7.12.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 324/37 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, (EUR million) Issuance of coins intended for Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European circulation and issuance of collector coins Union, and in particular Article 128(2) thereof, (not intended for circulation) in 2012 Greece 25,4 Whereas: - Spain 250,0 (1) The European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right France 310,0 from 1 January 1999 to approve the Volume of coins Italy 128.4 issued by the Member States whose currency is the euro. Cyprus 13,1 (20 The Member States whose currency is the euro have Luxembourg 35.0 submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2012, supple- Malta 10,5 mented by explanatory notes on the forecasting Netherlands 63.8 methodology, Austria 264,0 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Portugal 285 . Sl i 26,0 Article 1 ovena . . . Slovakia 32,2 Approval of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2012 Finland 60,0 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: Article 2 (EUR million) Final provision Issuance of coins intended for This Decision is addressed to the Member States whose currency circulation and issuance of collector coins is the euro. (not intended for circulation) in 2012 Belgium 196,0 Done at Frankfurt am Main, 1 December 2011. Germany 668,0 Estonia 12,7 The President of the ECB Ireland 31,2 Mario DRAGHI