{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-40/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2017/40",
  "legislation_title": "Decision (EU) 2017/2443 of the European Central Bank of 8 December 2017 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2018 (ECB/2017/40)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-40",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Decision (EU) 2017/2443 of the European Central Bank\nof 8 December 2017\non the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2018 (ECB/2017/40)\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)\nThe 19 Member States whose currency is the euro have submitted to the ECB their requests for the approval of the volume of coins to be issued in 2018, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodology. Certain of these Member States have also provided additional information regarding circulation coins, where such information is available and considered important by the Member States concerned to substantiate the approval request.\n(3)\nAs the right of Member States to issue euro coins is subject to approval by the ECB of the volume of the issue, the volumes approved by the ECB may not be surpassed by the Member States without prior approval by the ECB,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 328, 12.12.2015, p. 123."
    }
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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."
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