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    2008/990/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 11 December 2008 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2009 (ECB/2008/20)

    OJ L 352, 31.12.2008, p. 58–58 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, 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: 02/07/2009

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2008/990/oj

    31.12.2008   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 352/58


    DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

    of 11 December 2008

    on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2009

    (ECB/2008/20)

    (2008/990/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,

    Having regard to Council Decision 2008/608/EC of 8 July 2008 in accordance with Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Slovakia of the single currency on 1 January 2009 (1), and in particular Article 1 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 derogation in favour of Slovakia referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession has been abrogated with effect from 1 January 2009.

    (3)

    The 15 current participating Member States and Slovakia have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2009, 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 2009

    The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued by the participating Member States in 2009 as described in the following table:

    (EUR million)

     

    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

    216,0

    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, 11 December 2008.

    The President of the ECB

    Jean-Claude TRICHET


    (1)   OJ L 195, 24.7.2008, p. 24.


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