
               Netherlands
            
            
               60,0
            
         
               Austria
            
            
               177,0
            
         
               Portugal
            
            
               150,0
            
         
               Finland
            
            
               60,0
            
         Article 2
   Final provision
   This Decision is addressed to the participating Member States.
   
      Done at Frankfurt am Main, 9 December 2005.
      
         
            The President of the ECB
         
         Jean-Claude TRICHET