Decision (EU) 2020/1997 of the European Central Bank of 24 November 2020 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2021 (ECB/2020/57)

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 2021 as set out in the following table: (million EUR)Volume of euro coins approved for issuance in 2021Circulation coins Collector coins (not intended for circulation) Volume of coin issuanceBelgium33,01,034,0Germany417,0241,0658,0Estonia10,40,310,7Ireland15,80,516,3Greece99,53,6103,1Spain291,530,0321,5France243,050,0293,0Italy169,32,7172,0Cyprus11,00,111,1Latvia5,50,25,7Lithuania20,00,620,6Luxembourg14,70,415,1Malta8,20,38,5Netherlands0,00,10,1Austria62,5153,5216,0Portugal31,52,033,5Slovenia21,01,022,0Slovakia14,02,016,0Finland15,010,025,0Total1482,9499,31982,2

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

This Decision is addressed to the euro area Member States.