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.