Decision of the European Central Bank of 19 April 2013 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withdrawal of euro banknotes (recast) (ECB/2013/10) (2013/211/EU)

Article 1 Denominations and specifications

1. Euro banknotes shall include seven denominations of euro banknotes in the range of 5 euro to 500 euro, depicting the theme ‘Ages and styles of Europe’, with the following basic specifications.

Face value(EUR)	Dimensions (first series)	Dimensions (second series)	Dominant colour	Design
5	120 × 62 mm	120 × 62 mm	Grey	Classical
10	127 × 67 mm	127 × 67 mm	Red	Romanesque
20	133 × 72 mm	133 × 72 mm	Blue	Gothic
50	140 × 77 mm	140 × 77 mm	Orange	Renaissance
100	147 × 82 mm	To be decided	Green	Baroque and rococo
200	153 × 82 mm	To be decided	Yellow-brown	Iron and glass architecture
500	160 × 82 mm	To be decided	Purple	Modern 20th century architecture

2. The seven denominations in the euro banknote series shall bear the representation of gateways and windows on the front side (recto) and bridges on the reverse side (verso). All seven denominations shall be typical of the different European artistic periods referred to above. Other elements of the designs shall include:

(a) the symbol of the European Union;

(b) the name of the currency in the Roman and Greek alphabets and, additionally, for the second series of euro banknotes, the name of the currency in the Cyrillic alphabet;

(c) the initials of the ECB in the European Union’s official language variants; for the first series of euro banknotes, the initials of the ECB shall be limited to the following five official language variants: BCE, ECB, EZB, EKT and EKP and, additionally, for the second series of euro banknotes, the initials of the ECB shall be limited to the following nine official language variants: BCE, ECB, ЕЦБ, EZB, EKP, EKT, EKB, BĊE and EBC;

(d) the © symbol which indicates that the copyright belongs to the ECB; and

(e) the signature of the President of the ECB.