Decision (EU) 2025/2523 of the European Central Bankof 4 December 2025amending Decision ECB/2010/29 on the issue of euro banknotes (ECB/2025/39)

Decision (EU) 2025/2523 of the European Central Bank of 4 December 2025 amending Decision ECB/2010/29 on the issue of euro banknotes (ECB/2025/39) THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 128(1) thereof, Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 16 thereof, Whereas: (1) Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision (EU) 2025/1407 Council Decision (EU) 2025/1407 of 8 July 2025 on the adoption by Bulgaria of the euro on 1 January 2026 (OJ L, 2025/1407, 14.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1407/oj). , in accordance with Article 140(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), Bulgaria fulfils the necessary conditions for the adoption of the euro and the derogation in favour of Bulgaria referred to in Article 5 of the 2005 Act of Accession Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania and the adjustments to the treaties on which the European Union is founded (OJ L 157, 21.6.2005, p. 203). will be abrogated with effect from 1 January 2026. (2) Article 1, point (d), of Decision ECB/2010/29 of the European Central Bank Decision ECB/2010/29 of the European Central Bank of 13 December 2010 on the issue of euro banknotes (OJ L 35, 9.2.2011, p. 26, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2011/67(1)/oj). defines the banknote allocation key and refers to Annex I to that Decision, which specifies the banknote allocation key applying since 1 January 2024. Given that Bulgaria will adopt the euro on 1 January 2026, and that new capital key weightings will apply from that date, Decision ECB/2010/29 needs to be amended in order to determine the banknote allocation key applying from 1 January 2026, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Amendments Decision ECB/2010/29 is amended as follows: (1) the final sentence of Article 1, point (d), is replaced by the following: Annex I to this Decision specifies the banknote allocation key that shall apply from 1 January 2026.; (2) Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Entry into force This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2026. Done at Frankfurt am Main, 4 December 2025. The President of the ECB Christine Lagarde

Annex

ANNEX Annex I to Decision ECB/2010/29 is replaced by the following: .

Annex

ANNEX I BANKNOTE ALLOCATION KEY FROM 1 JANUARY 2026 European Central Bank8,0000 %Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique3,3360 %Българска народна банка (Bulgarian National Bank)1,0875 %Deutsche Bundesbank24,2095 %Eesti Pank0,2710 %Central Bank of Ireland1,9805 %Bank of Greece2,0540 %Banco de España10,7505 %Banque de France18,1865 %Hrvatska narodna banka0,7035 %Banca d’Italia14,5640 %Central Bank of Cyprus0,2005 %Latvijas Banka0,3525 %Lietuvos bankas0,5365 %Banque centrale du Luxembourg0,3310 %Central Bank of Malta0,1170 %De Nederlandsche Bank5,3710 %Oesterreichische Nationalbank2,6880 %Banco de Portugal2,1140 %Banka Slovenije0,4495 %Národná banka Slovenska1,0455 %Suomen Pankki1,6515 %TOTAL100,0000 %