2.7.2009 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 172/35 |
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 25 June 2009
amending Decision ECB/2008/20 as regards the volume of euro coins that Austria may issue in 2009
(ECB/2009/15)
(2009/508/EC)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular 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 (hereinafter the ‘participating Member States’). |
(2) |
On 26 May 2009 the Oesterreichische Nationalbank asked the ECB to approve an increase of EUR 160 million in the volume of euro coins that Austria may issue in 2009, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Increase in volume of euro coins
The ECB approves the increase in the volume of euro coins that Austria may issue in 2009.
As a result, the table in Article 1 of Decision ECB/2008/20 of the European Central Bank (1) is replaced by the following:
(million EUR) |
|
|
‘Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2009 |
Belgium |
105,4 |
Germany |
632,0 |
Ireland |
65,5 |
Greece |
85,7 |
Spain |
390,0 |
France |
252,5 |
Italy |
234,3 |
Cyprus |
22,5 |
Luxembourg |
42,0 |
Malta |
15,4 |
Netherlands |
68,5 |
Austria |
376,0 |
Portugal |
50,0 |
Slovenia |
27,0 |
Slovakia |
131,0 |
Finland |
60,0’ |
Article 2
Final provision
This Decision is addressed to the participating Member States.
Done at Frankfurt am Main, 25 June 2009.
The President of the ECB
Jean-Claude TRICHET
(1) OJ L 352, 31.12.2008, p. 58.