
Article 1 
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.
Article 2 
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 2020
Circulation coins Collector coins(not intended for circulation) Volume of coin issuance
(EUR million) (EUR million) (EUR million)
Belgium 59,0 1,0 60,0
Germany 412,0 209,0 621,0
Estonia 10,1 0,3 10,4
Ireland 10,5 0,5 11,0
Greece 119,1 0,7 119,8
Spain 357,3 30,0 387,3
France 224,0 50,0 274,0
Italy 174,0 2,7 176,7
Cyprus 12,0 0,1 12,1
Latvia 8,3 0,2 8,5
Lithuania 22,0 0,7 22,7
Luxembourg 14,6 1,0 15,6
Malta 9,4 0,2 9,6
Netherlands 17,0 3,0 20,0
Austria 71,5 153,5 225,0
Portugal 61,1 2,1 63,2
Slovenia 23,0 1,0 24,0
Slovakia 19,0 1,2 20,2
Finland 15,0 10,0 25,0
Article 3 
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification to the addressees.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the euro area Member States.
Done at Frankfurt am Main, 10 December 2019.
The President of the ECB
ChristineLAGARDE