2010/14/: Decision of the European Central Bank of 10 December 2009 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2010 (ECB/2009/25)

12.1.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 7/21
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 10 December 2009
on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2010
(ECB/2009/25)
(2010/14/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 that have adopted the euro (hereinafter 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 2010, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology,