Decision of the European Central Bank

of 25 June 2009

amending Decision ECB/2008/20 as regards the volume of euro coins that Austria may issue in 2009

(ECB/2009/15)

(2009/508/EC)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 106(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right from 1 January 1999 to approve the volume of coins issued by the Member States that have adopted the euro (hereinafter the "participating Member States").

(2) On 26 May 2009 the Oesterreichische Nationalbank asked the ECB to approve an increase of EUR 160 million in the volume of euro coins that Austria may issue in 2009,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Increase in volume of euro coins

The ECB approves the increase in the volume of euro coins that Austria may issue in 2009.

As a result, the table in Article 1 of Decision ECB/2008/20 of the European Central Bank [1] is replaced by the following:

(million EUR) |

| "Issuance of coins intended for circulation and issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2009 |

Belgium | 105,4 |

Germany | 632,0 |

Ireland | 65,5 |

Greece | 85,7 |

Spain | 390,0 |

France | 252,5 |

Italy | 234,3 |

Cyprus | 22,5 |

Luxembourg | 42,0 |

Malta | 15,4 |

Netherlands | 68,5 |

Austria | 376,0 |

Portugal | 50,0 |

Slovenia | 27,0 |

Slovakia | 131,0 |

Finland | 60,0" |

Article 2

Final provision

This Decision is addressed to the participating Member States.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 25 June 2009.

The President of the ECB

Jean-Claude Trichet

[1] OJ L 352, 31.12.2008, p. 58.

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