L 4/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 7.1.2000 EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK of 23 December 1999 on the approval of the volume of coin issuance in 2000 (ECB/1999/11) (2000/9/EC) THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Treaty’) and in particular to Article 106(2) thereof; (1) Whereas the European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right to approve the volume of coins issued by the Member States as from 1 January 1999; (2)  Whereas Member States have submitted to the ECB for approval their estimates of the volume of national coins to be issued in 2000, supplemented by explanatory notes on the forecasting methodo- logy, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Approval of the volume of national coins to be issued in 2000 The ECB hereby approves the volume of coins to be issued by the participating Member States in 2000 as described in the following table: (EUR million) Issuance of coins intended for circulation and the issuance of collector coins (not intended for circulation) in 2000 Belgium 24,60 Germany 143,17 Spain 207,42 France 83,72 Ireland 71,85 Italy 41,43 Luxembourg 0,62 Netherlands 27,23 Austria 93,81 Portugal 36,42 Finland 20,20