Den første euroseddelserie, der blev udsendt den 1. januar 2002, består af seddelværdierne 5 EUR, 10 EUR, 20 EUR, 50, EUR, 100 EUR, 200 EURog 500 EUR. Eurosedler med ændrede tekniske specifikationer eller ændret design (fx en anden underskrift for forskellige formænd for ECB) udgør kun en ny seddelserie, hvis den omtales som sådan i en ændring til beslutning ECB/2003/4 eller en efterfølgende ECB-retsakt.
The first series of euro banknotes as launched on 1 January 2002 consists of the denominations EUR 5, EUR 10, EUR 20, EUR 50, EUR 100, EUR 200 and EUR 500. Euro banknotes that have revised technical specifications or a revised design (e.g. a different signature for different presidents of the ECB) only constitute a new banknote series if referred to as such in an amendment to Decision ECB/2003/4 or in a subsequent ECB legal act. “Banknotes in circulation” means all euro banknotes issued by the Eurosystem and put into circulation by the NCBs at a certain point in time, which for the purposes of this Guideline also includes the banknotes put into circulation by NHTO entities and ECI banks. It is equal to the aggregated national net issuance of euro banknotes. It should be noted that the concept of “banknotes in circulation” is not applied at national level because it cannot be determined whether banknotes put into circulation in one participating Member State are circulating in that Member State or whether they have been returned from circulation to other NCBs, NHTO entities or ECI banks.