
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 2021 as set out in the following table:
(million EUR)
 Volume of euro coins approved for issuance in 2021
Circulation coins Collector coins(not intended for circulation) Volume of coin issuance
Belgium 33,0 1,0 34,0
Germany 417,0 241,0 658,0
Estonia 10,4 0,3 10,7
Ireland 15,8 0,5 16,3
Greece 99,5 3,6 103,1
Spain 291,5 30,0 321,5
France 243,0 50,0 293,0
Italy 169,3 2,7 172,0
Cyprus 11,0 0,1 11,1
Latvia 5,5 0,2 5,7
Lithuania 20,0 0,6 20,6
Luxembourg 14,7 0,4 15,1
Malta 8,2 0,3 8,5
Netherlands 0,0 0,1 0,1
Austria 62,5 153,5 216,0
Portugal 31,5 2,0 33,5
Slovenia 21,0 1,0 22,0
Slovakia 14,0 2,0 16,0
Finland 15,0 10,0 25,0
Total 1 482,9 499,3 1 982,2
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, 24 November 2020.
The President of the ECB
Christine LAGARDE