Decision of the European Central Bank of 22 April 2004 amending Decision ECB/2001/15 of 6 December 2001 on the issue of euro banknotes (ECB/2004/9)

9.6.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 205/17
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 22 April 2004
amending Decision ECB/2001/15 of 6 December 2001 on the issue of euro banknotes
(ECB/2004/9)
(2004/506/EC)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 106(1) thereof, and to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank and in particular Article 16 thereof,
Having regard to Decision ECB/2001/15 of 6 December 2001 on the issue of euro banknotes (1),
Whereas:
(1) In view of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union and their respective national central banks becoming part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) on 1 May 2004, Decision ECB/2004/5 of 22 April 2004 on the national central banks' percentage shares in the key for subscription to the European Central Bank’s capital (2) lays down with effect from 1 May 2004 the new weightings assigned to the national central banks (NCBs) in the key for subscription to the European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) capital.
(2) Article 1(d) of Decision ECB/2001/15 defines the ‘banknote allocation key’ by reference to the Annex to Decision ECB/2001/15, which specifies the key applying from 1 January 2004. Decision ECB/2001/15 needs to be amended accordingly in order to determine the banknote allocation key applying from 1 May 2004,