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Document 32016D0043

    Decision (EU) 2016/2164 of the European Central Bank of 30 November 2016 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2017 (ECB/2016/43)

    OJ L 333, 8.12.2016, p. 73–74 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force: This act has been changed. Current consolidated version: 23/12/2017

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2016/2164/oj

    8.12.2016   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 333/73


    DECISION (EU) 2016/2164 OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

    of 30 November 2016

    on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2017 (ECB/2016/43)

    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,

    Having regard to Decision (EU) 2015/2332 of the European Central Bank of 4 December 2015 on the procedural framework for the approval of the volume of euro coin issuance (ECB/2015/43) (1), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    The European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right since 1 January 1999 to approve the volume of coins issued by the Member States whose currency is the euro.

    (2)

    The 19 Member States whose currency is the euro have submitted to the ECB their requests for the approval of the volume of coins to be issued in 2017, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology. Certain of these Member States have also provided additional information regarding circulation coins, where such information is available and considered important by the Member States concerned to substantiate the approval request.

    (3)

    As the right of Member States to issue euro coins is subject to approval by the ECB of the volume of the issue, the volumes approved by the ECB may not be surpassed by the Member States without prior approval by the ECB,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

    Article 1

    Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2017

    The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued by the Member States whose currency is the euro in 2017 as set out in the following table:

    (EUR million)

     

    Volume of euro coins approved for issuance in 2017

     

    Circulation coins

    Collector coins

    (not intended for circulation)

    Volume of coin issuance

    Belgium

    51,0

    1,0

    52,0

    Germany

    419,0

    219,0

    638,0

    Estonia

    9,7

    0,3

    10,0

    Ireland

    30,7

    0,8

    31,5

    Greece

    106,3

    0,6

    106,9

    Spain

    359,3

    30,0

    389,3

    France

    224,3

    51,0

    275,3

    Italy

    94,2

    1,8

    96,0

    Cyprus

    14,0

    0,1

    14,1

    Latvia

    16,3

    0,3

    16,6

    Lithuania

    30,0

    0,3

    30,3

    Luxembourg

    17,7

    0,2

    17,9

    Malta

    10,2

    0,2

    10,4

    Netherlands

    25,0

    4,0

    29,0

    Austria

    87,2

    181,8

    269,0

    Portugal

    62,0

    3,0

    65,0

    Slovenia

    24,0

    2,0

    26,0

    Slovakia

    15,6

    1,4

    17,0

    Finland

    35,0

    10,0

    45,0

    Total

    1 631,5

    507,8

    2 139,3

    Article 2

    Taking effect

    This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification to the addressees.

    Article 3

    Addressees

    This Decision is addressed to the Member States whose currency is the euro.

    Done at Frankfurt am Main, 30 November 2016.

    The President of the ECB

    Mario DRAGHI


    (1)   OJ L 328, 12.12.2015, p. 123.


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