L 358/144 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.12.2002 EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK of 19 December 2002 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2003 (ECB/2002/12) (2002/1011/EC) THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular to 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 (the participating Member States). (2)  The participating Member States have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2003, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2003 The ECB hereby approves the volume of coins to be issued by the participating Member States in 2003 as described in the following table: (million EUR) Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2003 Belgium 246,9 Germany 1475,0 Greece 116,4 Spain 939,0 France 67,5 Ireland 100,6 Italy 115,6 Luxembourg 150,0 Netherlands 85,0 Austria 116,0 Portugal 278,0 Finland 300,0