{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-39/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2017/39",
  "legislation_title": "Decision (EU) 2017/2442 of the European Central Bank of 8 December 2017 amending Decision (EU) 2016/2164 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2017 (ECB/2017/39)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-39",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Decision (EU) 2017/2442 of the European Central Bank\nof 8 December 2017\namending Decision (EU) 2016/2164 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2017 (ECB/2017/39)\nTHE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 128(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to Decision (EU) 2015/2332 of the European Central Bank of 4 December 2015 on the procedural framework for the approval of the volume of euro coin issuance (ECB/2015/43), and in particular Article 2 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right since 1 January 1999 to approve the volume of coins issued by the Member States whose currency is the euro.\n(2)\nBased on the estimates of demand for euro coins in 2017 that the Member States whose currency is the euro submitted to the ECB, the ECB approved the total volume of euro coins intended for circulation and euro collector coins not intended for circulation in 2017 in Decision (EU) 2016/2164 of the European Central Bank (ECB/2016/43).\n(3)\nOn 19 October 2017, the Italian Ministry of Finance requested that the volume of euro coins that Italy may issue in 2017 be increased from EUR 96,0 million to EUR 141,0 million to be able to respond to an unexpected rise in the demand for coins. The ECB has approved this request for an increase in the volume of euro coins intended for circulation that Italy may issue in 2017.\n(4)\nTherefore, Decision (EU) 2016/2164 (ECB/2016/43) should be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 328, 12.12.2015, p. 123."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Decision (EU) 2016/2164 of the European Central Bank of 30 November 2016 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2017 (ECB/2016/43) (OJ L 333, 8.12.2016, p. 73)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}