32001D0929

Decision of the European Central Bank

of 20 December 2001

on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2002

(ECB/2001/19)

(2001/929/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,

Whereas:

(1) The European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right to approve the volume of coins issued by the Member States from 1 January 1999.

(2) Member States have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of euro coins to be issued in 2002, 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 2002

The ECB hereby approves the volume of coins to be issued by the participating Member States in 2002 as described in the following table:

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Article 2

Final provision

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, 20 December 2001.

The President of the ECB

Willem F. Duisenberg