Decision (EU) 2019/2231 of the European Central Bank of 10 December 2019 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2020 (ECB/2019/40)

For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions apply: (a) ‘volume of coin issuance’ means volume of coin issuance as defined in point 3 of Article 1 of Decision (EU) 2015/2332 (ECB/2015/43); (b) ‘circulation coins’ means circulation coins as defined in point 1 of Article 2 of Council Regulation (EU) No 729/2014 ; (c) ‘collector coins’ means collector coins as defined in point 3 of Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 651/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council .

The ECB hereby approves the volume of euro coins to be issued by the euro area Member States in 2020 as set out in the following table: Volume of euro coins approved for issuance in 2020Circulation coins Collector coins (not intended for circulation) Volume of coin issuance(EUR million)(EUR million)(EUR million)Belgium59,01,060,0Germany412,0209,0621,0Estonia10,10,310,4Ireland10,50,511,0Greece119,10,7119,8Spain357,330,0387,3France224,050,0274,0Italy174,02,7176,7Cyprus12,00,112,1Latvia8,30,28,5Lithuania22,00,722,7Luxembourg14,61,015,6Malta9,40,29,6Netherlands17,03,020,0Austria71,5153,5225,0Portugal61,12,163,2Slovenia23,01,024,0Slovakia19,01,220,2Finland15,010,025,0

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification to the addressees.

This Decision is addressed to the euro area Member States.