Decision of the European Central Bank of 23 December 1999 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2000 (ECB/1999/11)
L 4/18 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 1. 2000 EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK of 23 December 1999 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2000 (ECB/1999/11) (2000/9/EC) THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Treaty’) and in particular to Article 106(2) thereof; (1) Whereas the European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right to approve the volume of coins issued by the Member States as from 1 January 1999; (2) Whereas Member States have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of national coins to be issued in 2000, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodo- logy, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Approval of the volume of national coins to be issued in 2000 The ECB hereby approves the volume of coins to be issued by the participating Member States in 2000 as described in the following table: Issuance of coins intended for circulation and the issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2000 (EUR million) Belgium Germany Spain France Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Austria Portugal Finland 24,60 143,17 207,42 83,72 71,85 41,43 0,62 27,23 93,81 36,42 20,20 7. 1. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 4/19 Article 2 Final provisions This Decision is addressed to the participating Member States. This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Frankfurt am Main, 23 December 1999. The President of the ECB Willem F. DUISENBERG