# Official Journal L 35/2011

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| Official Journal
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| English edition | Legislation | Volume 549 February 2011 |

ISSN 1725-2555

doi:10.3000/17252555.L_2011.035.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

L 35

English edition

Legislation

Volume 549 February 2011

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| Contents | | II   Non-legislative acts | page |
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| | | DECISIONS |
| | | 2011/65/EU |
| | * | Decision of the European Central Bank of 11 November 2010 on the annual accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB/2010/21) | 1 |
| | | 2011/66/EU |
| | * | Decision of the European Central Bank of 25 November 2010 on the allocation of monetary income of the national central banks of Member States whose currency is the euro (ECB/2010/23) | 17 |
| | | 2011/67/EU |
| | * | Decision of the European Central Bank of 13 December 2010 on the issue of euro banknotes (ECB/2010/29) | 26 |
| | | GUIDELINES |
| | | 2011/68/EU |
| | * | Guideline of the European Central Bank of 11 November 2010 on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks (ECB/2010/20) | 31 |

Contents

II   Non-legislative acts

page

DECISIONS

2011/65/EU

*

Decision of the European Central Bank of 11 November 2010 on the annual accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB/2010/21)

(ECB/2010/21)

1

2011/66/EU

*

Decision of the European Central Bank of 25 November 2010 on the allocation of monetary income of the national central banks of Member States whose currency is the euro (ECB/2010/23)

(ECB/2010/23)

17

2011/67/EU

*

Decision of the European Central Bank of 13 December 2010 on the issue of euro banknotes (ECB/2010/29)

(ECB/2010/29)

26

GUIDELINES

2011/68/EU

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Guideline of the European Central Bank of 11 November 2010 on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks (ECB/2010/20)

(ECB/2010/20)

31

| EN | Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period.
  The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk. |
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EN

Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period.

The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk.

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II Non-legislative acts

DECISIONS

| 9.2.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 35/1 |
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9.2.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 35/1

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DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 11 November 2010

on the annual accounts of the European Central Bank

(recast)

(ECB/2010/21)

(2011/65/EU)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (hereinafter the ‘Statute of the ESCB’), and in particular Article 26.2 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Decision ECB/2006/17 of 10 November 2006 on the annual accounts of the European Central Bank (1) has been substantially amended several times. Since further amendments are to be made, in particular with regard to the hedging of interest rate risk, it should be recast in the interests of clarity. |
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(1)

Decision ECB/2006/17 of 10 November 2006 on the annual accounts of the European Central Bank (1) has been substantially amended several times. Since further amendments are to be made, in particular with regard to the hedging of interest rate risk, it should be recast in the interests of clarity.

| (2) | Guideline ECB/2006/16 of 10 November 2006 on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks (2) to which Decision ECB/2006/17 refers has been recast and repealed by Guideline ECB/2010/20 of 11 November 2010 on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks (3), |
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(2)

Guideline ECB/2006/16 of 10 November 2006 on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks (2) to which Decision ECB/2006/17 refers has been recast and repealed by Guideline ECB/2010/20 of 11 November 2010 on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks (3),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Definitions

1.   The terms defined in Article 1 of Guideline ECB/2010/20 shall have the same meaning when used in this Decision.

2.   Other technical terms used in this Decision shall have the same meaning as in Annex II to Guideline ECB/2010/20.

Article 2

Scope of application

The rules set out in this Decision shall apply to the annual accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) comprising the balance sheet, items recorded in the books of the ECB off-balance-sheet, the profit and loss account and the notes to the annual accounts of the ECB.

Article 3

Basic accounting assumptions

The basic accounting assumptions defined in Article 3 of Guideline ECB/2010/20 shall also apply for the purposes of this Decision.

Article 4

Recognition of assets and liabilities

A financial or other asset/liability shall only be recognised in the balance sheet of the ECB in accordance with Article 4 of Guideline ECB/2010/20.

Article 5

Economic and cash/settlement approaches

The rules set out in Article 5 of Guideline ECB/2010/20 shall apply to this Decision.

CHAPTER II

COMPOSITION AND VALUATION RULES FOR THE BALANCE SHEET

Article 6

Composition of the balance sheet

The composition of the balance sheet shall be based on the structure set out in Annex I.

Article 7

Provision for foreign exchange rate, interest rate, credit and gold price risks

Taking into due consideration the nature of the ECB’s activities, the Governing Council may establish a provision for foreign exchange rate, interest rate, credit and gold price risks in the balance sheet of the ECB. The Governing Council shall decide on the size and use of the provision on the basis of a reasoned estimate of the ECB’s risk exposures.

Article 8

Balance sheet valuation rules

1.   Current market rates and prices shall be used for balance sheet valuation purposes unless specified otherwise in Annex I.

2.   The revaluation of gold, foreign currency instruments, securities other than those classified as held-to-maturity and non-marketable securities, as well as financial instruments, both on-balance-sheet and off-balance-sheet, shall be performed at the year-end at mid-market rates and prices.

3.   No distinction shall be made between price and currency revaluation differences for gold, but a single gold revaluation difference shall be accounted for, based on the euro price per defined unit of weight of gold derived from the euro/US dollar exchange rate on the quarterly revaluation date. For foreign exchange, including on-balance-sheet and off-balance-sheet transactions, revaluation shall take place on a currency-by-currency basis. For the purpose of this Article, holdings of SDRs, including designated individual foreign exchange holdings underlying the SDR basket, shall be treated as one holding. For securities, revaluation shall take place on a code-by-code basis, i.e. same ISIN number/type. Securities held for monetary policy purposes or included in the items ‘Other financial assets’ or ‘Sundry’ shall be treated as separate holdings.

4.   Securities classified as held-to-maturity shall be treated as separate holdings, valued at amortised costs and subject to impairment. The same treatment shall apply to non-marketable securities. Securities classified as held-to-maturity may be sold before their maturity in any of the following circumstances:

| (a) | if the quantity sold is considered not significant in comparison with the total amount of the held-to-maturity securities portfolio; |
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(a)

if the quantity sold is considered not significant in comparison with the total amount of the held-to-maturity securities portfolio;

| (b) | if the securities are sold during the month of the maturity date; |
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(b)

if the securities are sold during the month of the maturity date;

| (c) | under exceptional circumstances, such as a significant deterioration of the issuer’s creditworthiness, or following an explicit monetary policy decision of the Governing Council. |
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(c)

under exceptional circumstances, such as a significant deterioration of the issuer’s creditworthiness, or following an explicit monetary policy decision of the Governing Council.

Article 9

Reverse transactions

Reverse transactions shall be accounted for in accordance with Article 8 of Guideline ECB/2010/20.

Article 10

Marketable equity instruments

Marketable equity instruments shall be accounted for in accordance with Article 9 of Guideline ECB/2010/20.

Article 11

Hedging of interest rate risk on securities with derivatives

The hedging of interest rate risk shall be accounted for in accordance with Article 10 of Guideline ECB/2010/20.

Article 12

Synthetic instruments

Synthetic instruments shall be accounted for in accordance with Article 11 of Guideline ECB/2010/20.

CHAPTER III

INCOME RECOGNITION

Article 13

Income recognition

1.   Article 13(1), (2), (3), (5) and (7) of Guideline ECB/2010/20 shall apply to income recognition.

2.   Holdings on special revaluation accounts stemming from contributions in accordance with Article 48.2 of the Statute of the ESCB with respect to central banks of Member States for which the derogation has been abrogated shall be used to offset unrealised losses when exceeding previous revaluation gains registered in the corresponding standard revaluation account as laid down by Article 13(1)(c) of Guideline ECB/2010/20, prior to the offsetting of such losses in accordance with Article 33.2 of the Statute of the ESCB. The holdings on special revaluation accounts for gold, currencies and securities shall be reduced pro rata in the event of a reduction in the holdings of the relevant assets.

Article 14

Cost of transactions

Article 14 of Guideline ECB/2010/20 shall apply to this Decision.

CHAPTER IV

ACCOUNTING RULES FOR OFF-BALANCE-SHEET INSTRUMENTS

Article 15

General rules

Article 15 of Guideline ECB/2010/20 shall apply to this Decision.

Article 16

Foreign exchange forward transactions

Foreign exchange forward transactions shall be accounted for in accordance with Article 16 of Guideline ECB/2010/20.

Article 17

Foreign exchange swaps

Foreign exchange swaps shall be accounted for in accordance with Article 17 of Guideline ECB/2010/20.

Article 18

Future contracts

Future contracts shall be accounted for in accordance with Article 18 of Guideline ECB/2010/20.

Article 19

Interest rate swaps

Interest rate swaps shall be accounted for in accordance with Article 19 of Guideline ECB/2010/20. Unrealised losses taken to the profit and loss account at the year-end shall be amortised in subsequent years in accordance with the straight-line method. For forward interest rate swaps the amortisation shall begin from the value date of the transaction.

Article 20

Forward rate agreements

Forward rate agreements shall be accounted for in accordance with Article 20 of Guideline ECB/2010/20.

Article 21

Forward transactions in securities

Forward transactions in securities shall be accounted for in accordance with Method A in Article 21(1) of Guideline ECB/2010/20.

Article 22

Options

Options shall be accounted for in accordance with Article 22 of Guideline ECB/2010/20.

CHAPTER V

ANNUAL PUBLISHED BALANCE SHEET AND PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT

Article 23

Formats

1.   The format of the ECB’s published annual balance sheet shall follow the format in Annex II.

2.   The format of the ECB’s published profit and loss account shall comply with Annex III.

CHAPTER VI

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 24

Development, application and interpretation of rules

1.   In interpreting this Decision, account shall be taken of the preparatory work, the accounting principles harmonised by Union law and generally accepted international accounting standards.

2.   If a specific accounting treatment is not laid down in this Decision and in the absence of a decision to the contrary by the Governing Council, the ECB shall follow valuation principles in accordance with International Accounting Standards as adopted by the European Union, which are relevant to the ECB’s activities and accounts.

Article 25

Repeal

Decision ECB/2006/17 is hereby repealed. References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex V.

Article 26

Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on 31 December 2010.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 11 November 2010.

The President of the ECB

Jean-Claude TRICHET

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(1)  
  OJ L 348, 11.12.2006, p. 38.

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(2)  
  OJ L 348, 11.12.2006, p. 1.

2

(3)  See page 31 of this official Journal.

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ANNEX I

COMPOSITION AND VALUATION RULES FOR THE BALANCE SHEET

Note: the numbering relates to the balance sheet format given in Annex II.

ASSETS

| Balance sheet item | Categorisation of contents of balance sheet items | Valuation principle |
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| 1 | Gold and gold receivables |

Balance sheet item

Categorisation of contents of balance sheet items

Valuation principle

1

Physical gold, i.e. bars, coins, plates, nuggets, in storage or ‘under way’. Non-physical gold, such as balances in gold sight accounts (unallocated accounts), term deposits and claims to receive gold arising from the following transactions: (a) upgrading or downgrading transactions; and (b) gold location or purity swaps where there is a difference of more than one business day between release and receipt

Market value

| 2 | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
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2

Claims on counterparties resident outside the euro area including international and supranational institutions and central banks outside the euro area denominated in foreign currency

| 2.1 | Receivables from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
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2.1

| (a) | Drawing rights within the reserve tranche (net)
  National quota minus balances in euro at the disposal of the IMF. The No 2 account of the IMF (euro account for administrative expenses) may be included in this item or under the item ‘Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro’ |
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(a)

National quota minus balances in euro at the disposal of the IMF. The No 2 account of the IMF (euro account for administrative expenses) may be included in this item or under the item ‘Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro’

| (a) | Drawing rights within the reserve tranche (net)
  Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate

| (b) | SDRs
  Holdings of SDRs (gross) |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Holdings of SDRs (gross)

| (b) | SDRs
  Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate

| (c) | Other claims
  General arrangements to borrow, loans under special borrowing arrangements, deposits made to trusts under the management of the IMF |
| --- | --- |

(c)

General arrangements to borrow, loans under special borrowing arrangements, deposits made to trusts under the management of the IMF

| (c) | Other claims
  Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate

| 2.2 | Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets |
| --- | --- |

2.2

| (a) | Balances with banks outside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’
  Current accounts, fixed-term deposits, day-to-day money, reverse repo transactions |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Current accounts, fixed-term deposits, day-to-day money, reverse repo transactions

| (a) | Balances with banks outside the euro area
  Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate

| (b) | Security investments outside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’
  Notes and bonds, bills, zero bonds, money market paper, equity instruments held as part of the foreign reserves, all issued by non-euro area residents |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Notes and bonds, bills, zero bonds, money market paper, equity instruments held as part of the foreign reserves, all issued by non-euro area residents

| (b) | (i) | Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

  Market price and foreign exchange market rate
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- | --- |

(b)

(i)

Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

Market price and foreign exchange market rate

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (ii) | Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

  Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (iii) | Non-marketable securities

  Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

Non-marketable securities

Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (iv) | Marketable equity instruments

  Market price and foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(iv)

Marketable equity instruments

Market price and foreign exchange market rate

| (c) | External loans (deposits) to non-euro area residents other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’ |
| --- | --- |

(c)

| (c) | External loans
  Deposits at nominal value, translated at the foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Deposits at nominal value, translated at the foreign exchange market rate

| (d) | Other external assets
  Non-euro area banknotes and coins |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Non-euro area banknotes and coins

| (d) | Other external assets
  Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate

| 3 | Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

3

| (a) | Security investments inside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’
  Notes and bonds, bills, zero bonds, money market paper, equity instruments held as part of the foreign reserves, all issued by euro area residents |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Notes and bonds, bills, zero bonds, money market paper, equity instruments held as part of the foreign reserves, all issued by euro area residents

| (a) | (i) | Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

  Market price and foreign exchange market rate
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- | --- |

(a)

(i)

Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

Market price and foreign exchange market rate

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (ii) | Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

  Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (iii) | Non-marketable securities

  Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

Non-marketable securities

Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (iv) | Marketable equity instruments

  Market price and foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(iv)

Marketable equity instruments

Market price and foreign exchange market rate

| (b) | Other claims on euro area residents other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’
  Loans, deposits, reverse repo transactions, sundry lending |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Loans, deposits, reverse repo transactions, sundry lending

| (b) | Other claims
  Deposits and other lending at nominal value, translated at the foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Deposits and other lending at nominal value, translated at the foreign exchange market rate

| 4 | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

4

| 4.1 | Balances with banks, security investments and loans |
| --- | --- |

4.1

| (a) | Balances with banks outside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’
  Current accounts, fixed-term deposits, day-to-day money, reverse repo transactions in connection with the management of securities denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Current accounts, fixed-term deposits, day-to-day money, reverse repo transactions in connection with the management of securities denominated in euro

| (a) | Balances with banks outside the euro area
  Nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Nominal value

| (b) | Security investments outside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’
  Equity instruments, notes and bonds, bills, zero bonds, money market paper, all issued by non-euro area residents |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Equity instruments, notes and bonds, bills, zero bonds, money market paper, all issued by non-euro area residents

| (b) | (i) | Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

  Market price
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- | --- |

(b)

(i)

Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

Market price

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (ii) | Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (iii) | Non-marketable securities

  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

Non-marketable securities

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (iv) | Marketable equity instruments

  Market price |
| --- | --- |

(iv)

Marketable equity instruments

Market price

| (c) | Loans to non-euro area residents other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’ |
| --- | --- |

(c)

| (c) | Loans outside the euro area
  Deposits at nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Deposits at nominal value

| (d) | Securities issued by entities outside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3‘Other financial assets’
  Securities issued by supranational or international organisations, e.g. the European Investment Bank, irrespective of their geographical location |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Securities issued by supranational or international organisations, e.g. the European Investment Bank, irrespective of their geographical location

| (d) | (i) | Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

  Market price
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- | --- |

(d)

(i)

Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

Market price

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (ii) | Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (iii) | Non-marketable securities

  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

Non-marketable securities

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| 4.2 | Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II |
| --- | --- |

4.2

Lending in accordance with the ERM II conditions

Nominal value

| 5 | Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

5

Items 5.1 to 5.5: transactions in accordance with the respective monetary policy instruments described in Annex I to Guideline ECB/2000/7 of 31 August 2000 on monetary policy instruments and procedures of the Eurosystem (1)

| 5.1 | Main refinancing operations |
| --- | --- |

5.1

Regular liquidity-providing reverse transactions with a weekly frequency and normally a maturity of 1 week

Nominal value or repo cost

| 5.2 | Longer-term refinancing operations |
| --- | --- |

5.2

Regular liquidity-providing reverse transactions with a monthly frequency and normally a maturity of 3 months

Nominal value or repo cost

| 5.3 | Fine-tuning reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

5.3

Reverse transactions, executed as ad hoc transactions for fine-tuning purposes

Nominal value or repo cost

| 5.4 | Structural reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

5.4

Reverse transactions adjusting the structural position of the Eurosystem vis-à-vis the financial sector

Nominal value or repo cost

| 5.5 | Marginal lending facility |
| --- | --- |

5.5

Overnight liquidity facility at a pre-specified interest rate against eligible assets (standing facility)

Nominal value or repo cost

| 5.6 | Credits related to margin calls |
| --- | --- |

5.6

Additional credit to credit institutions, arising from value increases of underlying assets regarding other credit to these credit institutions

Nominal value or cost

| 6 | Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

6

Current accounts, fixed-term deposits, day-to-day money, reverse repo transactions in connection with the management of security portfolios under the asset item 7 ‘Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro’, including transactions resulting from the transformation of former foreign currency reserves of the euro area, and other claims. Correspondent accounts with non-domestic euro area credit institutions. Other claims and operations unrelated to monetary policy operations of the Eurosystem

Nominal value or cost

| 7 | Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

7

| 7.1 | Securities held for monetary policy purposes |
| --- | --- |

7.1

Securities issued in the euro area held for monetary policy purposes. ECB debt certificates purchased for fine-tuning purposes

| (a) | Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity
  Market price
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Market price

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (b) | Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity
  Cost subject to impairment (cost when the impairment is covered by a provision under liability item 13(b) ‘Provisions’)
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Cost subject to impairment (cost when the impairment is covered by a provision under liability item 13(b) ‘Provisions’)

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (c) | Non-marketable securities
  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| 7.2 | Other securities |
| --- | --- |

7.2

Securities other than those under asset item 7.1 ‘Securities held for monetary policy purposes’ and under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’: notes and bonds, bills, zero bonds, money market paper held outright, including government securities stemming from before EMU, denominated in euro. Equity instruments

| (a) | Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity
  Market price
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Market price

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (b) | Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity
  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (c) | Non-marketable securities
  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (d) | Marketable equity instruments
  Market price |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Market price

| 8 | General government debt denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

8

Claims on government stemming from before EMU (non-marketable securities, loans)

Deposits/loans at nominal value, non-marketable securities at cost

| 9 | Intra-Eurosystem claims |
| --- | --- |

9

| 9.1 | Claims related to the issuance of ECB debt certificates |
| --- | --- |

9.1

Intra-Eurosystem claims vis-à-vis NCBs, arising from the issuance of ECB debt certificates

Cost

| 9.2 | Claims related to the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem |
| --- | --- |

9.2

Claims related to the ECB's banknote issue, in accordance with Decision ECB/2010/29 of 13 December 2010 on the issue of euro banknotes (2)

Nominal value

| 9.3 | Other claims within the Eurosystem (net) |
| --- | --- |

9.3

Net position of the following sub-items:

| (a) | net claims arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts and correspondent accounts of NCBs, i.e. the net figure of claims and liabilities. See also liability item 10.2 ‘Other liabilities within the Eurosystem (net)’ |
| --- | --- |

(a)

net claims arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts and correspondent accounts of NCBs, i.e. the net figure of claims and liabilities. See also liability item 10.2 ‘Other liabilities within the Eurosystem (net)’

| (a) | Nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Nominal value

| (b) | other intra-Eurosystem claims denominated in euro that may arise, including the interim distribution of ECB income to NCBs |
| --- | --- |

(b)

other intra-Eurosystem claims denominated in euro that may arise, including the interim distribution of ECB income to NCBs

| (b) | Nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Nominal value

| 10 | Items in course of settlement |
| --- | --- |

10

Settlement account balances (claims), including the float of cheques in collection

Nominal value

| 11 | Other assets |
| --- | --- |

11

| 11.1 | Coins of euro area |
| --- | --- |

11.1

Euro coins

Nominal value

| 11.2 | Tangible and intangible fixed assets |
| --- | --- |

11.2

Land and buildings, furniture and equipment including computer equipment, software

Cost less depreciation

Depreciation is the systematic allocation of the depreciable amount of an asset over its useful life. The useful life is the period over which a fixed asset is expected to be available for use by the entity. Useful lives of individual material fixed assets may be reviewed on a systematic basis, if expectations differ from previous estimates. Major assets may comprise components with different useful lives. The lives of such components should be assessed individually

The cost of intangible assets includes the price for the acquisition of the intangible asset. Other direct or indirect costs are to be expensed

Capitalisation of expenditure: limit based (below EUR 10 000 excluding VAT: no capitalisation)

| 11.3 | Other financial assets |
| --- | --- |

11.3

| — | Participating interests and investments in subsidiaries, equities held for strategic/policy reasons |
| --- | --- |

—

Participating interests and investments in subsidiaries, equities held for strategic/policy reasons

| — | Securities including equities, and other financial instruments and balances including fixed-term deposits and current accounts held as an earmarked portfolio |
| --- | --- |

—

Securities including equities, and other financial instruments and balances including fixed-term deposits and current accounts held as an earmarked portfolio

| — | Reverse repo transactions with credit institutions in connection with the management of securities portfolios under this item |
| --- | --- |

—

Reverse repo transactions with credit institutions in connection with the management of securities portfolios under this item

| (a) | Marketable equity instruments
  Market price |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Market price

| (b) | Participating interests and illiquid equity shares, and any other equity instruments held as permanent investments
  Cost subject to impairment |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Cost subject to impairment

| (c) | Investment in subsidiaries or significant interests
  Net asset value |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Net asset value

| (d) | Marketable securities other than held to maturity
  Market price
  Premiums/discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Market price

Premiums/discounts are amortised

| (e) | Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity or held as a permanent investment
  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(e)

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

| (f) | Non-marketable securities
  Cost subject to impairment |
| --- | --- |

(f)

Cost subject to impairment

| (g) | Balances with banks and loans
  Nominal value, translated at the foreign exchange market rate if the balances/deposits are denominated in foreign currencies |
| --- | --- |

(g)

Nominal value, translated at the foreign exchange market rate if the balances/deposits are denominated in foreign currencies

| 11.4 | Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences |
| --- | --- |

11.4

Valuation results of foreign exchange forwards, foreign exchange swaps, interest rate swaps, forward rate agreements, forward transactions in securities, foreign exchange spot transactions from trade date to settlement date

Net position between forward and spot, at the foreign exchange market rate

| 11.5 | Accruals and prepaid expenditure |
| --- | --- |

11.5

Income not due in, but assignable to the reported period. Prepaid expenditure and accrued interest paid, i.e. accrued interest purchased with a security

Nominal value, foreign exchange translated at market rate

| 11.6 | Sundry |
| --- | --- |

11.6

| (a) | Advances, loans and other minor items. Loans on a trust basis |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Advances, loans and other minor items. Loans on a trust basis

| (a) | Nominal value or cost |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Nominal value or cost

| (b) | Investments related to customer gold deposits |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Investments related to customer gold deposits

| (b) | Market value |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Market value

| (c) | Net pension assets |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Net pension assets

| (c) | As per Article 24(2) |
| --- | --- |

(c)

As per Article 24(2)

| (d) | Outstanding claims arising from the default of Eurosystem counterparties in the context of Eurosystem credit operations |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Outstanding claims arising from the default of Eurosystem counterparties in the context of Eurosystem credit operations

| (d) | Nominal/recoverable value (before/after settlement of losses) |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Nominal/recoverable value (before/after settlement of losses)

| (e) | Assets or claims (vis-à-vis third parties) appropriated and/or acquired in the context of the realisation of collateral submitted by Eurosystem counterparties in default |
| --- | --- |

(e)

Assets or claims (vis-à-vis third parties) appropriated and/or acquired in the context of the realisation of collateral submitted by Eurosystem counterparties in default

| (e) | Cost (converted at the foreign exchange market rate at the time of the acquisition if financial assets are denominated in foreign currencies) |
| --- | --- |

(e)

Cost (converted at the foreign exchange market rate at the time of the acquisition if financial assets are denominated in foreign currencies)

| 12 | Loss for the year |
| --- | --- |

12

Nominal value

LIABILITIES

| Balance sheet item | Categorisation of contents of balance sheet items | Valuation principle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Banknotes in circulation |

Balance sheet item

Categorisation of contents of balance sheet items

Valuation principle

1

Euro banknotes issued by the ECB, in accordance with Decision ECB/2010/29

Nominal value

| 2 | Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

2

Items 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.5: deposits in euro as described in Annex I to Guideline ECB/2000/7

| 2.1 | Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) |
| --- | --- |

2.1

Euro accounts of credit institutions that are included in the list of financial institutions subject to minimum reserves in accordance with the Statute of the ESCB. This item contains primarily accounts used in order to hold minimum reserves

Nominal value

| 2.2 | Deposit facility |
| --- | --- |

2.2

Overnight deposits at a pre-specified interest rate (standing facility)

Nominal value

| 2.3 | Fixed-term deposits |
| --- | --- |

2.3

Collection for liquidity absorption purposes owing to fine-tuning operations

Nominal value

| 2.4 | Fine-tuning reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

2.4

Monetary policy-related transactions with the aim of liquidity absorption

Nominal value or repo cost

| 2.5 | Deposits related to margin calls |
| --- | --- |

2.5

Deposits of credit institutions, arising from value decreases of underlying assets regarding credits to these credit institutions

Nominal value

| 3 | Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

3

Repo transactions in connection with simultaneous reverse repo transactions for the management of securities portfolios under asset item 7 ‘Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro’. Other operations unrelated to Eurosystem monetary policy operations. No current accounts of credit institutions

Nominal value or repo cost

| 4 | ECB debt certificates issued |
| --- | --- |

4

Debt certificates as described in Annex I to Guideline ECB/2000/7. Discount paper, issued with the aim of liquidity absorption

Cost

Any discounts are amortised

| 5 | Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

5

| 5.1 | General government |
| --- | --- |

5.1

Current accounts, fixed-term deposits, deposits repayable on demand

Nominal value

| 5.2 | Other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

5.2

Current accounts of staff, companies and clients including financial institutions listed as exempt from the obligation to hold minimum reserves (See liability item 2.1); fixed-term deposits, deposits repayable on demand

Nominal value

| 6 | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

6

Current accounts, fixed-term deposits, deposits repayable on demand including accounts held for payment purposes and accounts held for reserve management purposes: of other banks, central banks, international/supranational institutions including the European Commission; current accounts of other depositors. Repo transactions in connection with simultaneous reverse repo transactions for the management of securities denominated in euro. Balances of TARGET2 accounts of central banks of Member States whose currency is not the euro

Nominal value or repo cost

| 7 | Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

7

Current accounts. Liabilities under repo transactions; usually investment transactions using foreign currency assets or gold

Nominal value, translation at year-end foreign exchange market rate

| 8 | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

8

| 8.1 | Deposits, balances and other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

8.1

Current accounts. Liabilities under repo transactions; usually investment transactions using foreign currency assets or gold

Nominal value, translation at the year-end foreign exchange market rate

| 8.2 | Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II |
| --- | --- |

8.2

Borrowing in accordance with the ERM II conditions

Nominal value, translation at the year-end foreign exchange market rate

| 9 | Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF |
| --- | --- |

9

SDR-denominated item which shows the amount of SDRs that were originally allocated to the respective country/NCB

Nominal value, translation at the year-end foreign exchange market rate

| 10 | Intra-Eurosystem liabilities |
| --- | --- |

10

| 10.1 | Liabilities equivalent to the transfer of foreign reserves |
| --- | --- |

10.1

ECB balance sheet item, denominated in euro

Nominal value

| 10.2 | Other liabilities within the Eurosystem (net) |
| --- | --- |

10.2

Net position of the following sub-items:

| (a) | net liabilities arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts and correspondent accounts of NCBs, i.e. the net figure of claims and liabilities. See also asset item 9.3 ‘Other claims within the Eurosystem (net)’ |
| --- | --- |

(a)

net liabilities arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts and correspondent accounts of NCBs, i.e. the net figure of claims and liabilities. See also asset item 9.3 ‘Other claims within the Eurosystem (net)’

| (a) | Nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Nominal value

| (b) | other intra-Eurosystem liabilities denominated in euro that may arise, including the interim distribution of ECB income to NCBs |
| --- | --- |

(b)

other intra-Eurosystem liabilities denominated in euro that may arise, including the interim distribution of ECB income to NCBs

| (b) | Nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Nominal value

| 11 | Items in course of settlement |
| --- | --- |

11

Settlement account balances (liabilities), including the float of giro transfers

Nominal value

| 12 | Other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

12

| 12.1 | Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences |
| --- | --- |

12.1

Valuation results of foreign exchange forwards, foreign exchange swaps, interest rate swaps, forward rate agreements, forward transactions in securities, foreign exchange spot transactions from trade date to settlement date

Net position between forward and spot, at the foreign exchange market rate

| 12.2 | Accruals and income collected in advance |
| --- | --- |

12.2

Expenditure falling due in a future period but relating to the reporting period. Income received in the reported period but relating to a future period

Nominal value, foreign exchange translated at market rate

| 12.3 | Sundry |
| --- | --- |

12.3

| (a) | Taxation suspense accounts. Foreign currency credit or guarantee cover accounts. Repo transactions with credit institutions in connection with simultaneous reverse repo transactions for the management of securities portfolios under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’. Compulsory deposits other than reserve deposits. Other minor items. Liabilities on a trust basis |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Taxation suspense accounts. Foreign currency credit or guarantee cover accounts. Repo transactions with credit institutions in connection with simultaneous reverse repo transactions for the management of securities portfolios under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’. Compulsory deposits other than reserve deposits. Other minor items. Liabilities on a trust basis

| (a) | Nominal value or (repo) cost |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Nominal value or (repo) cost

| (b) | Customer gold deposits |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Customer gold deposits

| (b) | Market value |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Market value

| (c) | Net pension liabilities |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Net pension liabilities

| (c) | As per Article 24(2) |
| --- | --- |

(c)

As per Article 24(2)

| 13 | Provisions |
| --- | --- |

13

| (a) | For foreign exchange rate, interest rate, credit and gold price risks, and for other purposes, e.g. expected future expenses and contributions in accordance with Article 48.2 of the Statute of the ESCB with respect to central banks of Member States whose derogations have been abrogated |
| --- | --- |

(a)

For foreign exchange rate, interest rate, credit and gold price risks, and for other purposes, e.g. expected future expenses and contributions in accordance with Article 48.2 of the Statute of the ESCB with respect to central banks of Member States whose derogations have been abrogated

| (a) | Cost/nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Cost/nominal value

| (b) | For counterparty or credit risks arising from monetary policy operations |
| --- | --- |

(b)

For counterparty or credit risks arising from monetary policy operations

| (b) | Nominal value (based on a valuation at year end by the Governing Council of the ECB) |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Nominal value (based on a valuation at year end by the Governing Council of the ECB)

| 14 | Revaluation accounts |
| --- | --- |

14

| (a) | Revaluation accounts related to price movements for gold, for every type of euro-denominated securities, for every type of foreign currency-denominated securities, for options; market valuation differences related to interest rate risk derivatives; revaluation accounts related to foreign exchange rate movements for every currency net position held, including foreign exchange swaps/forwards and SDRs |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Revaluation accounts related to price movements for gold, for every type of euro-denominated securities, for every type of foreign currency-denominated securities, for options; market valuation differences related to interest rate risk derivatives; revaluation accounts related to foreign exchange rate movements for every currency net position held, including foreign exchange swaps/forwards and SDRs

| (b) | Special revaluation accounts stemming from contributions in accordance with Article 48.2 of the Statute of the ESCB with respect to central banks of Member States whose derogations have been abrogated. See Article 13(2) |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Special revaluation accounts stemming from contributions in accordance with Article 48.2 of the Statute of the ESCB with respect to central banks of Member States whose derogations have been abrogated. See Article 13(2)

Revaluation difference between average cost and market value, foreign exchange translated at market rate

| 15 | Capital and reserves |
| --- | --- |

15

| 15.1 | Capital |
| --- | --- |

15.1

Paid-up capital

Nominal value

| 15.2 | Reserves |
| --- | --- |

15.2

Legal reserves, in accordance with Article 33 of the Statute of the ESCB and contributions in accordance with Article 48.2 of the Statute of the ESCB with respect to central banks of Member States whose derogations have been abrogated

Nominal value

| 16 | Profit for the year |
| --- | --- |

16

Nominal value

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(1)  
  OJ L 310, 11.12.2000, p. 1.

(2)  See page 26 of this Official Journal. Decision ECB/2010/29 adopted before publication of Decision ECB/2010/21.

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ANNEX II

ANNUAL BALANCE SHEET OF THE ECB

| (EUR million) |
| --- |
| Assets (2) | Reporting year | Previous year | Liabilities | Reporting year | Previous year |
| 1. | Gold and gold receivables |

(EUR million)

Assets (2)

Reporting year

Previous year

Liabilities

Reporting year

Previous year

1.

Gold and gold receivables

| 2. | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

2.

Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 2.1. | Receivables from the IMF |
| --- | --- |

2.1.

Receivables from the IMF

| 2.2. | Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets |
| --- | --- |

2.2.

Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets

| 3. | Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

3.

Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 4. | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

4.

Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro

| 4.1. | Balances with banks, security investments and loans |
| --- | --- |

4.1.

Balances with banks, security investments and loans

| 4.2. | Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II |
| --- | --- |

4.2.

Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II

| 5. | Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

5.

Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro

| 5.1. | Main refinancing operations |
| --- | --- |

5.1.

Main refinancing operations

| 5.2. | Longer-term refinancing operations |
| --- | --- |

5.2.

Longer-term refinancing operations

| 5.3. | Fine-tuning reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

5.3.

Fine-tuning reverse operations

| 5.4. | Structural reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

5.4.

Structural reverse operations

| 5.5. | Marginal lending facility |
| --- | --- |

5.5.

Marginal lending facility

| 5.6. | Credits related to margin calls |
| --- | --- |

5.6.

Credits related to margin calls

| 6. | Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

6.

Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro

| 7. | Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

7.

Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro

| 7.1. | Securities held for monetary policy purposes |
| --- | --- |

7.1.

Securities held for monetary policy purposes

| 7.2. | Other securities |
| --- | --- |

7.2.

Other securities

| 8. | General government debt denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

8.

General government debt denominated in euro

| 9. | Intra-Eurosystem claims |
| --- | --- |

9.

Intra-Eurosystem claims

| 9.1. | Claims related to the issuance of ECB debt certificates |
| --- | --- |

9.1.

Claims related to the issuance of ECB debt certificates

| 9.2. | Claims related to the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem |
| --- | --- |

9.2.

Claims related to the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem

| 9.3. | Other claims within the Eurosystem (net) |
| --- | --- |

9.3.

Other claims within the Eurosystem (net)

| 10. | Items in course of settlement |
| --- | --- |

10.

Items in course of settlement

| 11. | Other assets |
| --- | --- |

11.

Other assets

| 11.1. | Coins of euro area |
| --- | --- |

11.1.

Coins of euro area

| 11.2. | Tangible and intangible fixed assets |
| --- | --- |

11.2.

Tangible and intangible fixed assets

| 11.3. | Other financial assets |
| --- | --- |

11.3.

Other financial assets

| 11.4. | Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences |
| --- | --- |

11.4.

Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences

| 11.5. | Accruals and prepaid expenses |
| --- | --- |

11.5.

Accruals and prepaid expenses

| 11.6. | Sundry |
| --- | --- |

11.6.

Sundry

| 12. | Loss for the year |
| --- | --- |

12.

Loss for the year

| 1. | Banknotes in circulation |
| --- | --- |

1.

Banknotes in circulation

| 2. | Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

2.

Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro

| 2.1. | Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) |
| --- | --- |

2.1.

Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system)

| 2.2. | Deposit facility |
| --- | --- |

2.2.

Deposit facility

| 2.3. | Fixed-term deposits |
| --- | --- |

2.3.

Fixed-term deposits

| 2.4. | Fine-tuning reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

2.4.

Fine-tuning reverse operations

| 2.5. | Deposits related to margin calls |
| --- | --- |

2.5.

Deposits related to margin calls

| 3. | Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

3.

Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro

| 4. | ECB debt certificates issued |
| --- | --- |

4.

ECB debt certificates issued

| 5. | Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

5.

Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro

| 5.1. | General government |
| --- | --- |

5.1.

General government

| 5.2. | Other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

5.2.

Other liabilities

| 6. | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

6.

Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro

| 7. | Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

7.

Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 8. | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

8.

Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 8.1. | Deposits, balances and other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

8.1.

Deposits, balances and other liabilities

| 8.2. | Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II |
| --- | --- |

8.2.

Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II

| 9. | Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF |
| --- | --- |

9.

Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF

| 10. | Intra-Eurosystem liabilities |
| --- | --- |

10.

Intra-Eurosystem liabilities

| 10.1. | Liabilities equivalent to the transfer of foreign reserves |
| --- | --- |

10.1.

Liabilities equivalent to the transfer of foreign reserves

| 10.2. | Other liabilities within the Eurosystem (net) |
| --- | --- |

10.2.

Other liabilities within the Eurosystem (net)

| 11. | Items in course of settlement |
| --- | --- |

11.

Items in course of settlement

| 12. | Other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

12.

Other liabilities

| 12.1. | Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences |
| --- | --- |

12.1.

Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences

| 12.2. | Accruals and income collected in advance |
| --- | --- |

12.2.

Accruals and income collected in advance

| 12.3. | Sundry |
| --- | --- |

12.3.

Sundry

| 13. | Provisions |
| --- | --- |

13.

Provisions

| 14. | Revaluation accounts |
| --- | --- |

14.

Revaluation accounts

| 15. | Capital and reserves |
| --- | --- |

15.

Capital and reserves

| 15.1. | Capital |
| --- | --- |

15.1.

Capital

| 15.2. | Reserves |
| --- | --- |

15.2.

Reserves

| 16. | Profit for the year |
| --- | --- |

16.

Profit for the year

Total assets

Total liabilities

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(1)  The ECB may alternatively publish exact euro amounts, or amounts rounded in a different manner.

(2)  The table of assets may also be published above the table of liabilities.

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ANNEX III

PUBLISHED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT OF THE ECB

| (EUR million) |
| --- |
| Profit and loss account for the year ending 31 December ... | Reporting year | Previous year |
| 1.1.1. | Interest income on foreign reserve assets |

(EUR million)

Profit and loss account for the year ending 31 December ...

Reporting year

Previous year

1.1.1.

| 1.1.2. | Interest income arising from the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem |
| --- | --- |

1.1.2.

| 1.1.3. | Other interest income |
| --- | --- |

1.1.3.

| 1.1. | Interest income |
| --- | --- |

1.1.

| 1.2.1. | Remuneration of NCBs’ claims in respect of foreign reserves transferred |
| --- | --- |

1.2.1.

| 1.2.2. | Other interest expense |
| --- | --- |

1.2.2.

| 1.2. | Interest expense |
| --- | --- |

1.2.

| 1. | Net interest income |
| --- | --- |

1.

Net interest income

| 2.1. | Realised gains/losses arising from financial operations |
| --- | --- |

2.1.

| 2.2. | Write-downs on financial assets and positions |
| --- | --- |

2.2.

| 2.3. | Transfer to/from provisions for foreign exchange rate, interest rate, credit and gold price risks |
| --- | --- |

2.3.

| 2. | Net result of financial operations, write downs and risk provisions |
| --- | --- |

2.

Net result of financial operations, write downs and risk provisions

| 3.1. | Fees and commissions income |
| --- | --- |

3.1.

| 3.2. | Fees and commissions expense |
| --- | --- |

3.2.

| 3. | Net income/expense from fees and commissions (2) |
| --- | --- |

3.

Net income/expense from fees and commissions (2)

| 4. | Income from equity shares and participating interests |
| --- | --- |

4.

Income from equity shares and participating interests

| 5. | Other income |
| --- | --- |

5.

Other income

Total net income

| 6. | Staff costs (3) |
| --- | --- |

6.

Staff costs (3)

| 7. | Administrative expenses (3) |
| --- | --- |

7.

Administrative expenses (3)

| 8. | Depreciation of tangible and intangible fixed assets |
| --- | --- |

8.

Depreciation of tangible and intangible fixed assets

| 9. | Banknote production services (4) |
| --- | --- |

9.

Banknote production services (4)

| 10. | Other expenses |
| --- | --- |

10.

Other expenses

(Loss)/profit for the year

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(1)  The ECB may alternatively publish exact euro amounts, or amounts rounded in a different manner.

(2)  The breakdown between income and expenses may alternatively be provided in the explanatory notes to the annual accounts.

(3)  This includes administrative provisions.

(4)  This item is used in the case of outsourced banknote production (for the cost of the services provided by external companies in charge of the production of banknotes on behalf of the central banks). It is recommended that the costs incurred in connection with the issue of euro banknotes should be taken to the profit and loss account as they are invoiced or otherwise incurred, see also Guideline ECB/2010/20.

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ANNEX IV

REPEALED DECISION AND SUCCESSIVE AMENDMENTS

| Decision ECB/2006/17 | OJ L 348, 11.12.2006, p. 38. |
| --- | --- |
| Decision ECB/2007/21 | OJ L 42, 16.2.2008, p. 83. |
| Decision ECB/2008/22 | OJ L 36, 5.2.2009, p. 22. |
| Decision ECB/2009/19 | OJ L 202, 4.8.2009, p. 54. |
| Decision ECB/2009/29 | OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 57. |

Decision ECB/2006/17

OJ L 348, 11.12.2006, p. 38.

Decision ECB/2007/21

OJ L 42, 16.2.2008, p. 83.

Decision ECB/2008/22

OJ L 36, 5.2.2009, p. 22.

Decision ECB/2009/19

OJ L 202, 4.8.2009, p. 54.

Decision ECB/2009/29

OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 57.

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ANNEX V

CORRELATION TABLE

| Decision ECB/2006/17 | This Decision |
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| — | Article 11 |
| Article 10a | Article 12 |
| Article 11 | Article 13 |
| Article 12 | Article 14 |
| Article 13 | Article 15 |
| Article 14 | Article 16 |
| Article 15 | Article 17 |
| Article 16 | Article 18 |
| Article 17 | Article 19 |
| Article 18 | Article 20 |
| Article 19 | Article 21 |
| Article 20 | Article 22 |
| Article 21 | Article 23 |
| Article 22 | Article 24 |
| Article 23 | Article 25 |
| Article 24 | Article 26 |

Decision ECB/2006/17

This Decision

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Article 11

Article 10a

Article 12

Article 11

Article 13

Article 12

Article 14

Article 13

Article 15

Article 14

Article 16

Article 15

Article 17

Article 16

Article 18

Article 17

Article 19

Article 18

Article 20

Article 19

Article 21

Article 20

Article 22

Article 21

Article 23

Article 22

Article 24

Article 23

Article 25

Article 24

Article 26

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| 9.2.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 35/17 |
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9.2.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 35/17

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DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 25 November 2010

on the allocation of monetary income of the national central banks of Member States whose currency is the euro

(recast)

(ECB/2010/23)

(2011/66/EU)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (hereinafter the ‘Statute of the ESCB’), and in particular Article 32 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Decision ECB/2001/16 of 6 December 2001 on the allocation of monetary income of the national central banks of participating Member States from the financial year 2002 (1) has been substantially amended several times (2). Since further amendments are to be made, it should be recast in the interests of clarity. |
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(1)

Decision ECB/2001/16 of 6 December 2001 on the allocation of monetary income of the national central banks of participating Member States from the financial year 2002 (1) has been substantially amended several times (2). Since further amendments are to be made, it should be recast in the interests of clarity.

| (2) | Pursuant to Article 32.1 of the Statute of the ESCB, monetary income is the income accruing to the NCBs in the performance of the monetary policy function. Pursuant to Article 32.2 of the Statute of the ESCB, the amount of each NCB’s monetary income is equal to its annual income derived from its assets held against notes in circulation and deposit liabilities to credit institutions. These assets are to be earmarked by NCBs in accordance with the guidelines of the Governing Council. NCBs should earmark the assets ensuing from the performance of the monetary policy function as assets held against the notes in circulation and deposit liabilities to credit institutions. Pursuant to Article 32.4 of the Statute of the ESCB, the amount of each NCB’s monetary income is reduced by an amount equivalent to any interest paid by that NCB on its deposit liabilities to credit institutions in accordance with Article 19. |
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(2)

Pursuant to Article 32.1 of the Statute of the ESCB, monetary income is the income accruing to the NCBs in the performance of the monetary policy function. Pursuant to Article 32.2 of the Statute of the ESCB, the amount of each NCB’s monetary income is equal to its annual income derived from its assets held against notes in circulation and deposit liabilities to credit institutions. These assets are to be earmarked by NCBs in accordance with the guidelines of the Governing Council. NCBs should earmark the assets ensuing from the performance of the monetary policy function as assets held against the notes in circulation and deposit liabilities to credit institutions. Pursuant to Article 32.4 of the Statute of the ESCB, the amount of each NCB’s monetary income is reduced by an amount equivalent to any interest paid by that NCB on its deposit liabilities to credit institutions in accordance with Article 19.

| (3) | Pursuant to Article 32.5 of the Statute of the ESCB, the sum of the monetary income of the NCBs is allocated to them in proportion to their paid-up shares in the capital of the European Central Bank (ECB). |
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(3)

Pursuant to Article 32.5 of the Statute of the ESCB, the sum of the monetary income of the NCBs is allocated to them in proportion to their paid-up shares in the capital of the European Central Bank (ECB).

| (4) | Pursuant to Articles 32.6 and 32.7 of the Statute of the ESCB, the Governing Council is empowered to establish guidelines for the clearing and settlement by the ECB of the balances arising from the allocation of monetary income and to take all other measures necessary for the application of Article 32. |
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(4)

Pursuant to Articles 32.6 and 32.7 of the Statute of the ESCB, the Governing Council is empowered to establish guidelines for the clearing and settlement by the ECB of the balances arising from the allocation of monetary income and to take all other measures necessary for the application of Article 32.

| (5) | Pursuant to Article 10 of Council Regulation (EC) No 974/98 of 3 May 1998 on the introduction of the euro (3), the ECB and the NCBs put euro banknotes into circulation. Article 15 of this Regulation provides that banknotes denominated in national currency units remain legal tender within their territorial limits until 6 months from the respective cash changeover date at the latest. The cash changeover year should thus be regarded as a special year, since banknotes in circulation denominated in national currency units may still account for a considerable proportion of the banknotes in circulation. |
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(5)

Pursuant to Article 10 of Council Regulation (EC) No 974/98 of 3 May 1998 on the introduction of the euro (3), the ECB and the NCBs put euro banknotes into circulation. Article 15 of this Regulation provides that banknotes denominated in national currency units remain legal tender within their territorial limits until 6 months from the respective cash changeover date at the latest. The cash changeover year should thus be regarded as a special year, since banknotes in circulation denominated in national currency units may still account for a considerable proportion of the banknotes in circulation.

| (6) | Article 15(1) of Guideline ECB/2006/9 of 14 July 2006 on certain preparations for the euro cash changeover and on frontloading and sub-frontloading of euro banknotes and coins outside the euro area (4) provides that euro banknotes frontloaded to eligible counterparties are debited in those counterparties’ accounts with their NCB at their face value, in accordance with the following ‘linear debiting model’: the total amount of frontloaded euro banknotes are debited in three equal instalments, on the settlement date of the first, fourth and fifth Eurosystem main refinancing operations following the cash changeover date. The calculation of monetary income for the cash changeover year needs to take account of this ‘linear debiting model’. |
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(6)

Article 15(1) of Guideline ECB/2006/9 of 14 July 2006 on certain preparations for the euro cash changeover and on frontloading and sub-frontloading of euro banknotes and coins outside the euro area (4) provides that euro banknotes frontloaded to eligible counterparties are debited in those counterparties’ accounts with their NCB at their face value, in accordance with the following ‘linear debiting model’: the total amount of frontloaded euro banknotes are debited in three equal instalments, on the settlement date of the first, fourth and fifth Eurosystem main refinancing operations following the cash changeover date. The calculation of monetary income for the cash changeover year needs to take account of this ‘linear debiting model’.

| (7) | This Decision is related to Decision ECB/2010/29 of 13 December 2010 on the issue of euro banknotes (5), which provides that the ECB and the NCBs issue euro banknotes. Decision ECB/2010/29 establishes the allocation of euro banknotes in circulation to the NCBs in proportion to their paid-up shares in the capital of the ECB. It also allocates to the ECB 8 % of the total value of euro banknotes in circulation. The allocation of euro banknotes among Eurosystem members gives rise to intra-Eurosystem balances. The remuneration of these intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation has a direct effect on the income of each Eurosystem member, and therefore it should be regulated under this Decision. The income accruing to the ECB on the remuneration of its intra-Eurosystem claims on NCBs related to its share of euro banknotes in circulation should in principle be distributed to the NCBs in accordance with Decision ECB/2010/24 of 25 November 2010 on the interim distribution of the income of the European Central Bank on euro banknotes in circulation and arising from securities purchased under the securities markets programme (6) in proportion to their shares in the subscribed capital key in the same financial year it accrues. |
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(7)

This Decision is related to Decision ECB/2010/29 of 13 December 2010 on the issue of euro banknotes (5), which provides that the ECB and the NCBs issue euro banknotes. Decision ECB/2010/29 establishes the allocation of euro banknotes in circulation to the NCBs in proportion to their paid-up shares in the capital of the ECB. It also allocates to the ECB 8 % of the total value of euro banknotes in circulation. The allocation of euro banknotes among Eurosystem members gives rise to intra-Eurosystem balances. The remuneration of these intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation has a direct effect on the income of each Eurosystem member, and therefore it should be regulated under this Decision. The income accruing to the ECB on the remuneration of its intra-Eurosystem claims on NCBs related to its share of euro banknotes in circulation should in principle be distributed to the NCBs in accordance with Decision ECB/2010/24 of 25 November 2010 on the interim distribution of the income of the European Central Bank on euro banknotes in circulation and arising from securities purchased under the securities markets programme (6) in proportion to their shares in the subscribed capital key in the same financial year it accrues.

| (8) | The net balance of the intra-Eurosystem claims and liabilities on euro banknotes in circulation should be remunerated by applying an objective criterion defining the cost of money. In this context, the main refinancing operations rate used by the Eurosystem in its tenders for main refinancing operations is regarded as appropriate. |
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(8)

The net balance of the intra-Eurosystem claims and liabilities on euro banknotes in circulation should be remunerated by applying an objective criterion defining the cost of money. In this context, the main refinancing operations rate used by the Eurosystem in its tenders for main refinancing operations is regarded as appropriate.

| (9) | The net intra-Eurosystem liabilities on euro banknotes in circulation should be included in the liability base for the purposes of the calculation of the NCBs’ monetary income pursuant to Article 32.2 of the Statute of the ESCB as they are equivalent to banknotes in circulation. The settlement of interest on intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation will therefore result in the distribution of a substantial amount of the Eurosystem’s monetary income among NCBs in proportion to their paid-up shares in the capital of the ECB. These intra-Eurosystem balances should be adjusted to allow for a gradual adaptation of the NCBs’ balance sheets and profit and loss accounts. The adjustments should be based on the value of banknotes in circulation of each NCB during a period prior to the introduction of euro banknotes. These adjustments should apply on a yearly basis in accordance with a fixed formula for no more than 5 years thereafter. |
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(9)

The net intra-Eurosystem liabilities on euro banknotes in circulation should be included in the liability base for the purposes of the calculation of the NCBs’ monetary income pursuant to Article 32.2 of the Statute of the ESCB as they are equivalent to banknotes in circulation. The settlement of interest on intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation will therefore result in the distribution of a substantial amount of the Eurosystem’s monetary income among NCBs in proportion to their paid-up shares in the capital of the ECB. These intra-Eurosystem balances should be adjusted to allow for a gradual adaptation of the NCBs’ balance sheets and profit and loss accounts. The adjustments should be based on the value of banknotes in circulation of each NCB during a period prior to the introduction of euro banknotes. These adjustments should apply on a yearly basis in accordance with a fixed formula for no more than 5 years thereafter.

| (10) | The adjustments to the intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation have been calculated in order to compensate for any significant changes in the NCBs’ income positions as a consequence of the introduction of euro banknotes and the subsequent allocation of monetary income. |
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(10)

The adjustments to the intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation have been calculated in order to compensate for any significant changes in the NCBs’ income positions as a consequence of the introduction of euro banknotes and the subsequent allocation of monetary income.

| (11) | The general rules laid down in Article 32 of the Statute of the ESCB also apply to the income resulting from the write-off of euro banknotes that have been withdrawn from circulation. |
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(11)

The general rules laid down in Article 32 of the Statute of the ESCB also apply to the income resulting from the write-off of euro banknotes that have been withdrawn from circulation.

| (12) | Article 32.5 of the Statute of the ESCB specifies that the sum of the NCBs’ monetary income is allocated to the NCBs in proportion to their paid up shares in the ECB’s capital. Pursuant to Article 32.7 of the Statute of the ESCB, the Governing Council is competent to take all other measures necessary for the application of Article 32. This includes the competence to take account of other factors when deciding on the allocation of income resulting from the write-off of euro banknotes that have been withdrawn from circulation. In this context, the principles of equal treatment and fairness require that account be taken of the time period during which the withdrawn euro banknotes were issued. The allocation key for this specific income must therefore reflect both the relevant share in the ECB’s capital and the length of the issue phase. |
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(12)

Article 32.5 of the Statute of the ESCB specifies that the sum of the NCBs’ monetary income is allocated to the NCBs in proportion to their paid up shares in the ECB’s capital. Pursuant to Article 32.7 of the Statute of the ESCB, the Governing Council is competent to take all other measures necessary for the application of Article 32. This includes the competence to take account of other factors when deciding on the allocation of income resulting from the write-off of euro banknotes that have been withdrawn from circulation. In this context, the principles of equal treatment and fairness require that account be taken of the time period during which the withdrawn euro banknotes were issued. The allocation key for this specific income must therefore reflect both the relevant share in the ECB’s capital and the length of the issue phase.

| (13) | The withdrawal of euro banknotes needs to be regulated by separate decisions to be taken pursuant to Article 5 of Decision ECB/2003/4 of 20 March 2003 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withdrawal of euro banknotes (7), |
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(13)

The withdrawal of euro banknotes needs to be regulated by separate decisions to be taken pursuant to Article 5 of Decision ECB/2003/4 of 20 March 2003 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withdrawal of euro banknotes (7),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Definitions

For the purposes of this Decision:

| (a) | ‘NCB’ means a national central bank of a Member State whose currency is the euro; |
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(a)

‘NCB’ means a national central bank of a Member State whose currency is the euro;

| (b) | ‘liability base’ means the amount of qualifying liabilities, within the balance sheet of each NCB, specified in accordance with Annex I to this Decision; |
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(b)

‘liability base’ means the amount of qualifying liabilities, within the balance sheet of each NCB, specified in accordance with Annex I to this Decision;

| (c) | ‘earmarkable assets’ means the amount of assets held against the liability base, within the balance sheet of each NCB, specified in accordance with Annex II to this Decision; |
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(c)

‘earmarkable assets’ means the amount of assets held against the liability base, within the balance sheet of each NCB, specified in accordance with Annex II to this Decision;

| (d) | ‘intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation’ means the claims and liabilities arising between an NCB and the ECB and between an NCB and the other NCBs as a result of the application of Article 4 of Decision ECB/2010/29; |
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(d)

‘intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation’ means the claims and liabilities arising between an NCB and the ECB and between an NCB and the other NCBs as a result of the application of Article 4 of Decision ECB/2010/29;

| (e) | ‘subscribed capital key’ means the NCBs’ shares, expressed as percentages, in the ECB’s subscribed capital that result from applying to the NCBs the weightings in the key referred to in Article 29.1 of the Statute of the ESCB and as applicable for the relevant financial year; |
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(e)

‘subscribed capital key’ means the NCBs’ shares, expressed as percentages, in the ECB’s subscribed capital that result from applying to the NCBs the weightings in the key referred to in Article 29.1 of the Statute of the ESCB and as applicable for the relevant financial year;

| (f) | ‘credit institution’ means either: (a) a credit institution within the meaning of Article 2 and Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 2006/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions (8), as implemented in national law, that is subject to supervision by a competent authority; or (b) another credit institution within the meaning of Article 123(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union that is subject to scrutiny of a standard comparable to supervision by a competent authority; |
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(f)

‘credit institution’ means either: (a) a credit institution within the meaning of Article 2 and Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 2006/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions (8), as implemented in national law, that is subject to supervision by a competent authority; or (b) another credit institution within the meaning of Article 123(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union that is subject to scrutiny of a standard comparable to supervision by a competent authority;

8

| (g) | ‘HBS’ means the harmonised balance sheet as set out in Annex VIII to the Guideline ECB/2010/20 of 11 November 2010 on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks (9); |
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(g)

‘HBS’ means the harmonised balance sheet as set out in Annex VIII to the Guideline ECB/2010/20 of 11 November 2010 on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks (9);

9

| (h) | ‘reference rate’ means the latest available marginal interest rate used by the Eurosystem in its tenders for main refinancing operations under paragraph 3.1.2 of Annex I to Guideline ECB/2000/7 of 31 August 2000 on monetary policy instruments and procedures of the Eurosystem (10). Where more than one main refinancing operation is conducted for settlement on the same day, a simple average of the marginal rates of the operations conducted in parallel is used; |
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(h)

‘reference rate’ means the latest available marginal interest rate used by the Eurosystem in its tenders for main refinancing operations under paragraph 3.1.2 of Annex I to Guideline ECB/2000/7 of 31 August 2000 on monetary policy instruments and procedures of the Eurosystem (10). Where more than one main refinancing operation is conducted for settlement on the same day, a simple average of the marginal rates of the operations conducted in parallel is used;

10

| (i) | ‘cash changeover date’ means the date on which euro banknotes and coins acquire the status of legal tender in a Member State whose currency is the euro; |
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(i)

‘cash changeover date’ means the date on which euro banknotes and coins acquire the status of legal tender in a Member State whose currency is the euro;

| (j) | ‘reference period’ means a period of 24 months starting 30 months before the cash changeover date; |
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(j)

‘reference period’ means a period of 24 months starting 30 months before the cash changeover date;

| (k) | ‘cash changeover year’ means a period of 12 months starting on the cash changeover date; |
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(k)

‘cash changeover year’ means a period of 12 months starting on the cash changeover date;

| (l) | ‘daily foreign exchange reference rate’ means the daily foreign exchange reference rate that is based on the regular daily concertation procedure between central banks within and outside the European System of Central Banks, which normally takes place at 14.15 Central European Time; |
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(l)

‘daily foreign exchange reference rate’ means the daily foreign exchange reference rate that is based on the regular daily concertation procedure between central banks within and outside the European System of Central Banks, which normally takes place at 14.15 Central European Time;

| (m) | ‘withdrawn euro banknotes’ means any euro banknote type or series that has been withdrawn from circulation by a decision of the Governing Council taken pursuant to Article 5 of Decision ECB/2003/4; |
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(m)

‘withdrawn euro banknotes’ means any euro banknote type or series that has been withdrawn from circulation by a decision of the Governing Council taken pursuant to Article 5 of Decision ECB/2003/4;

| (n) | ‘issue key’ means the average subscribed capital key during the issue phase of a type or series of withdrawn euro banknotes; |
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(n)

‘issue key’ means the average subscribed capital key during the issue phase of a type or series of withdrawn euro banknotes;

| (o) | ‘issue phase’, in relation to a euro banknote type or series, means the period starting on the date on which the first issue of a euro banknote of this type or series is recorded in the liability base and ending on the date on which the last issue of a euro banknote of this type or series is recorded in the liability base; |
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(o)

‘issue phase’, in relation to a euro banknote type or series, means the period starting on the date on which the first issue of a euro banknote of this type or series is recorded in the liability base and ending on the date on which the last issue of a euro banknote of this type or series is recorded in the liability base;

| (p) | ‘to write off’ means to eliminate withdrawn euro banknotes from the balance sheet item ‘banknotes in circulation’. |
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(p)

‘to write off’ means to eliminate withdrawn euro banknotes from the balance sheet item ‘banknotes in circulation’.

Article 2

Intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation

1.   The intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation shall be calculated on a monthly basis and shall be recorded in the books of the ECB and the NCBs on the first business day of the month with a value date of the last business day of the preceding month.

Where a Member State adopts the euro, the calculation of the intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation under the first subparagraph shall be recorded in the books of the ECB and the NCBs with a value date of the cash changeover date.

The intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation shall, for the period from 1 to 31 January of the first year with effect from which each quinquennial adjustment pursuant to Article 29.3 of the Statute of the ESCB applies, be calculated on the basis of the adjusted subscribed capital key applied to balances on the total euro banknotes in circulation on 31 December of the previous year.

2.   The intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation, including those resulting from the application of Article 4 of this Decision, shall be remunerated at the reference rate.

3.   The remuneration referred to in paragraph 2 shall be settled by TARGET2 payments on a quarterly basis.

Article 3

Method for measuring monetary income

1.   The amount of each NCB’s monetary income shall be determined by measuring the actual income that derives from the earmarkable assets recorded in its books. As exceptions thereto, gold shall not be considered to generate income, and securities held for monetary policy purposes under Decision ECB/2009/16 of 2 July 2009 on the implementation of the covered bond purchase programme (11) shall be considered to generate income at the reference rate.

2.   Where the value of an NCB’s earmarkable assets exceeds or falls short of the value of its liability base, the difference shall be offset by applying the reference rate to the value of the difference.

Article 4

Adjustments to intra-Eurosystem balances

1.   For the purposes of monetary income calculation, each NCB’s intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation shall be adjusted by a compensatory amount determined in accordance with the following formula:

C = (K – A) × S

where:

| C | is the compensatory amount, |
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| K | is the euro amount for each NCB that results from the application of the subscribed capital key to the average value of banknotes in circulation during the reference period, whereby the amount of banknotes in circulation denominated in the national currency of a Member State that adopts the euro shall be translated into euro at the daily foreign exchange reference rate during the reference period, |
| A | is the average euro value for each NCB of banknotes in circulation during the reference period, translated into euro at the daily foreign exchange reference rate during the reference period, |
| S | is the following coefficient for each financial year, starting with the cash changeover date:






  Financial year | Coefficient |
| Cash changeover year | 1 |
| Cash changeover year plus 1 year | 0,8606735 |
| Cash changeover year plus 2 years | 0,7013472 |
| Cash changeover year plus 3 years | 0,5334835 |
| Cash changeover year plus 4 years | 0,3598237 |
| Cash changeover year plus 5 years | 0,1817225 |

C

is the compensatory amount,

K

is the euro amount for each NCB that results from the application of the subscribed capital key to the average value of banknotes in circulation during the reference period, whereby the amount of banknotes in circulation denominated in the national currency of a Member State that adopts the euro shall be translated into euro at the daily foreign exchange reference rate during the reference period,

A

is the average euro value for each NCB of banknotes in circulation during the reference period, translated into euro at the daily foreign exchange reference rate during the reference period,

S

is the following coefficient for each financial year, starting with the cash changeover date:

Financial year

Coefficient

Cash changeover year

1

Cash changeover year plus 1 year

0,8606735

Cash changeover year plus 2 years

0,7013472

Cash changeover year plus 3 years

0,5334835

Cash changeover year plus 4 years

0,3598237

Cash changeover year plus 5 years

0,1817225

2.   The sum of the compensatory amounts of the NCBs shall be zero.

3.   Compensatory amounts shall be calculated each time a Member State adopts the euro or when the ECB’s subscribed capital key changes.

4.   When an NCB joins the Eurosystem, its compensatory amount shall be allocated to the other NCBs in proportion to the respective shares of the other NCBs in the subscribed capital key, with the sign (+/–) reversed, and shall be in addition to any compensatory amounts already in force for the other NCBs.

5.   The compensatory amounts and the accounting entries to balance those compensatory amounts shall be recorded on separate intra-Eurosystem accounts in the books of each NCB with a value date of the cash changeover date and the same value date of each following year of the adjustment period. The accounting entries to balance the compensatory amounts shall not be remunerated.

6.   By derogation from paragraph 1, on the occurrence of specific events relating to changes in patterns of banknote circulation, as set out in Annex III to this Decision, each NCB’s intra-Eurosystem balances on euro banknotes in circulation shall be adjusted in accordance with the provisions set out in that Annex.

7.   The adjustments to intra-Eurosystem balances provided for in this Article shall cease to apply from the first day of the sixth year following the relevant cash changeover year.

Article 5

Calculation and allocation of monetary income

1.   The calculation of each NCB’s monetary income shall be effected by the ECB on a daily basis. The calculation shall be based on accounting data reported by NCBs to the ECB. The ECB shall inform the NCBs of the cumulative amounts on a quarterly basis.

2.   The amount of each NCB’s monetary income shall be reduced by an amount equivalent to any interest accrued or paid on liabilities included within the liability base, and in accordance with any decision of the Governing Council under the second subparagraph of Article 32.4 of the Statute of the ESCB.

3.   The allocation of the sum of each NCB’s monetary income in proportion to the subscribed capital key shall take place at the end of each financial year.

Article 6

Calculation and allocation of income resulting from the write-off of euro banknotes

1.   Withdrawn euro banknotes shall remain part of the liability base until they are exchanged or written off, whichever event occurs first.

2.   The Governing Council may decide to write off withdrawn euro banknotes, in which case it shall specify the write-off date and the total amount of the provision to be made for those withdrawn euro banknotes that are still expected to be exchanged.

3.   Withdrawn euro banknotes shall be written off as follows:

| (a) | On the write-off date, the ECB’s and the NCBs’ balance sheet items ‘Banknotes in circulation’ shall be reduced by the total amount of withdrawn euro banknotes still in circulation. For this purpose, the actual amounts of withdrawn euro banknotes that were put into circulation shall be adjusted to their pro-rata amounts calculated in accordance with the issue key, and the differences shall be settled among the ECB and the NCBs. |
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(a)

On the write-off date, the ECB’s and the NCBs’ balance sheet items ‘Banknotes in circulation’ shall be reduced by the total amount of withdrawn euro banknotes still in circulation. For this purpose, the actual amounts of withdrawn euro banknotes that were put into circulation shall be adjusted to their pro-rata amounts calculated in accordance with the issue key, and the differences shall be settled among the ECB and the NCBs.

| (b) | The adjusted amount of withdrawn euro banknotes shall be written off from the balance sheet item ‘Banknotes in circulation’ to the NCBs’ profit and loss accounts. |
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(b)

The adjusted amount of withdrawn euro banknotes shall be written off from the balance sheet item ‘Banknotes in circulation’ to the NCBs’ profit and loss accounts.

| (c) | Each NCB shall establish a provision for withdrawn euro banknotes that are still expected to be exchanged. The provision shall be equivalent to the relevant NCB’s share in the total amount of the provision calculated using the issue key. |
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(c)

Each NCB shall establish a provision for withdrawn euro banknotes that are still expected to be exchanged. The provision shall be equivalent to the relevant NCB’s share in the total amount of the provision calculated using the issue key.

4.   Withdrawn euro banknotes that are exchanged after the write-off date shall be recorded in the books of the NCB that has accepted them. The inflow of withdrawn euro banknotes shall be redistributed among NCBs at least once a year by applying the issue key, and the differences shall be settled between them. Each NCB shall set off the pro-rata amount against its provision or, in the event that the inflow exceeds the provision, record a corresponding expense in its profit and loss account.

5.   The Governing Council shall review the total amount of the provision on an annual basis.

Article 7

Repeal

Decision ECB/2001/16 is hereby repealed. References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex V.

Article 8

Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on 31 December 2010.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 25 November 2010.

The President of the ECB

Jean-Claude TRICHET

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(1)  
  OJ L 337, 20.12.2001, p. 55.

1

(2)  See Annex IV.

2

(3)  
  OJ L 139, 11.5.1998, p. 1.

3

(4)  
  OJ L 207, 28.7.2006, p. 39.

4

(5)  See page 26 of this Official Journal. Decision ECB/2010/29 adopted before publication of Decision ECB/2010/23.

5

(6)  Not yet published in the Official Journal. Decision ECB/2010/24 adopted before publication of Decision ECB/2010/23.

6

(7)  
  OJ L 78, 25.3.2003, p. 16.

7

(8)  
  OJ L 177, 30.6.2006, p. 1.

8

(9)  See page 31 of this Official Journal.

9

(10)  
  OJ L 310, 11.12.2000, p. 1.

10

(11)  
  OJ L 175, 4.7.2009, p. 18.

11

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ANNEX I

COMPOSITION OF THE LIABILITY BASE

| A. | The liability base includes, to the exclusion of any other items:






  1. | Banknotes in circulation
  For the purposes of this Annex, in the cash changeover year for each NCB joining the Eurosystem ‘Banknotes in circulation’:






  (a) | includes banknotes issued by the NCB and denominated in its national currency unit; and |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

A.

1.

Banknotes in circulation

For the purposes of this Annex, in the cash changeover year for each NCB joining the Eurosystem ‘Banknotes in circulation’:

(a)

includes banknotes issued by the NCB and denominated in its national currency unit; and

| (b) | must be reduced by the value of the non-remunerated loans related to frontloaded euro banknotes that have not been yet debited (part of asset item 6 of the HBS). |
| --- | --- |

(b)

must be reduced by the value of the non-remunerated loans related to frontloaded euro banknotes that have not been yet debited (part of asset item 6 of the HBS).

After the relevant cash changeover year, for each NCB ‘banknotes in circulation’ means banknotes denominated in euro, to the exclusion of any other banknotes.

If the cash changeover date is a day on which TARGET2 is closed, the liability of an NCB which results from euro banknotes that have been frontloaded under Guideline ECB/2006/9 and have entered into circulation before the cash changeover date forms part of the liability base (as part of the correspondent accounts under liability item 10.4 of the HBS) until the liability becomes part of the intra-Eurosystem liabilities resulting from TARGET2 transactions.

| 2. | Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro, including any of the following:






  (a) | current accounts including minimum reserve requirements pursuant to Article 19.1 of the Statute of the ESCB (liability item 2.1 of the HBS); |
| --- | --- | --- |

2.

Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro, including any of the following:

(a)

current accounts including minimum reserve requirements pursuant to Article 19.1 of the Statute of the ESCB (liability item 2.1 of the HBS);

| (b) | amounts in deposit under the Eurosystem deposit facility (liability item 2.2 of the HBS); |
| --- | --- |

(b)

amounts in deposit under the Eurosystem deposit facility (liability item 2.2 of the HBS);

| (c) | fixed-term deposits (liability item 2.3 of the HBS); |
| --- | --- |

(c)

fixed-term deposits (liability item 2.3 of the HBS);

| (d) | liabilities arising from fine-tuning reverse operations (liability item 2.4 of the HBS); |
| --- | --- |

(d)

liabilities arising from fine-tuning reverse operations (liability item 2.4 of the HBS);

| (e) | deposits related to margin calls (liability item 2.5 of the HBS). |
| --- | --- |

(e)

deposits related to margin calls (liability item 2.5 of the HBS).

| 3. | Deposit liabilities to defaulted Eurosystem counterparties which have been reclassified from liability item 2.1 of the HBS. |
| --- | --- |

3.

Deposit liabilities to defaulted Eurosystem counterparties which have been reclassified from liability item 2.1 of the HBS.

| 4. | Intra-Eurosystem liabilities of NCBs arising from the issuance of ECB debt certificates under Chapter 3.3 of Annex I to Guideline ECB/2000/7 (liability item 10.2 of the HBS). |
| --- | --- |

4.

Intra-Eurosystem liabilities of NCBs arising from the issuance of ECB debt certificates under Chapter 3.3 of Annex I to Guideline ECB/2000/7 (liability item 10.2 of the HBS).

| 5. | Net intra-Eurosystem liabilities on euro banknotes in circulation, including those resulting from the application of Article 4 of this Decision (part of liability item 10.3 of the HBS). |
| --- | --- |

5.

Net intra-Eurosystem liabilities on euro banknotes in circulation, including those resulting from the application of Article 4 of this Decision (part of liability item 10.3 of the HBS).

| 6. | Net intra-Eurosystem liabilities resulting from TARGET2 transactions remunerated at the reference rate (part of liability item 10.4 of the HBS). |
| --- | --- |

6.

Net intra-Eurosystem liabilities resulting from TARGET2 transactions remunerated at the reference rate (part of liability item 10.4 of the HBS).

| B. | The amount of each NCB’s liability base is calculated in accordance with the harmonised accounting principles and rules laid down in Guideline ECB/2010/20. |
| --- | --- |

B.

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ANNEX II

EARMARKABLE ASSETS

| A. | Earmarkable assets include, with the exclusion of any other items:






  1. | Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro (asset item 5 of the HBS). |
| --- | --- | --- |

A.

1.

Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro (asset item 5 of the HBS).

| 2. | Securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1 of the HBS). |
| --- | --- |

2.

Securities held for monetary policy purposes (asset item 7.1 of the HBS).

| 3. | Intra-Eurosystem claims equivalent to the transfer of foreign reserve assets other than gold to the ECB pursuant to Article 30 of the Statute of the ESCB (part of asset item 9.2 of the HBS). |
| --- | --- |

3.

Intra-Eurosystem claims equivalent to the transfer of foreign reserve assets other than gold to the ECB pursuant to Article 30 of the Statute of the ESCB (part of asset item 9.2 of the HBS).

| 4. | Net intra-Eurosystem claims on euro banknotes in circulation including those resulting from the application of Article 4 of this Decision (part of asset item 9.4 of the HBS). |
| --- | --- |

4.

Net intra-Eurosystem claims on euro banknotes in circulation including those resulting from the application of Article 4 of this Decision (part of asset item 9.4 of the HBS).

| 5. | Net intra-Eurosystem claims resulting from TARGET2 transactions remunerated at the reference rate (part of asset item 9.5 of the HBS). |
| --- | --- |

5.

Net intra-Eurosystem claims resulting from TARGET2 transactions remunerated at the reference rate (part of asset item 9.5 of the HBS).

| 6. | Gold, including claims in respect of gold transferred to the ECB, in an amount permitting each NCB to earmark a proportion of its gold that corresponds to the application of its share in the subscribed capital key to the total amount of gold earmarked by all NCBs (asset item 1 and part of asset item 9.2 of the HBS).
  For the purposes of this Decision, gold is valued on the basis of the gold price in euro per fine ounce as at 31 December 2002. |
| --- | --- |

6.

Gold, including claims in respect of gold transferred to the ECB, in an amount permitting each NCB to earmark a proportion of its gold that corresponds to the application of its share in the subscribed capital key to the total amount of gold earmarked by all NCBs (asset item 1 and part of asset item 9.2 of the HBS).

For the purposes of this Decision, gold is valued on the basis of the gold price in euro per fine ounce as at 31 December 2002.

| 7. | Claims resulting from euro banknotes that have been frontloaded under Guideline ECB/2006/9 and have then entered into circulation before the cash changeover date (part of asset item 4.1 of the HBS until the cash changeover date and thereafter part of the correspondent accounts under asset item 9.5 of the HBS), but only until such claims become part of the intra-Eurosystem claims resulting from TARGET2 transactions. |
| --- | --- |

7.

Claims resulting from euro banknotes that have been frontloaded under Guideline ECB/2006/9 and have then entered into circulation before the cash changeover date (part of asset item 4.1 of the HBS until the cash changeover date and thereafter part of the correspondent accounts under asset item 9.5 of the HBS), but only until such claims become part of the intra-Eurosystem claims resulting from TARGET2 transactions.

| 8. | Outstanding claims arising from default by Eurosystem counterparties in the context of Eurosystem credit operations, and/or financial assets or claims (vis-à-vis third parties) appropriated and/or acquired in the context of the realisation of collateral submitted by defaulted Eurosystem counterparties in the context of Eurosystem credit operations reclassified from asset item 5 of the HBS (part of asset item 11.6 of the HBS). |
| --- | --- |

8.

Outstanding claims arising from default by Eurosystem counterparties in the context of Eurosystem credit operations, and/or financial assets or claims (vis-à-vis third parties) appropriated and/or acquired in the context of the realisation of collateral submitted by defaulted Eurosystem counterparties in the context of Eurosystem credit operations reclassified from asset item 5 of the HBS (part of asset item 11.6 of the HBS).

| B. | The value of each NCB’s earmarkable assets is calculated in accordance with the harmonised accounting principles and rules laid down in Guideline ECB/2010/20. |
| --- | --- |

B.

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ANNEX III

A.   First contingent adjustment

If the average total value of banknotes in circulation in a cash changeover year is lower than the average total euro value of banknotes in circulation during the reference period (including those denominated in the national currency of the Member State that has adopted the euro and translated into euro at the daily foreign exchange reference rate during the reference period), then the coefficient ‘S’ applying to the cash changeover year in accordance with Article 4(1) is reduced with retroactive effect in the same proportion as the decrease in the total average of banknotes in circulation.

The reduction may not result in a coefficient lower than 0,8606735. If this derogation is applied, one quarter of the resulting reduction in the NCBs’ compensatory amounts (C) applicable in the cash changeover year must be added to each NCB’s compensatory amount applicable in the second to fifth year following the cash changeover year pursuant to Article 4(1).

B.   Second contingent adjustment

If those NCBs for which the compensatory amount referred to in Article 4(1) is a positive figure pay net remuneration on intra-Eurosystem balances on banknotes in circulation that results in a net expense when added to the item ‘net result of pooling of monetary income’ in their profit and loss account at the end of the year, then the coefficient ‘S’ applying to the cash changeover year in accordance with Article 4(1) is reduced to the extent necessary to eliminate this condition.

The reduction may not result in a coefficient lower than 0,8606735. If this derogation is applied, one quarter of the resulting reduction in the NCBs’ compensatory amounts (C) applicable in the cash changeover year is added to each NCB’s compensatory amount applicable in the second to fifth year following the cash changeover year pursuant to Article 4(1).

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ANNEX IV

REPEALED DECISION AND SUCCESSIVE AMENDMENTS

| Decision ECB/2001/16 | OJ L 337, 20.12.2001, p. 55. |
| --- | --- |
| Decision ECB/2003/22 | OJ L 9, 15.1.2004, p. 39. |
| Decision ECB/2006/7 | OJ L 148, 2.6.2006, p. 56. |
| Decision ECB/2007/15 | OJ L 333, 19.12.2007, p. 86. |
| Decision ECB/2009/27 | OJ L 339, 22.12.2009, p. 55. |

Decision ECB/2001/16

OJ L 337, 20.12.2001, p. 55.

Decision ECB/2003/22

OJ L 9, 15.1.2004, p. 39.

Decision ECB/2006/7

OJ L 148, 2.6.2006, p. 56.

Decision ECB/2007/15

OJ L 333, 19.12.2007, p. 86.

Decision ECB/2009/27

OJ L 339, 22.12.2009, p. 55.

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ANNEX V

CORRELATION TABLE

| Decision ECB/2001/16 | This Decision |
| --- | --- |
| Article 5a | Article 6 |
| Article 6 | Article 7 |

Decision ECB/2001/16

This Decision

Article 5a

Article 6

Article 6

Article 7

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| 9.2.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 35/26 |
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9.2.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 35/26

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DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 13 December 2010

on the issue of euro banknotes

(recast)

(ECB/2010/29)

(2011/67/EU)

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 (hereinafter the ‘Statute of the ESCB’), and in particular Article 16 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Under Article 128(1) of the Treaty and Article 16 of the Statute of the ESCB, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right to authorise the issue of euro banknotes within the Union. Under these provisions, the ECB and the NCBs may issue euro banknotes which are the only banknotes to have the status of legal tender within the Member States whose currency is the euro. Union law has foreseen a system of a plurality of issuers of banknotes. The ECB and the NCBs issue euro banknotes. |
| --- | --- |

(1)

Under Article 128(1) of the Treaty and Article 16 of the Statute of the ESCB, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has the exclusive right to authorise the issue of euro banknotes within the Union. Under these provisions, the ECB and the NCBs may issue euro banknotes which are the only banknotes to have the status of legal tender within the Member States whose currency is the euro. Union law has foreseen a system of a plurality of issuers of banknotes. The ECB and the NCBs issue euro banknotes.

| (2) | Pursuant to Article 10 of Council Regulation (EC) No 974/98 of 3 May 1998 on the introduction of the euro (1), on 1 January 2002, the ECB and the NCBs put into circulation banknotes denominated in euro. Euro banknotes are expressions of the same and single currency, and subject to a single legal regime. |
| --- | --- |

(2)

Pursuant to Article 10 of Council Regulation (EC) No 974/98 of 3 May 1998 on the introduction of the euro (1), on 1 January 2002, the ECB and the NCBs put into circulation banknotes denominated in euro. Euro banknotes are expressions of the same and single currency, and subject to a single legal regime.

| (3) | The issue of euro banknotes need not be subject to quantitative or other limits, since putting banknotes into circulation is a demand driven process. |
| --- | --- |

(3)

The issue of euro banknotes need not be subject to quantitative or other limits, since putting banknotes into circulation is a demand driven process.

| (4) | Decision ECB/2003/4 of 20 March 2003 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withdrawal of euro banknotes (2) contains common rules on euro banknotes. The ECB has established common technical specifications for euro banknotes and quality control measures to ensure that they comply with such specifications. As a consequence, all euro banknotes have the same physical appearance and level of quality and there is no distinction between banknotes of the same denomination. |
| --- | --- |

(4)

Decision ECB/2003/4 of 20 March 2003 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withdrawal of euro banknotes (2) contains common rules on euro banknotes. The ECB has established common technical specifications for euro banknotes and quality control measures to ensure that they comply with such specifications. As a consequence, all euro banknotes have the same physical appearance and level of quality and there is no distinction between banknotes of the same denomination.

| (5) | All euro banknotes should be subject to identical acceptance and processing requirements by the Eurosystem members irrespective of which member put them into circulation. The practice of repatriation of banknotes denominated in national currency units to the issuing central bank does not apply to euro banknotes. The regime for the issue of the euro banknotes is based on the principle of non-repatriation of euro banknotes. |
| --- | --- |

(5)

All euro banknotes should be subject to identical acceptance and processing requirements by the Eurosystem members irrespective of which member put them into circulation. The practice of repatriation of banknotes denominated in national currency units to the issuing central bank does not apply to euro banknotes. The regime for the issue of the euro banknotes is based on the principle of non-repatriation of euro banknotes.

| (6) | Pursuant to Article 29.1 of the Statute of the ESCB, each central bank which is a member of the European System of Central Banks is assigned a weighting in the key for subscription to the ECB’s capital, as laid down by Decision ECB/2008/23 of 12 December 2008 on the national central banks’ percentage shares in the key for subscription to the European Central Bank’s capital (3); this weighting is based on the population and gross domestic product of each Member State and governs the contributions to the ECB’s capital, the transfers of the NCBs’ foreign reserve assets to the ECB, the monetary income allocation of the NCBs, and the distribution of profits and sharing of losses of the ECB. |
| --- | --- |

(6)

Pursuant to Article 29.1 of the Statute of the ESCB, each central bank which is a member of the European System of Central Banks is assigned a weighting in the key for subscription to the ECB’s capital, as laid down by Decision ECB/2008/23 of 12 December 2008 on the national central banks’ percentage shares in the key for subscription to the European Central Bank’s capital (3); this weighting is based on the population and gross domestic product of each Member State and governs the contributions to the ECB’s capital, the transfers of the NCBs’ foreign reserve assets to the ECB, the monetary income allocation of the NCBs, and the distribution of profits and sharing of losses of the ECB.

| (7) | Euro banknotes are legal tender in all Member States whose currency is the euro and freely circulate within the euro area, are reissued by the Eurosystem members, and may also be stored or used outside the euro area. The liabilities in respect of the issue of the total value of euro banknotes in circulation should therefore be allocated to the Eurosystem members in accordance with an objective criterion. An appropriate criterion is the share of each NCB in the paid-up capital of the ECB. This share results from a proportional application of the capital key referred to in Article 29.1 of the Statute of the ESCB to NCBs. As this criterion is not applicable to the ECB, the percentage share of euro banknotes to be issued by the ECB is to be determined by the Governing Council. |
| --- | --- |

(7)

Euro banknotes are legal tender in all Member States whose currency is the euro and freely circulate within the euro area, are reissued by the Eurosystem members, and may also be stored or used outside the euro area. The liabilities in respect of the issue of the total value of euro banknotes in circulation should therefore be allocated to the Eurosystem members in accordance with an objective criterion. An appropriate criterion is the share of each NCB in the paid-up capital of the ECB. This share results from a proportional application of the capital key referred to in Article 29.1 of the Statute of the ESCB to NCBs. As this criterion is not applicable to the ECB, the percentage share of euro banknotes to be issued by the ECB is to be determined by the Governing Council.

| (8) | Under Articles 9.2 and 12.1 of the Statute of the ESCB, establishing the principle of decentralisation for Eurosystem operations, the NCBs are entrusted with putting into and withdrawing from circulation all euro banknotes including those issued by the ECB. Consistent with this principle, the physical handling of euro banknotes is also carried out by the NCBs. |
| --- | --- |

(8)

Under Articles 9.2 and 12.1 of the Statute of the ESCB, establishing the principle of decentralisation for Eurosystem operations, the NCBs are entrusted with putting into and withdrawing from circulation all euro banknotes including those issued by the ECB. Consistent with this principle, the physical handling of euro banknotes is also carried out by the NCBs.

| (9) | The difference between the value of euro banknotes allocated to each NCB in accordance with the banknote allocation key and the value of the euro banknotes that such NCB puts into circulation should give rise to intra-Eurosystem balances. As the ECB does not put euro banknotes into circulation, it should hold intra-Eurosystem claims on NCBs for a value equivalent to the share of euro banknotes that it issues. The remuneration of these intra-Eurosystem balances has an effect on the income positions of NCBs and is therefore the subject of Decision ECB/2010/23 of 25 November 2010 on the allocation of monetary income of the national central banks of Member States whose currency is the euro (4), based on Article 32 of the Statute of the ESCB. |
| --- | --- |

(9)

The difference between the value of euro banknotes allocated to each NCB in accordance with the banknote allocation key and the value of the euro banknotes that such NCB puts into circulation should give rise to intra-Eurosystem balances. As the ECB does not put euro banknotes into circulation, it should hold intra-Eurosystem claims on NCBs for a value equivalent to the share of euro banknotes that it issues. The remuneration of these intra-Eurosystem balances has an effect on the income positions of NCBs and is therefore the subject of Decision ECB/2010/23 of 25 November 2010 on the allocation of monetary income of the national central banks of Member States whose currency is the euro (4), based on Article 32 of the Statute of the ESCB.

| (10) | Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2010/416/EU of 13 July 2010 in accordance with Article 140(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Estonia of the euro on 1 January 2011 (5), Estonia fulfils the necessary conditions for adoption of the euro and the derogation granted to it under Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession (6) will be abrogated with effect from 1 January 2011. |
| --- | --- |

(10)

Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2010/416/EU of 13 July 2010 in accordance with Article 140(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Estonia of the euro on 1 January 2011 (5), Estonia fulfils the necessary conditions for adoption of the euro and the derogation granted to it under Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession (6) will be abrogated with effect from 1 January 2011.

| (11) | Given that Estonia will adopt the euro on 1 January 2011, Decision ECB/2001/15 of 6 December 2001 on the issue of euro banknotes (7) needs to be amended in order to determine the banknote allocation key applying from 1 January 2011. Since Decision ECB/2001/15 has already been amended several times it should be recast in the interest of clarity, |
| --- | --- |

(11)

Given that Estonia will adopt the euro on 1 January 2011, Decision ECB/2001/15 of 6 December 2001 on the issue of euro banknotes (7) needs to be amended in order to determine the banknote allocation key applying from 1 January 2011. Since Decision ECB/2001/15 has already been amended several times it should be recast in the interest of clarity,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Definitions

For the purposes of this Decision:

| (a) | ‘NCB’ means the national central bank of a Member State whose currency is the euro; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

‘NCB’ means the national central bank of a Member State whose currency is the euro;

| (b) | ‘euro banknotes’ means those banknotes complying with the requirements of Decision ECB/2003/4 and with the technical specifications laid down by the Governing Council; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

‘euro banknotes’ means those banknotes complying with the requirements of Decision ECB/2003/4 and with the technical specifications laid down by the Governing Council;

| (c) | ‘subscribed capital key’ means the NCBs’ shares (expressed as percentages) in the ECB’s subscribed capital that result from applying to the NCBs the weightings in the key referred to in Article 29.1 of the Statute of the ESCB and as applicable for the relevant financial year; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

‘subscribed capital key’ means the NCBs’ shares (expressed as percentages) in the ECB’s subscribed capital that result from applying to the NCBs the weightings in the key referred to in Article 29.1 of the Statute of the ESCB and as applicable for the relevant financial year;

| (d) | ‘banknote allocation key’ means the percentages that result from taking into account the ECB’s share in the total euro banknote issue and applying the subscribed capital key (rounded to the nearest multiple of 0,0005 of a percentage point) to the NCBs’ share in this total. Where the resulting percentages do not total 100 %, the difference shall be compensated for: (i) if the total is below 100 %, by adding 0,0005 of a percentage point to the smallest shares in ascending order until exactly 100 % is reached; or (ii) if the total is above 100 %, by subtracting 0,0005 of a percentage point in descending order from the largest shares until exactly 100 % is reached. Annex I to this Decision specifies the banknote allocation key that shall apply from 1 January 2011. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

‘banknote allocation key’ means the percentages that result from taking into account the ECB’s share in the total euro banknote issue and applying the subscribed capital key (rounded to the nearest multiple of 0,0005 of a percentage point) to the NCBs’ share in this total. Where the resulting percentages do not total 100 %, the difference shall be compensated for: (i) if the total is below 100 %, by adding 0,0005 of a percentage point to the smallest shares in ascending order until exactly 100 % is reached; or (ii) if the total is above 100 %, by subtracting 0,0005 of a percentage point in descending order from the largest shares until exactly 100 % is reached. Annex I to this Decision specifies the banknote allocation key that shall apply from 1 January 2011.

Article 2

Issue of euro banknotes

The ECB and the NCBs shall issue euro banknotes.

Article 3

Obligations of issuers

1.   NCBs shall put into and withdraw from circulation euro banknotes, and perform any physical handling in relation to all euro banknotes, including those issued by the ECB.

2.   NCBs shall accept all euro banknotes on the request of the holder for exchange against euro banknotes of the same value or, in the case of account holders, to be credited to accounts held at the recipient NCB.

3.   NCBs shall treat all euro banknotes accepted by them as liabilities and process them in an identical manner.

4.   NCBs shall not transfer euro banknotes accepted by them to other NCBs and shall keep such euro banknotes available for reissue. As an exception, and in accordance with any rules laid down by the ECB’s Governing Council:

| (a) | mutilated, damaged, worn or withdrawn euro banknotes may be destroyed by the recipient NCB; and |
| --- | --- |

(a)

mutilated, damaged, worn or withdrawn euro banknotes may be destroyed by the recipient NCB; and

| (b) | euro banknotes held by NCBs may, for logistical reasons, be redistributed in bulk within the Eurosystem. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

euro banknotes held by NCBs may, for logistical reasons, be redistributed in bulk within the Eurosystem.

Article 4

Allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem

1.   The total value of euro banknotes in circulation shall be allocated to the Eurosystem members by application of the banknote allocation key.

2.   The difference between the value of euro banknotes allocated to each NCB in accordance with the banknote allocation key and the value of the euro banknotes that such NCB puts into circulation shall give rise to intra-Eurosystem balances. The ECB shall hold intra-Eurosystem claims on NCBs in proportion to their shares in the subscribed capital key, for a value equivalent to the value of euro banknotes that it issues.

Article 5

Repeal

Decision ECB/2001/15 is repealed. References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision.

Article 6

Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2011.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 13 December 2010.

The President of the ECB

Jean-Claude TRICHET

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(1)  
  OJ L 139, 11.5.1998, p. 1.

1

(2)  
  OJ L 78, 25.3.2003, p. 16.

2

(3)  
  OJ L 21, 24.1.2009, p. 66.

3

(4)  Not yet published in the Official Journal.

4

(5)  
  OJ L 196, 28.7.2010, p. 24.

5

(6)  Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33).

6

(7)  
  OJ L 337, 20.12.2001, p. 52.

7

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ANNEX I

BANKNOTE ALLOCATION KEY FROM 1 JANUARY 2011

| European Central Bank | 8,0000  % |
| --- | --- |
| Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique | 3,1895  % |
| Deutsche Bundesbank | 24,8995  % |
| Eesti Pank | 0,2355  % |
| Central Bank of Ireland | 1,4605  % |
| Bank of Greece | 2,5835  % |
| Banco de España | 10,9185  % |
| Banque de France | 18,6985  % |
| Banca d’Italia | 16,4310  % |
| Central Bank of Cyprus | 0,1800  % |
| Banque centrale du Luxembourg | 0,2295  % |
| Central Bank of Malta | 0,0830  % |
| De Nederlandsche Bank | 5,2440  % |
| Oesterreichische Nationalbank | 2,5530  % |
| Banco de Portugal | 2,3015  % |
| Banka Slovenije | 0,4325  % |
| Národná banka Slovenska | 0,9115  % |
| Suomen Pankki | 1,6485  % |
| TOTAL | 100,0000  % |

European Central Bank

8,0000  %

Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique

3,1895  %

Deutsche Bundesbank

24,8995  %

Eesti Pank

0,2355  %

Central Bank of Ireland

1,4605  %

Bank of Greece

2,5835  %

Banco de España

10,9185  %

Banque de France

18,6985  %

Banca d’Italia

16,4310  %

Central Bank of Cyprus

0,1800  %

Banque centrale du Luxembourg

0,2295  %

Central Bank of Malta

0,0830  %

De Nederlandsche Bank

5,2440  %

Oesterreichische Nationalbank

2,5530  %

Banco de Portugal

2,3015  %

Banka Slovenije

0,4325  %

Národná banka Slovenska

0,9115  %

Suomen Pankki

1,6485  %

TOTAL

100,0000  %

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ANNEX II

REPEALED DECISION AND SUCCESSIVE AMENDMENTS

| Decision ECB/2001/15 | OJ L 337, 20.12.2001, p. 52 |
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| Decision ECB/2003/23 | OJ L 9, 15.1.2004, p. 40 |
| Decision ECB/2004/9 | OJ L 205, 9.6.2004, p. 17 |
| Decision ECB/2006/25 | OJ L 24, 31.1.2007, p. 13 |
| Decision ECB/2007/19 | OJ L 1, 4.1.2008, p. 7 |
| Decision ECB/2008/26 | OJ L 21, 24.1.2009, p. 75 |

Decision ECB/2001/15

OJ L 337, 20.12.2001, p. 52

Decision ECB/2003/23

OJ L 9, 15.1.2004, p. 40

Decision ECB/2004/9

OJ L 205, 9.6.2004, p. 17

Decision ECB/2006/25

OJ L 24, 31.1.2007, p. 13

Decision ECB/2007/19

OJ L 1, 4.1.2008, p. 7

Decision ECB/2008/26

OJ L 21, 24.1.2009, p. 75

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GUIDELINES

| 9.2.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 35/31 |
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9.2.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 35/31

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GUIDELINE OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 11 November 2010

on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks

(recast)

(ECB/2010/20)

(2011/68/EU)

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,

Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (hereinafter the ‘Statute of the ESCB’), and in particular Articles 12.1, 14.3 and 26.4 thereof,

Having regard to the contribution of the General Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) pursuant to the second and third indents of Article 46.2 of the Statute of the ESCB,

Whereas:

| (1) | Guideline ECB/2006/16 of 10 November 2006 on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks (1) has been substantially amended several times. Since further amendments are to be made, in particular with regard to the hedging of interest rate risk and the revaluation of SDR holdings, it should be recast in the interests of clarity. |
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(1)

Guideline ECB/2006/16 of 10 November 2006 on the legal framework for accounting and financial reporting in the European System of Central Banks (1) has been substantially amended several times. Since further amendments are to be made, in particular with regard to the hedging of interest rate risk and the revaluation of SDR holdings, it should be recast in the interests of clarity.

| (2) | The European System of Central Banks (ESCB) is subject to reporting requirements under Article 15 of the Statute of the ESCB. |
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(2)

The European System of Central Banks (ESCB) is subject to reporting requirements under Article 15 of the Statute of the ESCB.

| (3) | Pursuant to Article 26.3 of the Statute of the ESCB, the Executive Board draws up a consolidated balance sheet of the ESCB for analytical and operational purposes. |
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(3)

Pursuant to Article 26.3 of the Statute of the ESCB, the Executive Board draws up a consolidated balance sheet of the ESCB for analytical and operational purposes.

| (4) | Pursuant to Article 26.4 of the Statute of the ESCB, for the application of Article 26 the Governing Council establishes the necessary rules for standardising the accounting and financial reporting of operations undertaken by the NCBs. |
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(4)

Pursuant to Article 26.4 of the Statute of the ESCB, for the application of Article 26 the Governing Council establishes the necessary rules for standardising the accounting and financial reporting of operations undertaken by the NCBs.

| (5) | The disclosure relating to euro banknotes in circulation, remuneration of net intra-Eurosystem claims/liabilities resulting from the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem, and monetary income should be harmonised in the NCBs’ published annual financial statements, |
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(5)

The disclosure relating to euro banknotes in circulation, remuneration of net intra-Eurosystem claims/liabilities resulting from the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem, and monetary income should be harmonised in the NCBs’ published annual financial statements,

HAS ADOPTED THIS GUIDELINE:

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Definitions

1.   For the purposes of this Guideline:

| (a) | ‘NCB’ means the national central bank of a Member State whose currency is the euro; |
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(a)

‘NCB’ means the national central bank of a Member State whose currency is the euro;

| (b) | ‘Eurosystem accounting and financial reporting purposes’ means the purposes for which the ECB produces the financial statements listed in Annex I in accordance with Articles 15 and 26 of the Statute of the ESCB; |
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(b)

‘Eurosystem accounting and financial reporting purposes’ means the purposes for which the ECB produces the financial statements listed in Annex I in accordance with Articles 15 and 26 of the Statute of the ESCB;

| (c) | ‘reporting entity’ means the ECB or an NCB; |
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(c)

‘reporting entity’ means the ECB or an NCB;

| (d) | ‘quarterly revaluation date’ means the date of the last calendar day of a quarter; |
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(d)

‘quarterly revaluation date’ means the date of the last calendar day of a quarter;

| (e) | ‘consolidation’ means the accounting process whereby the financial figures of various separate legal entities are aggregated as though they were one entity; |
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(e)

‘consolidation’ means the accounting process whereby the financial figures of various separate legal entities are aggregated as though they were one entity;

| (f) | ‘cash changeover year’ means a period of 12 months from the date on which euro banknotes and coins acquire the status of legal tender in a Member State whose currency is the euro; |
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(f)

‘cash changeover year’ means a period of 12 months from the date on which euro banknotes and coins acquire the status of legal tender in a Member State whose currency is the euro;

| (g) | ‘banknote allocation key’ means the percentages that result from taking into account the ECB’s share in the total euro banknote issue and applying the subscribed capital key to the NCBs’ share in such total, under Decision ECB/2010/29 of 13 December 2010 on the issue of euro banknotes (2); |
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(g)

‘banknote allocation key’ means the percentages that result from taking into account the ECB’s share in the total euro banknote issue and applying the subscribed capital key to the NCBs’ share in such total, under Decision ECB/2010/29 of 13 December 2010 on the issue of euro banknotes (2);

| (h) | ‘credit institution’ means either: (a) a credit institution within the meaning of Article 2 and Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 2006/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions (3), as implemented in national law, that is subject to supervision by a competent authority; or (b) another credit institution within the meaning of Article 123(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union that is subject to scrutiny of a standard comparable to supervision by a competent authority. |
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(h)

‘credit institution’ means either: (a) a credit institution within the meaning of Article 2 and Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 2006/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions (3), as implemented in national law, that is subject to supervision by a competent authority; or (b) another credit institution within the meaning of Article 123(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union that is subject to scrutiny of a standard comparable to supervision by a competent authority.

2.   Definitions of other technical terms used in this Guideline are attached as Annex II.

Article 2

Scope of application

1.   This Guideline shall apply to the ECB and to the NCBs for Eurosystem accounting and financial reporting purposes.

2.   This Guideline’s scope of application shall be limited to the Eurosystem accounting and financial reporting regime laid down by the Statute of the ESCB. As a consequence, it shall not apply to NCBs’ national reports and financial accounts. In order to achieve consistency and comparability between the Eurosystem and national regimes, it is recommended that NCBs should, to the extent possible, follow the rules set out in this Guideline for their national reports and financial accounts.

Article 3

Basic accounting assumptions

The following basic accounting assumptions shall apply:

(a)   economic reality and transparency: the accounting methods and financial reporting shall reflect economic reality, be transparent and respect the qualitative characteristics of understandability, relevance, reliability and comparability. Transactions shall be accounted for and presented in accordance with their substance and economic reality and not merely with their legal form;

economic reality and transparency

(b)   prudence: the valuation of assets and liabilities and income recognition shall be carried out prudently. In the context of this Guideline, this implies that unrealised gains shall not be recognised as income in the profit and loss account, but shall be recorded directly in a revaluation account and that unrealised losses shall be taken at year-end to the profit and loss account if they exceed previous revaluation gains registered in the corresponding revaluation account. Hidden reserves or the deliberate misstatement of items on the balance sheet and in the profit and loss account shall be inconsistent with the assumption of prudence;

prudence

(c)   post-balance sheet events: assets and liabilities shall be adjusted for events that occur between the annual balance sheet date and the date on which the financial statements are approved by the relevant bodies if they affect the condition of assets or liabilities at the balance sheet date. No adjustment shall be made for assets and liabilities, but disclosure shall be made of those events occurring after the balance sheet date if they do not affect the condition of assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date, but which are of such importance that non-disclosure would affect the ability of the users of the financial statements to make proper evaluations and decisions;

post-balance sheet events

(d)   materiality: deviations from the accounting rules, including those affecting the calculation of the profit and loss accounts of the individual NCBs and of the ECB, shall only be allowed if they can be reasonably considered as immaterial in the overall context and presentation of the reporting entity’s financial accounts;

materiality

(e)   going concern basis: accounts shall be prepared on a going concern basis;

going concern basis

(f)   the accruals principle: income and expenses shall be recognised in the accounting period in which they are earned or incurred and not in the period in which they are received or paid;

the accruals principle

(g)   consistency and comparability: the criteria for balance sheet valuation and income recognition shall be applied consistently in terms of commonality and continuity of approach within the Eurosystem to ensure comparability of data in the financial statements.

consistency and comparability

Article 4

Recognition of assets and liabilities

A financial or other asset/liability shall only be recognised in the balance sheet of the reporting entity if all of the following conditions are met:

| (a) | it is probable that any future economic benefit associated with the asset or liability item will flow to or from the reporting entity; |
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(a)

it is probable that any future economic benefit associated with the asset or liability item will flow to or from the reporting entity;

| (b) | substantially all the risks and rewards associated with the asset or liability have been transferred to the reporting entity; |
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(b)

substantially all the risks and rewards associated with the asset or liability have been transferred to the reporting entity;

| (c) | the cost or value of the asset to the reporting entity or the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. |
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(c)

the cost or value of the asset to the reporting entity or the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Article 5

Economic and cash/settlement approaches

1.   The economic approach shall be used as the basis for recording foreign exchange transactions, financial instruments denominated in foreign currency and related accruals. Two different techniques have been developed to implement this approach:

| (a) | the ‘regular approach’ as set out in Chapters III and IV and Annex III; and |
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(a)

the ‘regular approach’ as set out in Chapters III and IV and Annex III; and

| (b) | the ‘alternative approach’ as set out in Annex III. |
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(b)

the ‘alternative approach’ as set out in Annex III.

2.   Securities transactions including equity instruments denominated in foreign currency may continue to be recorded according to the cash/settlement approach. The related accrued interest including premiums or discounts shall be recorded on a daily basis from the spot settlement date.

3.   NCBs may use either the economic or the cash/settlement approach to record any specific euro-denominated transactions, financial instruments and related accruals.

4.   With the exception of quarter-end and year-end accounting adjustments and of items disclosed under ‘Other assets’ and ‘Other liabilities’, amounts presented as part of the daily financial reporting for Eurosystem financial reporting purposes shall only show cash movements in balance sheet items.

CHAPTER II

COMPOSITION AND VALUATION RULES FOR THE BALANCE SHEET

Article 6

Composition of the balance sheet

The composition of the balance sheet of the ECB and NCBs for Eurosystem financial reporting purposes shall be based on the structure set out in Annex IV.

Article 7

Balance sheet valuation rules

1.   Current market rates and prices shall be used for balance sheet valuation purposes unless specified otherwise in Annex IV.

2.   The revaluation of gold, foreign currency instruments, securities other than securities classified as held-to-maturity and non-marketable securities as well as financial instruments, both on-balance-sheet and off-balance-sheet, shall be performed as at the quarterly revaluation date at mid-market rates and prices. This shall not preclude reporting entities from revaluing their portfolios on a more frequent basis for internal purposes, provided that they report items in their balance sheets only at transaction value during the quarter.

3.   No distinction shall be made between price and currency revaluation differences for gold, but a single gold revaluation difference shall be accounted for, based on the euro price per defined unit of weight of gold derived from the euro/US dollar exchange rate on the quarterly revaluation date. For foreign exchange, including on-balance-sheet and off-balance-sheet transactions, revaluation shall take place on a currency-by-currency basis. For the purpose of this Article, holdings of SDRs, including designated individual foreign exchange holdings underlying the SDR basket, shall be treated as one holding. For securities, revaluation shall take place on a code-by-code basis, i.e. same ISIN number/type. Securities held for monetary policy purposes or included in the items ‘Other financial assets’ or ‘Sundry’ shall be treated as separate holdings.

4.   Revaluation bookings shall be reversed at the end of the next quarter, except for unrealised losses taken to the profit and loss account at the end of the year; during the quarter any transactions shall be reported at transaction prices and rates.

5.   Securities classified as held-to-maturity shall be treated as separate holdings, valued at amortised costs and subject to impairment. The same treatment shall apply to non-marketable securities. Securities classified as held-to-maturity may be sold before their maturity in any of the following circumstances:

| (a) | if the quantity sold is considered not significant in comparison with the total amount of the held-to-maturity securities portfolio; |
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(a)

if the quantity sold is considered not significant in comparison with the total amount of the held-to-maturity securities portfolio;

| (b) | if the securities are sold during the month of the maturity date; |
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(b)

if the securities are sold during the month of the maturity date;

| (c) | under exceptional circumstances, such as a significant deterioration of the issuer’s creditworthiness, or following an explicit monetary policy decision of the Governing Council. |
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(c)

under exceptional circumstances, such as a significant deterioration of the issuer’s creditworthiness, or following an explicit monetary policy decision of the Governing Council.

Article 8

Reverse transactions

1.   A reverse transaction conducted under a repurchase agreement shall be recorded as a collateralised inward deposit on the liabilities side of the balance sheet, while the item that has been provided as collateral shall remain on the assets side of the balance sheet. Securities sold which are to be repurchased under repurchase agreements shall be treated by the reporting entity, which is required to repurchase them, as if the assets in question were still part of the portfolio from which they were sold.

2.   A reverse transaction conducted under a reverse repurchase agreement shall be recorded as a collateralised outward loan on the assets side of the balance sheet for the amount of the loan. Securities acquired under reverse repurchase agreements shall not be revalued and no profit or loss arising thereon shall be taken to the profit and loss account by the reporting entity lending the funds.

3.   In the case of security lending transactions, the securities shall remain on the transferor’s balance sheet. Such transactions shall be accounted for in the same manner as that prescribed for repurchase operations. If, however, securities borrowed by the reporting entity acting as the transferee are not kept in its custody account at the year-end, the transferee shall establish a provision for losses if the market value of the underlying securities has risen since the contract date of the lending transaction. The transferee shall show a liability for the retransfer of the securities if in the meantime the securities have been sold.

4.   Collateralised gold transactions shall be treated as repurchase agreements. The gold flows relating to these collateralised transactions shall not be recorded in the financial statements and the difference between the spot and forward prices of the transaction shall be treated on an accruals basis.

5.   Reverse transactions, including security lending transactions, conducted under an automated security lending programme shall only be recorded on the balance sheet where collateral is provided in the form of cash placed on an account of the relevant NCB or the ECB.

Article 9

Marketable equity instruments

1.   This Article shall apply to marketable equity instruments, i.e. equity shares or equity funds, whether the transactions are conducted directly by a reporting entity or by its agent, with the exception of activities conducted for pension funds, participating interests, investments in subsidiaries or significant interests.

2.   Equity instruments denominated in foreign currencies and disclosed under ‘Other assets’ shall not form part of the overall currency position but shall be part of a separate currency holding. The calculation of the related foreign exchange gains and losses may be performed either on a net average cost method or an average cost method.

3.   The revaluation of equity portfolios shall be performed in accordance with Article 7(2). Revaluation shall take place on an item-by-item basis. For equity funds, the price revaluation shall be performed on a net basis, and not on an individual share-by-share basis. There shall be no netting between different equity shares or between different equity funds.

4.   Transactions shall be recorded in the balance sheet at transaction price.

5.   Brokerage commission may be recorded either as a transaction cost to be included in the cost of the asset, or as an expense in the profit and loss account.

6.   The amount of the dividend purchased shall be included in the cost of the equity instrument. At ex-dividend date, the amount of the dividend purchased may be treated as a separate item until the payment of the dividend has been received.

7.   Accruals on dividends shall not be booked at end-of-period as they are already reflected in the market price of the equity instruments with the exception of equities quoted ex-dividend.

8.   Rights issues shall be treated as a separate asset when issued. The acquisition cost shall be calculated based on the equity’s existing average cost, on the new acquisition’s strike price, and on the proportion between existing and new equities. Alternatively, the price of the right may be based on the right’s value in the market, the equity’s existing average cost and the equity’s market price before the rights issue.

Article 10

Hedging of interest rate risk on securities with derivatives

1.   Hedging of interest rate risk on a security with a derivative means designating a derivative so that the change in its fair value offsets the expected change in the fair value of the hedged security arising from interest rate movements.

2.   Hedged and hedging instruments shall be recognised and treated in accordance with the general provisions, valuation rules, income recognition and instrument-specific requirements set out in this Guideline.

3.   In derogation from Article 3(b), Articles 7(3), 13(1) and 13(2), Article 14(1)(b) and 14(2)(d) and Article 15(2), the following alternative treatment may be applied to the valuation of a hedged security and of a hedging derivative:

| (a) | The security and the derivative shall both be revalued and shown at their market values on the balance sheet as at the end of each quarter. The following asymmetric valuation approach shall be applied to the net amount of unrealised gain/loss on the hedged and hedging instruments:






  (i) | a net unrealised loss shall be taken to the profit and loss account at year-end and it is recommended that it is amortised over the remaining life of the hedged instrument; and |
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(a)

The security and the derivative shall both be revalued and shown at their market values on the balance sheet as at the end of each quarter. The following asymmetric valuation approach shall be applied to the net amount of unrealised gain/loss on the hedged and hedging instruments:

(i)

a net unrealised loss shall be taken to the profit and loss account at year-end and it is recommended that it is amortised over the remaining life of the hedged instrument; and

| (ii) | a net unrealised gain shall be booked on a revaluation account and reversed at the following revaluation date. |
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(ii)

a net unrealised gain shall be booked on a revaluation account and reversed at the following revaluation date.

| (b) | Hedge of a security already owned: if the average cost of a hedged security is different from the market price of the security at the inception of the hedge, the following treatment shall be applied:






  (i) | unrealised gains of the security on that date shall be booked on a revaluation account while unrealised losses shall be taken to the profit and loss account; and |
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(b)

Hedge of a security already owned: if the average cost of a hedged security is different from the market price of the security at the inception of the hedge, the following treatment shall be applied:

(i)

unrealised gains of the security on that date shall be booked on a revaluation account while unrealised losses shall be taken to the profit and loss account; and

| (ii) | the provisions of point (a) shall apply to the changes in market values following the inception date of the hedging relationship. |
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(ii)

the provisions of point (a) shall apply to the changes in market values following the inception date of the hedging relationship.

| (c) | It is recommended that the balance of unamortised premiums and discounts, as at the date when the hedge was set up, is amortised over the remaining life of the hedged instrument. |
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(c)

It is recommended that the balance of unamortised premiums and discounts, as at the date when the hedge was set up, is amortised over the remaining life of the hedged instrument.

4.   When hedge accounting is discontinued, the security and the derivative that have remained in the books of the reporting entity shall be valued as stand alone instruments as of the date of discontinuation in accordance with the general rules set out in this Guideline.

5.   The alternative treatment specified in paragraph 3 may only be applied if all of the following conditions are met:

| (a) | At the inception of the hedge there is formal documentation of the hedging relationship and the risk management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedge. That documentation shall include all of the following: (i) identification of the derivative used as a hedging instrument; (ii) identification of the related hedged security; and (iii) an assessment of the derivative’s effectiveness in offsetting the exposure to changes in the security’s fair value attributable to the interest rate risk. |
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(a)

At the inception of the hedge there is formal documentation of the hedging relationship and the risk management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedge. That documentation shall include all of the following: (i) identification of the derivative used as a hedging instrument; (ii) identification of the related hedged security; and (iii) an assessment of the derivative’s effectiveness in offsetting the exposure to changes in the security’s fair value attributable to the interest rate risk.

| (b) | The hedge is expected to be highly effective and the effectiveness of the hedge can be reliably measured. Both prospective and retrospective effectiveness must be assessed. It is recommended that:






  (i) | the prospective effectiveness is measured by comparing the past changes in the fair value of the hedged item with past changes in the fair value of the hedging instrument, or by demonstrating a high statistical correlation between the fair value of the hedged item and the fair value of the hedging instrument; and |
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(b)

The hedge is expected to be highly effective and the effectiveness of the hedge can be reliably measured. Both prospective and retrospective effectiveness must be assessed. It is recommended that:

(i)

the prospective effectiveness is measured by comparing the past changes in the fair value of the hedged item with past changes in the fair value of the hedging instrument, or by demonstrating a high statistical correlation between the fair value of the hedged item and the fair value of the hedging instrument; and

| (ii) | the retrospective effectiveness is demonstrated if the ratio between the actual gain/loss on the hedged item and the actual loss/gain on the hedging instrument is within the range of 80 %-125 %. |
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(ii)

the retrospective effectiveness is demonstrated if the ratio between the actual gain/loss on the hedged item and the actual loss/gain on the hedging instrument is within the range of 80 %-125 %.

6.   The following shall apply to the hedging of a group of securities: similar interest rate securities may be aggregated and hedged as a group only if all of the following conditions are met:

| (a) | the securities have a similar duration; |
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(a)

the securities have a similar duration;

| (b) | the group of securities complies with the effectiveness test prospectively and retrospectively; |
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(b)

the group of securities complies with the effectiveness test prospectively and retrospectively;

| (c) | the change in fair value attributable to the hedged risk for each security of the group is expected to be approximately proportional to the overall change in the fair value attributable to the hedged risk of the group of securities. |
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(c)

the change in fair value attributable to the hedged risk for each security of the group is expected to be approximately proportional to the overall change in the fair value attributable to the hedged risk of the group of securities.

Article 11

Synthetic instruments

1.   Instruments combined to form a synthetic instrument shall be recognised and treated separately from other instruments, in accordance with the general provisions, valuation rules, income recognition and instrument-specific requirements set out in this Guideline.

2.   In derogation from Article 3(b) and Articles 7(3), 13(1) and 15(2), the following alternative treatment may be applied to the valuation of synthetic instruments:

| (a) | unrealised gains and losses of the instruments combined to form a synthetic instrument are netted at the year-end. In this case, net unrealised gains shall be recorded in a revaluation account. Net unrealised losses shall be taken to the profit and loss account if they exceed previous net revaluation gains registered in the corresponding revaluation account; |
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(a)

unrealised gains and losses of the instruments combined to form a synthetic instrument are netted at the year-end. In this case, net unrealised gains shall be recorded in a revaluation account. Net unrealised losses shall be taken to the profit and loss account if they exceed previous net revaluation gains registered in the corresponding revaluation account;

| (b) | securities held as part of a synthetic instrument shall not form part of the overall holding of these securities but shall be part of a separate holding; |
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(b)

securities held as part of a synthetic instrument shall not form part of the overall holding of these securities but shall be part of a separate holding;

| (c) | unrealised losses taken to the profit and loss account at the year-end and the corresponding unrealised gains shall be separately amortised in subsequent years. |
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(c)

unrealised losses taken to the profit and loss account at the year-end and the corresponding unrealised gains shall be separately amortised in subsequent years.

3.   If one of the instruments combined expires, is sold, terminated or exercised, the reporting entity shall discontinue prospectively the alternative treatment specified in paragraph 2 and any unamortised valuation gains credited in the profit and loss account in previous years shall be immediately reversed.

4.   The alternative treatment specified in paragraph 2 may only be applied if all of the following conditions are met:

| (a) | the individual instruments are managed and their performance is evaluated as one combined instrument, based on either a risk management or investment strategy; |
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(a)

the individual instruments are managed and their performance is evaluated as one combined instrument, based on either a risk management or investment strategy;

| (b) | on initial recognition, the individual instruments are structured and designated as a synthetic instrument; |
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(b)

on initial recognition, the individual instruments are structured and designated as a synthetic instrument;

| (c) | the application of the alternative treatment eliminates or significantly reduces a valuation inconsistency (valuation mismatch) that would arise from applying general rules set out in this Guideline at an individual instrument level; |
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(c)

the application of the alternative treatment eliminates or significantly reduces a valuation inconsistency (valuation mismatch) that would arise from applying general rules set out in this Guideline at an individual instrument level;

| (d) | the availability of formal documentation allows the fulfilment of the conditions set out in points (a), (b) and (c) to be verified. |
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(d)

the availability of formal documentation allows the fulfilment of the conditions set out in points (a), (b) and (c) to be verified.

Article 12

Banknotes

1.   For the implementation of Article 49 of the Statute of the ESCB, banknotes of other Member States whose currency is the euro held by an NCB shall not be accounted for as banknotes in circulation, but as intra-Eurosystem balances. The procedure for treating banknotes of other Member States whose currency is the euro shall be the following:

| (a) | the NCB receiving banknotes denominated in national euro area currency units issued by another NCB shall notify the issuing NCB on a daily basis of the value of banknotes paid in to be exchanged, unless a given daily volume is low. The issuing NCB shall issue a corresponding payment to the receiving NCB via TARGET2; and |
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(a)

the NCB receiving banknotes denominated in national euro area currency units issued by another NCB shall notify the issuing NCB on a daily basis of the value of banknotes paid in to be exchanged, unless a given daily volume is low. The issuing NCB shall issue a corresponding payment to the receiving NCB via TARGET2; and

| (b) | the adjustment of the ‘banknotes in circulation’ figures shall take place in the books of the issuing NCB on receipt of the abovementioned notification. |
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(b)

the adjustment of the ‘banknotes in circulation’ figures shall take place in the books of the issuing NCB on receipt of the abovementioned notification.

2.   The amount of ‘banknotes in circulation’ in the balance sheets of NCBs shall be the result of three components:

| (a) | the unadjusted value of euro banknotes in circulation, including the cash changeover year banknotes denominated in national euro area currency units for the NCB that adopts the euro, which shall be calculated according to either of the following two methods:







  Method A | : | B = P – D – N – S |
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| Method B | : | B = I – R – N |

(a)

the unadjusted value of euro banknotes in circulation, including the cash changeover year banknotes denominated in national euro area currency units for the NCB that adopts the euro, which shall be calculated according to either of the following two methods:

Method A

:

B = P – D – N – S

Method B

:

B = I – R – N

Where:

| B | is the unadjusted value of ‘banknotes in circulation’ |
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| P | is the value of banknotes produced or received from the printer or other NCBs |
| D | is the value of banknotes destroyed |
| N | is the value of national banknotes of the issuing NCB held by other NCBs (notified but not yet repatriated) |
| I | is the value of banknotes put into circulation |
| R | is the value of banknotes received |
| S | is the value of banknotes in stock/vault; |

B

is the unadjusted value of ‘banknotes in circulation’

P

is the value of banknotes produced or received from the printer or other NCBs

D

is the value of banknotes destroyed

N

is the value of national banknotes of the issuing NCB held by other NCBs (notified but not yet repatriated)

I

is the value of banknotes put into circulation

R

is the value of banknotes received

S

is the value of banknotes in stock/vault;

| (b) | minus the amount of the unremunerated claim vis-à-vis the ECI bank related to the Extended Custodial Inventory (ECI) programme, in the event of a transfer of ownership of the ECI programme-related banknotes; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

minus the amount of the unremunerated claim vis-à-vis the ECI bank related to the Extended Custodial Inventory (ECI) programme, in the event of a transfer of ownership of the ECI programme-related banknotes;

| (c) | plus or minus the amount of the adjustments resulting from the application of the banknote allocation key. |
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(c)

plus or minus the amount of the adjustments resulting from the application of the banknote allocation key.

CHAPTER III

INCOME RECOGNITION

Article 13

Income recognition

1.   The following rules shall apply to income recognition:

| (a) | realised gains and realised losses shall be taken to the profit and loss account; |
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(a)

realised gains and realised losses shall be taken to the profit and loss account;

| (b) | unrealised gains shall not be recognised as income, but recorded directly in a revaluation account; |
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(b)

unrealised gains shall not be recognised as income, but recorded directly in a revaluation account;

| (c) | at year-end unrealised losses shall be taken to the profit and loss account if they exceed previous revaluation gains registered in the corresponding revaluation account; |
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(c)

at year-end unrealised losses shall be taken to the profit and loss account if they exceed previous revaluation gains registered in the corresponding revaluation account;

| (d) | unrealised losses taken to the profit and loss account shall not be reversed in subsequent years against new unrealised gains; |
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(d)

unrealised losses taken to the profit and loss account shall not be reversed in subsequent years against new unrealised gains;

| (e) | there shall be no netting of unrealised losses in any one security, or in any currency or in gold holdings against unrealised gains in other securities or currencies or gold; |
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(e)

there shall be no netting of unrealised losses in any one security, or in any currency or in gold holdings against unrealised gains in other securities or currencies or gold;

| (f) | at year-end impairment losses shall be taken to the profit and loss account and shall not be reversed in subsequent years unless the impairment decreases and the decrease can be related to an observable event that occurred after the impairment was first recorded. |
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(f)

at year-end impairment losses shall be taken to the profit and loss account and shall not be reversed in subsequent years unless the impairment decreases and the decrease can be related to an observable event that occurred after the impairment was first recorded.

2.   Premiums or discounts arising on issued and purchased securities shall be calculated and presented as part of interest income and shall be amortised over the remaining life of the securities, either according to the straight-line method or the internal rate of return (IRR) method. The IRR method shall, however, be mandatory for discount securities with a remaining maturity of more than 1 year at the time of acquisition.

3.   Accruals for financial assets and liabilities, e.g. interest payable and amortised premiums/discounts denominated in foreign currency shall be calculated and recorded in the accounts on a daily basis, based on the latest available rates. Accruals for financial assets and liabilities denominated in euro shall be calculated and recorded in the accounts at least quarterly. Accruals for other items shall be calculated and recorded in the accounts at least annually.

4.   Irrespective of the frequency of calculating accruals but subject to the exceptions referred to in Article 5(4) reporting entities shall report data at transaction value during the quarter.

5.   Accruals denominated in foreign currencies shall be translated at the exchange rate of the recording date and shall have an impact on the currency position.

6.   Generally, for the calculation of accruals during the year local practice may apply, i.e. they may be calculated until either the last business day or the last calendar day of the quarter. However, at year-end the mandatory reference date shall be 31 December.

7.   Currency outflows that entail a change in the holding of a given currency may give rise to realised foreign exchange gains or losses.

Article 14

Cost of transactions

1.   The following general rules shall apply to the cost of transactions:

| (a) | the average cost method shall be used on a daily basis for gold, foreign currency instruments and securities, to compute the acquisition cost of items sold, having regard to the effect of exchange rate and/or price movements; |
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(a)

the average cost method shall be used on a daily basis for gold, foreign currency instruments and securities, to compute the acquisition cost of items sold, having regard to the effect of exchange rate and/or price movements;

| (b) | the average cost price/rate of the asset/liability shall be reduced/increased by unrealised losses taken to the profit and loss account at the year-end; |
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(b)

the average cost price/rate of the asset/liability shall be reduced/increased by unrealised losses taken to the profit and loss account at the year-end;

| (c) | in the case of the acquisition of coupon securities, the amount of coupon income purchased shall be treated as a separate item. In the case of securities denominated in foreign currency, it shall be part of that currency’s holding, but shall affect neither the cost or price of the asset for the purpose of determining the average price, nor that currency’s cost. |
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(c)

in the case of the acquisition of coupon securities, the amount of coupon income purchased shall be treated as a separate item. In the case of securities denominated in foreign currency, it shall be part of that currency’s holding, but shall affect neither the cost or price of the asset for the purpose of determining the average price, nor that currency’s cost.

2.   The following special rules shall apply to securities:

| (a) | transactions shall be recorded at the transaction price and booked in the financial accounts at the clean price; |
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(a)

transactions shall be recorded at the transaction price and booked in the financial accounts at the clean price;

| (b) | custody and management fees, current account fees and other indirect costs shall not be considered as transaction costs and shall be included in the profit and loss account. They shall not be treated as part of the average cost of a particular asset; |
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(b)

custody and management fees, current account fees and other indirect costs shall not be considered as transaction costs and shall be included in the profit and loss account. They shall not be treated as part of the average cost of a particular asset;

| (c) | income shall be recorded gross with refundable withholding and other taxes accounted for separately; |
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(c)

income shall be recorded gross with refundable withholding and other taxes accounted for separately;

| (d) | for the purpose of calculating the average purchase cost of a security, either (i) all purchases made during the day shall be added at cost to the previous day’s holding to produce a new weighted average price before applying the sales for the same day; or (ii) individual purchases and sales of securities may be applied in the order in which they occurred during the day for the purpose of calculating the revised average price. |
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(d)

for the purpose of calculating the average purchase cost of a security, either (i) all purchases made during the day shall be added at cost to the previous day’s holding to produce a new weighted average price before applying the sales for the same day; or (ii) individual purchases and sales of securities may be applied in the order in which they occurred during the day for the purpose of calculating the revised average price.

3.   The following special rules shall apply to gold and foreign exchange:

| (a) | transactions in a foreign currency which entail no change in the holding of that currency shall be translated into euro, using the exchange rate of either the contract or settlement date, and shall not affect that holding’s acquisition cost; |
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(a)

transactions in a foreign currency which entail no change in the holding of that currency shall be translated into euro, using the exchange rate of either the contract or settlement date, and shall not affect that holding’s acquisition cost;

| (b) | transactions in foreign currency which entail a change in the holding of that currency shall be translated into euro at the exchange rate of the contract date; |
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(b)

transactions in foreign currency which entail a change in the holding of that currency shall be translated into euro at the exchange rate of the contract date;

| (c) | the settlement of the principal amounts resulting from reverse transactions in securities denominated in a foreign currency or in gold shall be deemed not to entail a change in the holding of that currency or of gold; |
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(c)

the settlement of the principal amounts resulting from reverse transactions in securities denominated in a foreign currency or in gold shall be deemed not to entail a change in the holding of that currency or of gold;

| (d) | actual cash receipts and payments shall be translated at the exchange rate on the day on which settlement occurs; |
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(d)

actual cash receipts and payments shall be translated at the exchange rate on the day on which settlement occurs;

| (e) | where a long position exists, net inflows of currencies and gold made during the day shall be added, at the average cost of the inflows of the day for each respective currency and gold, to the previous day’s holding, to produce a new weighted average rate/gold price. In the case of net outflows, the calculation of the realised gain or loss shall be based on the average cost of the respective currency or gold holding for the preceding day so that the average cost remains unchanged. Differences in the average rate/gold price between inflows and outflows made during the day shall also result in realised gains or losses. Where a liability situation exists in respect of a foreign currency or gold position, the reverse treatment shall apply to the abovementioned approach. Thus the average cost of the liability position shall be affected by net outflows, while net inflows shall reduce the position at the existing weighted average rate/gold price and shall result in realised gains or losses; |
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(e)

where a long position exists, net inflows of currencies and gold made during the day shall be added, at the average cost of the inflows of the day for each respective currency and gold, to the previous day’s holding, to produce a new weighted average rate/gold price. In the case of net outflows, the calculation of the realised gain or loss shall be based on the average cost of the respective currency or gold holding for the preceding day so that the average cost remains unchanged. Differences in the average rate/gold price between inflows and outflows made during the day shall also result in realised gains or losses. Where a liability situation exists in respect of a foreign currency or gold position, the reverse treatment shall apply to the abovementioned approach. Thus the average cost of the liability position shall be affected by net outflows, while net inflows shall reduce the position at the existing weighted average rate/gold price and shall result in realised gains or losses;

| (f) | costs of foreign exchange transactions and other general costs shall be posted to the profit and loss account. |
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(f)

costs of foreign exchange transactions and other general costs shall be posted to the profit and loss account.

CHAPTER IV

ACCOUNTING RULES FOR OFF-BALANCE-SHEET INSTRUMENTS

Article 15

General rules

1.   Foreign exchange forward transactions, forward legs of foreign exchange swaps and other currency instruments involving an exchange of one currency for another at a future date shall be included in the net foreign currency positions for calculating average purchase costs and foreign exchange gains and losses.

2.   Interest rate swaps, futures, forward rate agreements, other interest rate instruments and options shall be accounted for and revalued on an item-by-item basis. These instruments shall be treated separately from on-balance-sheet items.

3.   Profits and losses arising from off-balance-sheet instruments shall be recognised and treated in a similar manner to on-balance-sheet instruments.

Article 16

Foreign exchange forward transactions

1.   Forward purchases and sales shall be recognised in off-balance-sheet accounts from the trade date to the settlement date at the spot rate of the forward transaction. Realised gains and losses on sale transactions shall be calculated using the average cost of the currency position on the trade date in accordance with the daily netting procedure for purchases and sales.

2.   The difference between the spot and the forward rates shall be treated as interest payable or receivable on an accruals basis.

3.   At the settlement date the off-balance-sheet accounts shall be reversed.

4.   The currency position shall be affected by forward transactions from the trade date at the spot rate.

5.   The forward positions shall be valued in conjunction with the spot position of the same currency, offsetting any differences that may arise within a single currency position. A net loss balance shall be debited to the profit and loss account when it exceeds previous revaluation gains registered in the revaluation account. A net profit balance shall be credited to the revaluation account.

Article 17

Foreign exchange swaps

1.   Forward and spot purchases and sales shall be recognised in on-balance-sheet accounts at the respective settlement date.

2.   Forward and spot purchases and sales shall be recognised in off-balance-sheet accounts from the trade date to the settlement date at the spot rate of the transactions.

3.   Sale transactions shall be recognised at the spot rate of the transaction. Therefore no gains and losses shall arise.

4.   The difference between the spot and forward rates shall be treated as interest payable or receivable on an accruals basis for both purchases and sales.

5.   At the settlement date the off-balance-sheet accounts shall be reversed.

6.   The foreign currency position shall only change as a result of accruals denominated in foreign currency.

7.   The forward position shall be valued in conjunction with the related spot position.

Article 18

Future contracts

1.   Future contracts shall be recorded on the trade date in off-balance-sheet accounts.

2.   The initial margin shall be recorded as a separate asset if deposited in cash. If deposited in the form of securities it shall remain unchanged in the balance sheet.

3.   Daily changes in the variation margins shall be taken to the profit and loss account and shall affect the currency position. The same procedure shall be applied on the closing day of the open position, regardless of whether or not delivery takes place. If delivery does take place, the purchase or sale entry shall be made at market price.

4.   Fees shall be taken to the profit and loss account.

Article 19

Interest rate swaps

1.   Interest rate swaps shall be recorded on the trade date in off-balance-sheet accounts.

2.   The current interest payments, either received or paid, shall be recorded on an accruals basis. Payments may be settled on a net basis per interest rate swap, but accrued interest income and expense shall be reported on a gross basis.

3.   Interest rate swaps shall be individually revalued and, if necessary, translated into euro at the currency spot rate. It is recommended that unrealised losses taken to the profit and loss account at the year-end should be amortised in subsequent years, that in the case of forward interest rate swaps the amortisation should begin from the value date of the transaction and that the amortisation should be linear. Unrealised revaluation gains shall be credited to a revaluation account.

4.   Fees shall be taken to the profit and loss account.

Article 20

Forward rate agreements

1.   Forward rate agreements shall be recorded on the trade date in off-balance-sheet accounts.

2.   The compensation payment to be paid by one party to another at the settlement date shall be entered on the settlement date in the profit and loss account. Payments shall not be recorded on an accruals basis.

3.   If forward rate agreements in a foreign currency are held, compensation payments shall affect the currency position. Compensation payments shall be translated into euro at the spot rate at the settlement date.

4.   All forward rate agreements shall be individually revalued and, if necessary, translated into euro at the currency spot rate. Unrealised losses taken to the profit and loss account at the year-end shall not be reversed in subsequent years against unrealised profits unless the instrument is closed out or terminated. Unrealised revaluation gains shall be credited to a revaluation account.

5.   Fees shall be taken to the profit and loss account.

Article 21

Forward transactions in securities

Forward transactions in securities shall be accounted for in accordance with either of the following two methods:

| 1. | Method A:







  (a) | forward transactions in securities shall be recorded in off-balance-sheet accounts from the trade date to the settlement date, at the forward price of the forward transaction; |
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1.

Method A:

Method A:

(a)

forward transactions in securities shall be recorded in off-balance-sheet accounts from the trade date to the settlement date, at the forward price of the forward transaction;

| (b) | the average cost of the holding of the traded security shall not be affected until settlement; the profit and loss effects of forward sale transactions shall be calculated on the settlement date; |
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(b)

the average cost of the holding of the traded security shall not be affected until settlement; the profit and loss effects of forward sale transactions shall be calculated on the settlement date;

| (c) | at the settlement date the off-balance-sheet accounts shall be reversed and the balance on the revaluation account, if any, shall be credited to the profit and loss account. The security purchased shall be accounted for using the spot price on the maturity date (actual market price), while the difference compared with the original forward price is recognised as a realised profit or loss; |
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(c)

at the settlement date the off-balance-sheet accounts shall be reversed and the balance on the revaluation account, if any, shall be credited to the profit and loss account. The security purchased shall be accounted for using the spot price on the maturity date (actual market price), while the difference compared with the original forward price is recognised as a realised profit or loss;

| (d) | in the case of securities denominated in a foreign currency, the average cost of the net currency position shall not be affected if the reporting entity already holds a position in that currency. If the bond purchased forward is denominated in a currency in which the reporting entity does not hold a position, so that it is necessary to purchase the relevant currency, the rules for the purchase of foreign currencies set out in Article 14(3)(e) shall apply; |
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(d)

in the case of securities denominated in a foreign currency, the average cost of the net currency position shall not be affected if the reporting entity already holds a position in that currency. If the bond purchased forward is denominated in a currency in which the reporting entity does not hold a position, so that it is necessary to purchase the relevant currency, the rules for the purchase of foreign currencies set out in Article 14(3)(e) shall apply;

| (e) | forward positions shall be valued on an isolated basis against the forward market price for the remaining duration of the transaction. A revaluation loss at the year-end shall be debited to the profit and loss account, and a revaluation profit shall be credited to the revaluation account. Unrealised losses recognised in the profit and loss account at the year-end shall not be reversed in subsequent years against unrealised profits unless the instrument is closed out or terminated. |
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(e)

forward positions shall be valued on an isolated basis against the forward market price for the remaining duration of the transaction. A revaluation loss at the year-end shall be debited to the profit and loss account, and a revaluation profit shall be credited to the revaluation account. Unrealised losses recognised in the profit and loss account at the year-end shall not be reversed in subsequent years against unrealised profits unless the instrument is closed out or terminated.

| 2. | Method B:







  (a) | forward transactions in securities shall be recorded in off-balance-sheet accounts from the trade date to the settlement date at the forward price of the forward transaction. At the settlement date the off-balance-sheet accounts shall be reversed; |
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2.

Method B:

Method B:

(a)

forward transactions in securities shall be recorded in off-balance-sheet accounts from the trade date to the settlement date at the forward price of the forward transaction. At the settlement date the off-balance-sheet accounts shall be reversed;

| (b) | at the quarter-end a security shall be revalued on the basis of the net position resulting from the balance sheet and from the sales of the same security recorded in the off-balance-sheet accounts. The amount of the revaluation shall be equal to the difference between this net position valued at the revaluation price and the same position valued at the average cost of the balance sheet position. At the quarter-end, forward purchases shall be subject to the revaluation process described in Article 7. The revaluation result shall be equal to the difference between the spot price and the average cost of the purchase commitments; |
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(b)

at the quarter-end a security shall be revalued on the basis of the net position resulting from the balance sheet and from the sales of the same security recorded in the off-balance-sheet accounts. The amount of the revaluation shall be equal to the difference between this net position valued at the revaluation price and the same position valued at the average cost of the balance sheet position. At the quarter-end, forward purchases shall be subject to the revaluation process described in Article 7. The revaluation result shall be equal to the difference between the spot price and the average cost of the purchase commitments;

| (c) | the result of a forward sale shall be recorded in the financial year in which the commitment was undertaken. This result shall be equal to the difference between the initial forward price and the average cost of the balance sheet position, or the average cost of the off-balance-sheet purchase commitments if the balance sheet position is insufficient, at the time of the sale. |
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(c)

the result of a forward sale shall be recorded in the financial year in which the commitment was undertaken. This result shall be equal to the difference between the initial forward price and the average cost of the balance sheet position, or the average cost of the off-balance-sheet purchase commitments if the balance sheet position is insufficient, at the time of the sale.

Article 22

Options

1.   Options shall be recognised in off-balance-sheet accounts from the trade date to the exercise or expiry date at the strike price of the underlying instrument.

2.   Premiums denominated in foreign currency shall be translated into euro at the exchange rate of either the contract or settlement date. The premium paid shall be recognised as a separate asset, while the premium received shall be recognised as a separate liability.

3.   If the option is exercised, the underlying instrument shall be recorded in the balance sheet at the strike price plus or minus the original premium value. The original option premium amount shall be adjusted on the basis of unrealised losses taken to the profit and loss account at the year-end.

4.   If the option is not exercised, the option premium amount, adjusted on the basis of previous year-end unrealised losses, shall be taken to the profit and loss account translated at the exchange rate available on the expiry date.

5.   The currency position shall be affected by the daily variation margin for future-style options, by any year-end write-down of the option premium, by the underlying trade at exercise date or, at the expiry date, by the option premium. Daily changes in the variation margins shall be taken to the profit and loss account.

6.   Every option contract shall be individually revalued. Unrealised losses taken to the profit and loss account shall not be reversed in subsequent years against unrealised gains. Unrealised revaluation gains shall be credited to a revaluation account. There shall be no netting of unrealised losses in any one option against unrealised gains in any other option.

7.   For the application of paragraph 6, the market values are the quoted prices when such prices are available from an exchange, dealer, broker or similar entities. When quoted prices are not available, the market value is determined through a valuation technique. This valuation technique shall be used consistently over time and it shall be possible to demonstrate that it provides reliable estimates of prices that would be obtained in actual market transactions.

8.   Fees shall be taken to the profit and loss account.

CHAPTER V

REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Article 23

Reporting formats

1.   The NCBs shall report data for Eurosystem financial reporting purposes to the ECB in accordance with this Guideline.

2.   The Eurosystem’s reporting formats shall comprise all items specified in Annex IV. The contents of the items to be included in the different balance sheet formats are also described in Annex IV.

3.   The formats of the different published financial statements shall comply with all of the following Annexes:

(a)   Annex V: the published consolidated weekly financial statement of the Eurosystem after quarter-end;

(b)   Annex VI: the published consolidated weekly financial statement of the Eurosystem during the quarter;

(c)   Annex VII: the consolidated annual balance sheet of the Eurosystem.

CHAPTER VI

ANNUAL PUBLISHED BALANCE SHEETS AND PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNTS

Article 24

Published balance sheets and profit and loss accounts

It is recommended that NCBs adapt their published annual balance sheets and profit and loss accounts in accordance with Annexes VIII and IX.

CHAPTER VII

CONSOLIDATION RULES

Article 25

General consolidation rules

1.   Eurosystem consolidated balance sheets shall comprise all the items in the ECB’s and the NCBs’ balance sheets.

2.   There shall be consistency across reports in the consolidation process. All Eurosystem financial statements shall be prepared on a similar basis by applying the same consolidation techniques and processes.

3.   The ECB shall prepare the Eurosystem’s consolidated balance sheets. These balance sheets shall respect the need for uniform accounting principles and techniques, coterminous financial periods in the Eurosystem and consolidation adjustments arising from intra-Eurosystem transactions and positions, and shall take account of any changes in the Eurosystem’s composition.

4.   Any individual balance sheet items, other than NCBs’ and the ECB’s intra-Eurosystem balances, shall be aggregated for consolidation purposes.

5.   The NCBs’ and the ECB’s balances with third parties shall be recorded gross in the consolidation process.

6.   Intra-Eurosystem balances shall be presented in the ECB’s and NCBs’ balance sheets in accordance with Annex IV.

CHAPTER VIII

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 26

Development, application and interpretation of rules

1.   The ESCB’s Accounting and Monetary Income Committee (AMICO) shall report to the Governing Council, via the Executive Board, on the development, application and implementation of the ESCB’s accounting and financial reporting rules.

2.   In interpreting this Guideline, account shall be taken of the preparatory work, the accounting principles harmonised by Union law and generally accepted International Accounting Standards.

Article 27

Transitional rules

1.   NCBs shall revalue all financial assets and liabilities as at the date on which they become members of the Eurosystem. Unrealised gains which arose before or on that date shall be separated from any unrealised valuation gains that may arise thereafter, and shall remain with the NCBs. The market prices and rates applied by the NCBs in the opening balance sheets at the start of Eurosystem participation shall be considered as the average cost of these NCBs’ assets and liabilities.

2.   It is recommended that unrealised gains which arose before or at the start of an NCB’s Eurosystem membership should not be considered as distributable at the time of the transition and that they should only be treated as realisable/distributable in the context of transactions that occur after entry into the Eurosystem.

3.   Foreign exchange, gold and price gains and losses, arising as a result of the transfer of assets from NCBs to the ECB, shall be considered as realised.

4.   This Article shall be without prejudice to any decision adopted under Article 30 of the Statute of the ESCB.

Article 28

Repeal

Guideline ECB/2006/16 is hereby repealed. References to the repealed Guideline shall be construed as references to this Guideline and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex XI.

Article 29

Entry into force

This Guideline shall enter into force on 31 December 2010.

Article 30

Addressees

This Guideline applies to all Eurosystem central banks.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 11 November 2010.

For the Governing Council of the ECB

The President of the ECB

Jean-Claude TRICHET

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(1)  
  OJ L 348, 11.12.2006, p. 1.

1

(2)  See page 26 of this Official Journal. Decision ECB/2010/29 adopted before publication of Guideline ECB/2010/20.

2

(3)  
  OJ L 177, 30.6.2006, p. 1.

3

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ANNEX I

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE EUROSYSTEM

| Type of report | Internal/published | Source of legal requirement | Purpose of the report |
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| 1 | Daily financial statement of the Eurosystem |

Type of report

Internal/published

Source of legal requirement

Purpose of the report

1

Daily financial statement of the Eurosystem

Internal

None

Mainly for liquidity management purposes for the implementation of Article 12.1 of the Statute of the ESCB

Part of the daily financial statement data is used for the calculation of monetary income

| 2 | Disaggregated weekly financial statement |
| --- | --- |

2

Disaggregated weekly financial statement

Internal

None

Basis for the production of the consolidated weekly financial statement of the Eurosystem

| 3 | Consolidated weekly financial statement of the Eurosystem |
| --- | --- |

3

Consolidated weekly financial statement of the Eurosystem

Published

Article 15.2 of the Statute of the ESCB

Consolidated financial statement for monetary and economic analysis. The consolidated weekly financial statement of the Eurosystem is derived from the daily financial statement of the reporting day

| 4 | Monthly and quarterly financial information of the Eurosystem |
| --- | --- |

4

Monthly and quarterly financial information of the Eurosystem

Published and internal (1)

Statistical regulations, according to which MFIs have to deliver data

Statistical analysis

| 5 | Consolidated annual balance sheet of the Eurosystem |
| --- | --- |

5

Consolidated annual balance sheet of the Eurosystem

Published

Article 26.3 of the Statute of the ESCB

Consolidated balance sheet for analytical and operational purposes

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(1)  The monthly data feed into the published aggregated statistical data required from monetary financial institutions (MFIs) in the EU. Moreover, as MFIs, the central banks also have to provide on a quarterly basis more detailed information than is provided in the monthly data.

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ANNEX II

GLOSSARY

—   Amortisation: the systematic reduction in the accounts of a premium/discount or of the value of assets over a period of time.

—   Appropriation: the act of taking ownership of securities, loans or any assets which have been received by a reporting entity as collateral as a means of enforcing the original claim.

—   Asset: a resource controlled by a reporting entity as a result of past events and from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the reporting entity.

—   Automated security lending programme (ASLP): a financial operation combining repo and reverse repo transactions where specific collateral is lent against general collateral. As a result of these lending and borrowing transactions, income is generated through the different repo rates of the two transactions, i.e. the margin received. The operation may be conducted under a principal-based programme, i.e. the bank offering this programme is considered the final counterparty, or under an agency-based programme, i.e. the bank offering this programme acts only as agent, and the final counterparty is the institution with which the security lending transactions are effectively conducted.

—   Average cost: the continued or weighted average method, by which the cost of every purchase is added to the existing book value to produce a new weighted average cost.

—   Cash/settlement approach: an accounting approach under which accounting events are recorded at the settlement date.

—   Clean price: transaction price excluding any rebate/accrued interest, but including transaction costs that form part of the price.

—   Discount: the difference between the par value of a security and its price when this price is lower than par.

—   Discount security: an asset which does not pay coupon interest, and the return on which is achieved by capital appreciation because the asset is issued or bought at a discount to its nominal or par value.

—   Earmarked portfolio: earmarked investment held on the assets side of the balance sheet as a counterpart fund, consisting of securities, equity instruments, fixed-term deposits and current accounts, participating interests and/or investments in subsidiaries. It matches an identifiable item on the liabilities side of the balance sheet, irrespective of any legal or other constraints.

—   Economic approach: an accounting approach under which deals are recorded on the transaction date.

—   Equity instruments: dividend-bearing securities, i.e. corporate shares, and securities evidencing an investment in an equity fund.

—   Exchange rate: the value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another.

—   Exchange rate mechanism II (ERM II): the procedures for an exchange-rate mechanism in stage three of economic and monetary union (EMU).

—   Extended Custodial Inventory (ECI) programme: a programme which consists of a depot outside the euro area managed by a commercial bank in which euro banknotes are held in custody on behalf of the Eurosystem for the supply and receipt of euro banknotes.

—   Financial asset: any asset that is: (a) cash; (b) a contractual right to receive cash or another financial instrument from another undertaking; (c) a contractual right to exchange financial instruments with another undertaking under conditions that are potentially favourable; or (d) another undertaking’s equity instrument.

—   Financial liability: any liability that is a legal obligation to deliver cash or another financial instrument to another undertaking or to exchange financial instruments with another undertaking under conditions that are potentially unfavourable.

—   Foreign currency holding: the net position in the respective currency. For the purpose of this definition SDRs are considered as a separate currency; transactions that entail a change of the net position in SDRs are either transactions denominated in SDRs, or transactions in foreign exchange replicating the basket composition of the SDRs (according to the respective basket definition and weightings).

—   Foreign exchange forward: a contract in which the outright purchase or sale of a certain amount denominated in a foreign currency against another currency, usually the domestic currency, is agreed on 1 day and the amount is to be delivered at a specified future date, more than two working days after the date of the contract, at a given price. This forward rate of exchange consists of the prevailing spot rate plus/minus an agreed premium/discount.

—   Foreign exchange swap: the simultaneous spot purchase/sale of one currency against another (short leg) and forward sale/purchase of the same amount of this currency against the other currency (long leg).

—   Forward rate agreement: a contract in which two parties agree the interest rate to be paid on a notional deposit of a specified maturity on a specific future date. At the settlement date compensation has to be paid by one party to the other, depending on the difference between the contracted interest rate and the market rate on the settlement date.

—   Forward transactions in securities: over-the-counter contracts in which the purchase or sale of an interest rate instrument, usually a bond or note, is agreed on the contract date to be delivered at a future date, at a given price.

—   Future-style option: listed options where a variation margin is paid or received on a daily basis.

—   Held-to-maturity securities: securities with fixed or determinable payments and a fixed maturity, which the reporting entity intends to hold until maturity.

—   Impairment: a decline of the recoverable amount below the carrying amount.

—   Interest rate future: an exchange-traded forward contract. In such a contract, the purchase or sale of an interest rate instrument, e.g. a bond, is agreed on the contract date to be delivered at a future date, at a given price. Usually no actual delivery takes place; the contract is normally closed out before the agreed maturity.

—   Internal rate of return: the discount rate at which the accounting value of a security is equal to the present value of the future cash flow.

—   Interest rate swap: a contractual agreement to exchange cash flows representing streams of periodic interest payments with a counterparty either in one currency or, in the case of cross-currency transactions, in two different currencies.

—   International Accounting Standards: the International Accounting Standards (IAS), International Financial Reporting Standards and related interpretations (SIC-IFRIC interpretations), subsequent amendments to those standards and related interpretations, future standards and related interpretations adopted by the European Union.

—   International securities identification number (ISIN): the number issued by the relevant competent issuing authority.

—   Liability: a present obligation of the undertaking arising from past events, the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow from the undertaking of resources embodying economic benefits.

—   Market price: the price that is quoted for a gold, foreign exchange or securities instrument usually excluding accrued or rebate interest either on an organised market, e.g. a stock exchange or a non-organised market, e.g. an over-the-counter market.

—   Maturity date: the date on which the nominal/principal value becomes due and payable in full to the holder.

—   Mid-market price: the mid-point between the bid price and the offer price for a security based on quotations for transactions of normal market size by recognised market-makers or recognised trading exchanges, which is used for the quarterly revaluation procedure.

—   Mid-market rates: the euro foreign exchange reference rates that are generally based on the regular concertation procedure between central banks within and outside the ESCB, which normally takes place at 14.15 Central European Time, and which are used for the quarterly revaluation procedure.

—   Option: a contract that provides the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a specific amount of a given stock, commodity, currency, index, or debt, at a specified price during a specified period of time or on the date of expiration.

—   Premium: the difference between the par value of a security and its price when this price is higher than par.

—   Provisions: amounts set aside before arriving at the profit or loss figure in order to provide for any known or expected liability or risk, the cost of which cannot be accurately determined (see Reserves). Provisions for future liabilities and charges may not be used to adjust the value of assets.

—   Realised gains/losses: gains/losses arising out of the difference between the sale price of a balance sheet item and its adjusted cost.

—   Reserves: an amount set aside out of distributable profits, which is not intended to meet any specific liability, contingency or expected diminution in the value of assets known to exist at the balance sheet date.

—   Revaluation accounts: balance sheet accounts for registration of the difference in the value of an asset or liability between the adjusted cost of its acquisition and its valuation at an end-of-period market price, when the latter is higher than the former in the case of assets, and when the latter is lower than the former in the case of liabilities. They include differences in both price quotation and/or market exchange rates.

—   Reverse sale and repurchase agreement (reverse repo): a contract under which a cash holder agrees to the purchase of an asset and, simultaneously, agrees to re-sell the asset for an agreed price on demand, after a stated time, or in the event of a particular contingency. Sometimes a repo transaction is agreed via a third party (triparty repo).

—   Reverse transaction: an operation whereby a reporting entity buys (reverse repo) or sells (repo) assets under a repurchase agreement or conducts credit operations against collateral.

—   Securities held as an earmarked portfolio: earmarked investments held as counterpart funds consisting of securities, equity instruments, participating interests and/or investments in subsidiaries, matching an identifiable item on the liabilities side of the balance sheet, irrespective of whether there is a legal, statutory or other constraint, e.g. pension funds, severance schemes, provisions, capital, reserves.

—   Settlement: an act that discharges obligations in respect of funds or assets transfers between two or more parties. In the context of intra-Eurosystem transactions, settlement refers to the elimination of the net balances arising from intra-Eurosystem transactions and requires the transfer of assets.

—   Settlement date: the date on which the final and irrevocable transfer of value has been recorded in the books of the relevant settlement institution. The settlement’s timing can be immediate (real-time), same day (end-of-day) or an agreed date after the date on which the commitment has been entered into.

—   Special Drawing Right (SDR): an interest-bearing international reserve asset created by the IMF in 1969 to supplement other reserve assets of member countries.

—   Spot rate: the rate at which a transaction settles on the spot settlement date. In relation to foreign exchange forward transactions, the spot rate is the rate to which the forward points are applied in order to derive the forward rate.

—   Spot settlement date: the date on which a spot transaction in a financial instrument is settled in accordance with prevailing market conventions for that financial instrument.

—   Straight-line depreciation/amortisation: depreciation/amortisation over a given period is determined by dividing the cost of the asset, less its estimated residual value, by the estimated useful life of the asset pro rata temporis.

—   Strike price: the specified price on an option contract at which the contract may be exercised.

—   Synthetic instrument: a financial instrument created artificially by combining two or more instruments with the aim of replicating the cash flow and valuation patterns of another instrument. This is normally done via a financial intermediary.

—   TARGET2: the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross settlement Express Transfer system, pursuant to Guideline ECB/2007/2 of 26 April 2007 on a Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross settlement Express Transfer system (TARGET2) (1).

—   Transaction costs: costs which are identifiable as related to the specific transaction.

—   Transaction price: the price agreed between the parties when a contract is made.

—   Unrealised gains/losses: gains/losses arising from the revaluation of assets compared to their adjusted cost of acquisition.

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  OJ L 237, 8.9.2007, p. 1.

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ANNEX III

DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC APPROACH

(including the ‘regular’ and ‘alternative’ approaches referred to in Article 5)

1.   Trade date accounting

1.1.   Trade date accounting may be implemented either by the ‘regular approach’ or the ‘alternative approach’.

1.2.   Article 5(1)(a) refers to the ‘regular approach’.

1.2.1.   Transactions are recorded on off-balance-sheet accounts on the trade date. On the settlement date the off-balance-sheet booking entries are reversed, and the transactions are booked on balance sheet accounts.

1.2.2.   The foreign currency positions are affected on the trade date. Consequently, realised gains and losses arising from net sales are also calculated on the trade date. Net purchases of foreign currency affect the currency holding’s average cost at the trade date.

1.3.   Article 5(1)(b) refers to the ‘alternative approach’.

1.3.1.   Contrary to the ‘regular approach’, there is no daily off-balance-sheet booking of the agreed transactions which are settled at a later date. The recognition of realised income and the calculation of new average costs (in the case of foreign exchange purchases) and average prices (in the case of securities purchases) is conducted at the settlement date (1).

1.3.2.   For transactions agreed in 1 year but maturing in a subsequent year, the income recognition is treated according to the ‘regular approach’. This means that realised effects from sales impact on the profit and loss accounts of the year in which the transaction was agreed and purchases change the average rates of a holding in the year in which the transaction was agreed.

1.4.   The following table shows the main characteristics of the two techniques developed for individual foreign exchange instruments and for securities.

| TRADE DATE ACCOUNTING |
| --- |
| ‘Regular approach’ | ‘Alternative approach’ |
| Foreign exchange spot transactions — treatment during the year |
| Foreign exchange purchases are booked off-balance-sheet at trade date and affect the average cost of the foreign currency position from this date
  Gains and losses arising from sales are considered as realised at transaction/trade date. At settlement date, the off-balance-sheet entries are reversed and on-balance-sheet entries are made | Foreign exchange purchases are booked on the balance sheet at settlement date, affecting the average cost of the foreign currency position from this date
  Gains and losses arising from sales are considered as realised at settlement date. At trade date no on-balance-sheet accounting entry is made |
| Foreign exchange forward transactions — treatment during the year |
| Treated in the same way as described above for spot transactions, being recorded at the spot rate of the transaction | Foreign exchange purchases are booked off-balance-sheet at the spot settlement date of the transaction, affecting the average cost of the foreign currency position from this date and at the spot rate of the transaction
  Foreign exchange sales are booked off-balance-sheet at the spot settlement date of the transaction. Gains and losses are considered as realised at the spot settlement date of the transaction
  At settlement date, the off-balance-sheet entries are reversed and on-balance-sheet entries are made
  For period-end treatment see below |
| Foreign exchange spot and forward transactions initiated in year 1 with the spot settlement date of the transaction in year 2 |
| No special arrangement is needed because transactions are booked at trade date and gains and losses are recognised at that date | Should be treated as under the ‘regular approach’ (2):






  — | Foreign exchange sales are booked off-balance-sheet in year 1 in order to report the foreign exchange realised gains/losses in the financial year in which the transaction was agreed |

TRADE DATE ACCOUNTING

‘Regular approach’

‘Alternative approach’

Foreign exchange spot transactions — treatment during the year

Foreign exchange purchases are booked off-balance-sheet at trade date and affect the average cost of the foreign currency position from this date

Gains and losses arising from sales are considered as realised at transaction/trade date. At settlement date, the off-balance-sheet entries are reversed and on-balance-sheet entries are made

Foreign exchange purchases are booked on the balance sheet at settlement date, affecting the average cost of the foreign currency position from this date

Gains and losses arising from sales are considered as realised at settlement date. At trade date no on-balance-sheet accounting entry is made

Foreign exchange forward transactions — treatment during the year

Treated in the same way as described above for spot transactions, being recorded at the spot rate of the transaction

Foreign exchange purchases are booked off-balance-sheet at the spot settlement date of the transaction, affecting the average cost of the foreign currency position from this date and at the spot rate of the transaction

Foreign exchange sales are booked off-balance-sheet at the spot settlement date of the transaction. Gains and losses are considered as realised at the spot settlement date of the transaction

At settlement date, the off-balance-sheet entries are reversed and on-balance-sheet entries are made

For period-end treatment see below

Foreign exchange spot and forward transactions initiated in year 1 with the spot settlement date of the transaction in year 2

No special arrangement is needed because transactions are booked at trade date and gains and losses are recognised at that date

Should be treated as under the ‘regular approach’ (2):

—

Foreign exchange sales are booked off-balance-sheet in year 1 in order to report the foreign exchange realised gains/losses in the financial year in which the transaction was agreed

| — | Foreign exchange purchases are booked off-balance-sheet in year 1 affecting the average cost of the foreign currency position from this date |
| --- | --- |

—

Foreign exchange purchases are booked off-balance-sheet in year 1 affecting the average cost of the foreign currency position from this date

| — | Year-end revaluation of a currency holding must take into account net purchases/sales with a spot settlement date in the following financial year |
| --- | --- |

—

Year-end revaluation of a currency holding must take into account net purchases/sales with a spot settlement date in the following financial year

Securities transactions — treatment during the year

Purchases and sales are recognised off-balance-sheet at trade date. Gains and losses are also recognised at this date. At settlement date the off-balance-sheet entries are reversed, and on-balance-sheet entries are made, i.e. the same treatment as foreign exchange spot transactions

All transactions are recorded at settlement date; however see below for period-end treatment. Consequently the impact on the average cost prices, in the event of purchases, and gains/losses, in the event of sales, is recognised at settlement date

Securities transactions initiated in year 1 with the spot settlement date of the transaction in year 2

No special treatment required as transactions and consequences are already booked at trade date

Realised gains and losses are recognised in year 1 at the period end, i.e. the same treatment as foreign exchange spot transactions, and purchases are included in the year-end revaluation process (3)

2.   Daily booking of accrued interest, including premiums or discounts

2.1.   Interest, premium or discount accrued related to financial instruments denominated in foreign currency is calculated and booked on a daily basis, independently of real cash flow. This means that the foreign currency position is affected when this accrued interest is booked, as opposed to only when the interest is received or paid (4).

2.2.   Coupon accruals and amortisation of premium or discount are calculated and booked from the settlement date of the purchase of the security until the settlement date of sale, or until the maturity date.

2.3.   The table below outlines the impact of the daily booking of accruals on the foreign exchange holding, e.g. interest payable and amortised premium/discounts:

Daily booking of accrued interest as part of the economic approach

Accruals for foreign exchange denominated instruments are calculated and booked daily at the exchange rate of the recording day

Impact on the foreign exchange holding

Accruals affect the foreign currency position at the time they are booked, not being reversed later on. The accrual is cleared when the actual cash is received or paid. At settlement date there is thus no effect on the foreign currency position, since the accrual is included in the position being revalued at the periodic revaluation

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(1)  In the case of foreign exchange forward transactions the currency holding is affected on the spot settlement date, (i.e. usually trade date + 2 days).

(2)  As usual, the principle of materiality could be applied where these transactions have no material impact on the foreign currency position and/or in the profit and loss account.

(3)  The principle of materiality could be applied where these transactions have no material impact on the foreign currency position and/or in the profit and loss account.

(4)  Two possible approaches for the recognition of accruals have been identified. The first is the ‘calendar day approach’ where the accruals are recorded every calendar day independently of whether a day is a weekend day, a bank holiday or a business day. The second is the ‘business day approach’ in which accruals are only booked on business days. There is no preference regarding the choice of approach. However, if the last day of the year is not a business day it needs to be included in the calculation of accruals in either approach.

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ANNEX IV

COMPOSITION AND VALUATION RULES FOR THE BALANCE SHEET
   (1)

ASSETS

| Balance sheet item (2) | Categorisation of contents of balance sheet items | Valuation principle | Scope of application (3) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 1 | Gold and gold receivables | Physical gold, i.e. bars, coins, plates, nuggets in storage or ‘under way’. Non-physical gold, such as balances in gold sight accounts (unallocated accounts), term deposits and claims to receive gold arising from the following transactions: (a) upgrading or downgrading transactions; and (b) gold location or purity swaps where there is a difference of more than one business day between release and receipt | Market value | Mandatory |
| 2 | 2 | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | Claims on counterparties resident outside the euro area including international and supranational institutions and central banks outside the euro area denominated in foreign currency | | |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Receivables from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) | (a) | Drawing rights within the reserve tranche (net)
  National quota minus balances in euro at the disposal of the IMF. The No 2 account of the IMF (euro account for administrative expenses) may be included in this item or under the item ‘Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro’ |

Balance sheet item (2)

Categorisation of contents of balance sheet items

Valuation principle

Scope of application (3)

1

1

Gold and gold receivables

Physical gold, i.e. bars, coins, plates, nuggets in storage or ‘under way’. Non-physical gold, such as balances in gold sight accounts (unallocated accounts), term deposits and claims to receive gold arising from the following transactions: (a) upgrading or downgrading transactions; and (b) gold location or purity swaps where there is a difference of more than one business day between release and receipt

Market value

Mandatory

2

2

Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

Claims on counterparties resident outside the euro area including international and supranational institutions and central banks outside the euro area denominated in foreign currency

2.1

2.1

Receivables from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

(a)

National quota minus balances in euro at the disposal of the IMF. The No 2 account of the IMF (euro account for administrative expenses) may be included in this item or under the item ‘Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro’

| (a) | Drawing rights within the reserve tranche (net)
  Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate

Mandatory

| (b) | SDRs
  Holdings of SDRs (gross) |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Holdings of SDRs (gross)

| (b) | SDRs
  Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate

Mandatory

| (c) | Other claims
  General arrangements to borrow, loans under special borrowing arrangements, deposits made to trusts under the management of the IMF |
| --- | --- |

(c)

General arrangements to borrow, loans under special borrowing arrangements, deposits made to trusts under the management of the IMF

| (c) | Other claims
  Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate

Mandatory

2.2

2.2

Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets

| (a) | Balances with banks outside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’
  Current accounts, fixed-term deposits, day-to-day money, reverse repo transactions |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Current accounts, fixed-term deposits, day-to-day money, reverse repo transactions

| (a) | Balances with banks outside the euro area
  Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate

Mandatory

| (b) | Security investments outside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’
  Notes and bonds, bills, zero bonds, money market paper, equity instruments held as part of the foreign reserves, all issued by non-euro area residents |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Notes and bonds, bills, zero bonds, money market paper, equity instruments held as part of the foreign reserves, all issued by non-euro area residents

| (b) | (i) | Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

  Market price and foreign exchange market rate
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- | --- |

(b)

(i)

Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

Market price and foreign exchange market rate

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (ii) | Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

  Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (iii) | Non-marketable securities

  Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

Non-marketable securities

Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (iv) | Marketable equity instruments

  Market price and foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(iv)

Marketable equity instruments

Market price and foreign exchange market rate

Mandatory

| (c) | External loans (deposits) outside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’ |
| --- | --- |

(c)

| (c) | External loans
  Deposits at nominal value translated at the foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Deposits at nominal value translated at the foreign exchange market rate

Mandatory

| (d) | Other external assets
  Non-euro area banknotes and coins |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Non-euro area banknotes and coins

| (d) | Other external assets
  Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate

Mandatory

3

3

Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| (a) | Security investments inside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’
  Notes and bonds, bills, zero bonds, money market paper, equity instruments held as part of the foreign reserves, all issued by euro area residents |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Notes and bonds, bills, zero bonds, money market paper, equity instruments held as part of the foreign reserves, all issued by euro area residents

| (a) | (i) | Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

  Market price and foreign exchange market rate
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- | --- |

(a)

(i)

Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

Market price and foreign exchange market rate

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (ii) | Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

  Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (iii) | Non-marketable securities

  Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

Non-marketable securities

Cost subject to impairment and foreign exchange market rate

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (iv) | Marketable equity instruments

  Market price and foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(iv)

Marketable equity instruments

Market price and foreign exchange market rate

Mandatory

| (b) | Other claims on euro area residents other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’
  Loans, deposits, reverse repo transactions, sundry lending |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Loans, deposits, reverse repo transactions, sundry lending

| (b) | Other claims
  Deposits and other lending at nominal value, translated at the foreign exchange market rate |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Deposits and other lending at nominal value, translated at the foreign exchange market rate

Mandatory

4

4

Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro

4.1

4.1

Balances with banks, security investments and loans

| (a) | Balances with banks outside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’
  Current accounts, fixed-term deposits, day-to-day money. Reverse repo transactions in connection with the management of securities denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Current accounts, fixed-term deposits, day-to-day money. Reverse repo transactions in connection with the management of securities denominated in euro

| (a) | Balances with banks outside the euro area
  Nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Nominal value

Mandatory

| (b) | Security investments outside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’
  Equity instruments, notes and bonds, bills, zero bonds, money market paper, all issued by non-euro area residents |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Equity instruments, notes and bonds, bills, zero bonds, money market paper, all issued by non-euro area residents

| (b) | (i) | Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

  Market price
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- | --- |

(b)

(i)

Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

Market price

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (ii) | Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (iii) | Non-marketable securities

  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

Non-marketable securities

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (iv) | Marketable equity instruments

  Market price |
| --- | --- |

(iv)

Marketable equity instruments

Market price

Mandatory

| (c) | Loans outside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’ |
| --- | --- |

(c)

| (c) | Loans outside the euro area
  Deposits at nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Deposits at nominal value

Mandatory

| (d) | Securities other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’, issued by entities outside the euro area
  Securities issued by supranational or international organisations, e.g. the European Investment Bank, irrespective of their geographical location |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Securities issued by supranational or international organisations, e.g. the European Investment Bank, irrespective of their geographical location

| (d) | (i) | Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

  Market price
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- | --- |

(d)

(i)

Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity

Market price

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (ii) | Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(ii)

Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (iii) | Non-marketable securities

  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(iii)

Non-marketable securities

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

4.2

4.2

Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II

Lending according to the ERM II conditions

Nominal value

Mandatory

5

5

Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro

Items 5.1 to 5.5: transactions according to the respective monetary policy instruments described in Annex I to Guideline ECB/2000/7 of 31 August 2000 on monetary policy instruments and procedures of the Eurosystem (4)

5.1

5.1

Main refinancing operations

Regular liquidity-providing reverse transactions with a weekly frequency and normally a maturity of 1 week

Nominal value or repo cost

Mandatory

5.2

5.2

Longer-term refinancing operations

Regular liquidity-providing reverse transactions with a monthly frequency and normally a maturity of 3 months

Nominal value or repo cost

Mandatory

5.3

5.3

Fine-tuning reverse operations

Reverse transactions, executed as ad hoc transactions for fine-tuning purposes

Nominal value or repo cost

Mandatory

5.4

5.4

Structural reverse operations

Reverse transactions adjusting the structural position of the Eurosystem vis-à-vis the financial sector

Nominal value or repo cost

Mandatory

5.5

5.5

Marginal lending facility

Overnight liquidity facility at a pre-specified interest rate against eligible assets (standing facility)

Nominal value or repo cost

Mandatory

5.6

5.6

Credits related to margin calls

Additional credit to credit institutions, arising from value increases of underlying assets regarding other credit to these credit institutions

Nominal value or cost

Mandatory

6

6

Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro

Current accounts, fixed-term deposits, day-to-day money, reverse repo transactions in connection with the management of security portfolios under the asset item 7 ‘Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro’, including transactions resulting from the transformation of former foreign currency reserves of the euro area and other claims. Correspondent accounts with non-domestic euro area credit institutions. Other claims and operations unrelated to monetary policy operations of the Eurosystem. Any claims stemming from monetary policy operations initiated by an NCB prior to joining the Eurosystem

Nominal value or cost

Mandatory

7

7

Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro

7.1

7.1

Securities held for monetary policy purposes

Securities issued in the euro area held for monetary policy purposes. ECB debt certificates purchased for fine-tuning purposes

| (a) | Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity
  Market price
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Market price

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (b) | Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity
  Cost subject to impairment (cost when the impairment is covered by a Eurosystem provision under liability item 13 (b) ‘Provisions’)
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Cost subject to impairment (cost when the impairment is covered by a Eurosystem provision under liability item 13 (b) ‘Provisions’)

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (c) | Non-marketable securities
  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

7.2

7.2

Other securities

Securities other than those under asset item 7.1 ‘Securities held for monetary policy purposes’ and under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’; notes and bonds, bills, zero bonds, money market paper held outright, including government securities stemming from before EMU, denominated in euro. Equity instruments

| (a) | Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity
  Market price
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Market price

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (b) | Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity
  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (c) | Non-marketable securities
  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Mandatory

| (d) | Marketable equity instruments
  Market price |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Market price

Mandatory

8

8

General government debt denominated in euro

Claims on government stemming from before EMU (non-marketable securities, loans)

Deposits/loans at nominal value, non-marketable securities at cost

Mandatory

—

9

Intra-Eurosystem claims+)

—

9.1

Participating interest in ECB+)

Only an NCB balance sheet item

The ECB capital share of each NCB in accordance with the Treaty and the respective capital key and contributions in accordance with Article 48.2 of the Statute of the ESCB

Cost

Mandatory

—

9.2

Claims equivalent to the transfer of foreign reserves+)

Only an NCB balance sheet item

Euro-denominated claims on the ECB in respect of initial and additional transfers of foreign reserves under Article 30 of the Statute of the ESCB

Nominal value

Mandatory

—

9.3

Claims related to the issuance of ECB debt certificates+)

Only an ECB balance sheet item

Intra-Eurosystem claims vis-à-vis NCBs, arising from the issuance of ECB debt certificates

Cost

Mandatory

—

9.4

Net claims related to the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem+)
   (*1)

For the NCBs: net claim related to the application of the banknote allocation key i.e. including the ECB's banknote issue related intra-Eurosystem balances, the compensatory amount and its balancing accounting entry as defined by Decision ECB/2010/23 of 25 November 2010 on the allocation of monetary income of the national central banks of Member States whose currency is the euro (5)

For the ECB: claims related to the ECB's banknote issue, in accordance with Decision ECB/2010/29

Nominal value

Mandatory

—

9.5

Other claims within the Eurosystem (net)+)

Net position of the following sub-items:

| (a) | net claims arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts and correspondent accounts of NCBs, i.e. the net figure of claims and liabilities — see also liability item 10.4 ‘Other liabilities within the Eurosystem (net)’; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

net claims arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts and correspondent accounts of NCBs, i.e. the net figure of claims and liabilities — see also liability item 10.4 ‘Other liabilities within the Eurosystem (net)’;

| (a) | Nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Nominal value

Mandatory

| (b) | claim due to the difference between monetary income to be pooled and redistributed. Only relevant for the period between booking of monetary income as part of the year-end procedures, and its settlement on the last working day in January each year; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

claim due to the difference between monetary income to be pooled and redistributed. Only relevant for the period between booking of monetary income as part of the year-end procedures, and its settlement on the last working day in January each year;

| (b) | Nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Nominal value

Mandatory

| (c) | other intra-Eurosystem claims denominated in euro that may arise, including the interim distribution of ECB income (*1) |
| --- | --- |

(c)

other intra-Eurosystem claims denominated in euro that may arise, including the interim distribution of ECB income (*1)

| (c) | Nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Nominal value

Mandatory

9

10

Items in the course of settlement

Settlement account balances (claims), including the float of cheques in collection

Nominal value

Mandatory

9

11

Other assets

9

11.1

Coins of euro area

Euro coins if an NCB is not the legal issuer

Nominal value

Mandatory

9

11.2

Tangible and intangible fixed assets

Land and buildings, furniture and equipment including computer equipment, software

Cost less depreciation

Depreciation rates:

| — | computers and related hardware/software and motor vehicles: 4 years |
| --- | --- |

—

computers and related hardware/software and motor vehicles: 4 years

| — | equipment, furniture and plant in building: 10 years |
| --- | --- |

—

equipment, furniture and plant in building: 10 years

| — | building and capitalised major refurbishment expenditure: 25 years |
| --- | --- |

—

building and capitalised major refurbishment expenditure: 25 years

Capitalisation of expenditure: limit based (below EUR 10 000 excluding VAT: no capitalisation)

Recommended

9

11.3

Other financial assets

| — | Participating interests and investments in subsidiaries; equities held for strategic/policy reasons |
| --- | --- |

—

Participating interests and investments in subsidiaries; equities held for strategic/policy reasons

| — | Securities, including equities, and other financial instruments and balances (e.g. fixed-term deposits and current accounts), held as an earmarked portfolio |
| --- | --- |

—

Securities, including equities, and other financial instruments and balances (e.g. fixed-term deposits and current accounts), held as an earmarked portfolio

| — | Reverse repo transactions with credit institutions in connection with the management of securities portfolios under this item |
| --- | --- |

—

Reverse repo transactions with credit institutions in connection with the management of securities portfolios under this item

| (a) | Marketable equity instruments
  Market price |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Market price

Recommended

| (b) | Participating interests and illiquid equity shares, and any other equity instruments held as permanent investments
  Cost subject to impairment |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Cost subject to impairment

Recommended

| (c) | Investment in subsidiaries or significant interests
  Net asset value |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Net asset value

Recommended

| (d) | Marketable securities other than held-to-maturity
  Market price
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Market price

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Recommended

| (e) | Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity or held as a permanent investment
  Cost subject to impairment
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(e)

Cost subject to impairment

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Recommended

| (f) | Non-marketable securities
  Cost subject to impairment.
  Any premiums or discounts are amortised |
| --- | --- |

(f)

Cost subject to impairment.

Any premiums or discounts are amortised

Recommended

| (g) | Balances with banks and loans
  Nominal value, translated at the foreign exchange market rate if the balances or deposits are denominated in foreign currencies |
| --- | --- |

(g)

Nominal value, translated at the foreign exchange market rate if the balances or deposits are denominated in foreign currencies

Recommended

9

11.4

Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences

Valuation results of foreign exchange forwards, foreign exchange swaps, interest rate swaps, forward rate agreements, forward transactions in securities, foreign exchange spot transactions from trade date to settlement date

Net position between forward and spot, at the foreign exchange market rate

Mandatory

9

11.5

Accruals and prepaid expenditure

Income not due in, but assignable to the reported period. Prepaid expenditure and accrued interest paid (i.e. accrued interest purchased with a security)

Nominal value, foreign exchange translated at market rate

Mandatory

9

11.6

Sundry

Advances, loans and other minor items.

Revaluation suspense accounts (only balance sheet item during the year: unrealised losses at revaluation dates during the year, which are not covered by the respective revaluation accounts under the liability item ‘Revaluation accounts’). Loans on a trust basis. Investments related to customer gold deposits. Coins denominated in national euro area currency units. Current expense (net accumulated loss), loss of the previous year before coverage. Net pension assets

Nominal value or cost

Recommended

Revaluation suspense accounts

Revaluation difference between average cost and market value, foreign exchange translated at market rate

Mandatory

Investments related to customer gold deposits

Market value

Mandatory

Outstanding claims arising from the default of Eurosystem counterparties in the context of Eurosystem credit operations

Outstanding claims (from defaults)

Nominal/recoverable value (before/after settlement of losses)

Mandatory

Assets or claims (vis-à-vis third parties) appropriated and/or acquired in the context of the realisation of collateral submitted by Eurosystem counterparties in default

Assets or claims (from defaults)

Cost (converted at the foreign exchange market rate at the time of the acquisition if financial assets are denominated in foreign currencies)

Mandatory

—

12

Loss for the year

Nominal value

Mandatory

LIABILITIES

| Balance sheet item (6) | Categorisation of contents of balance sheet items | Valuation principle | Scope of application (7) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 1 | Banknotes in circulation
   (*2) | (a) | Euro banknotes, plus/minus adjustments relating to the application of the banknote allocation key in accordance with Decision ECB/2010/23 and Decision ECB/2010/29 |

Balance sheet item (6)

Categorisation of contents of balance sheet items

Valuation principle

Scope of application (7)

1

1

Banknotes in circulation
   (*2)

(a)

Euro banknotes, plus/minus adjustments relating to the application of the banknote allocation key in accordance with Decision ECB/2010/23 and Decision ECB/2010/29

| (a) | Nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Nominal value

Mandatory

| (b) | Banknotes denominated in national euro area currency units during the cash changeover year |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Banknotes denominated in national euro area currency units during the cash changeover year

| (b) | Nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Nominal value

Mandatory

2

2

Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro

Items 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.5: deposits in euro as described in Annex I to Guideline ECB/2000/7

2.1

2.1

Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system)

Euro accounts of credit institutions that are included in the list of financial institutions subject to minimum reserves in accordance with the Statute of the ESCB. This item contains primarily accounts used in order to hold minimum reserves

Nominal value

Mandatory

2.2

2.2

Deposit facility

Overnight deposits at a pre-specified interest rate (standing facility)

Nominal value

Mandatory

2.3

2.3

Fixed-term deposits

Collection for liquidity absorption purposes owing to fine-tuning operations

Nominal value

Mandatory

2.4

2.4

Fine-tuning reverse operations

Monetary policy-related transactions with the aim of liquidity absorption

Nominal value or repo cost

Mandatory

2.5

2.5

Deposits related to margin calls

Deposits of credit institutions, arising from value decreases of underlying assets regarding credits to these credit institutions

Nominal value

Mandatory

3

3

Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro

Repo transactions in connection with simultaneous reverse repo transactions for the management of securities portfolios under asset item 7 ‘Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro’. Other operations unrelated to Eurosystem monetary policy operations. No current accounts of credit institutions. Any liabilities/deposits stemming from monetary policy operations initiated by a central bank prior to joining the Eurosystem

Nominal value or repo cost

Mandatory

4

4

Debt certificates issued

Only an ECB balance sheet item — for the NCBs a transitional balance sheet item.

Debt certificates as described in Annex I to Guideline ECB/2000/7. Discount paper, issued with the aim of liquidity absorption

Cost

Any discounts are amortised

Mandatory

5

5

Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro

5.1

5.1

General government

Current accounts, fixed-term deposits, deposits repayable on demand

Nominal value

Mandatory

5.2

5.2

Other liabilities

Current accounts of staff, companies and clients including financial institutions listed as exempt from the obligation to hold minimum reserves (see liability item 2.1 ‘Current accounts’); fixed-term deposits, deposits repayable on demand

Nominal value

Mandatory

6

6

Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro

Current accounts, fixed-term deposits, deposits repayable on demand including accounts held for payment purposes and accounts held for reserve management purposes: of other banks, central banks, international/supranational institutions including the European Commission; current accounts of other depositors. Repo transactions in connection with simultaneous reverse repo transactions for the management of securities denominated in euro.

Balances of TARGET2 accounts of central banks of Member States whose currency is not the euro

Nominal value or repo cost

Mandatory

7

7

Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

Current accounts. liabilities under repo transactions; usually investment transactions using foreign currency assets or gold

Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate

Mandatory

8

8

Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

8.1

8.1

Deposits, balances and other liabilities

Current accounts. Liabilities under repo transactions; usually investment transactions using foreign currency assets or gold

Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate

Mandatory

8.2

8.2

Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II

Borrowing in accordance with the ERM II conditions

Nominal value, translation at the foreign exchange market rate

Mandatory

9

9

Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF

SDR-denominated item which shows the amount of SDRs that were originally allocated to the respectivecountry/NCB

Nominal value, translation at the market rate

Mandatory

—

10

Intra-Eurosystem liabilities+)

—

10.1

Liabilities equivalent to the transfer of foreign reserves+)

Only an ECB balance sheet item denominated in euro

Nominal value

Mandatory

—

10.2

Liabilities related to the issuance of ECB debt certificates+)

Only an NCB balance sheet item

Intra-Eurosystem liability vis-à-vis the ECB, arising from the issuance of ECB debt certificates

Cost

Mandatory

—

10.3

Net liabilities related to allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem+)
   (*2)

Only an NCB balance sheet item.

For the NCBs: net liability related to the application of the banknote allocation key, i.e. including the ECB's banknote issue related intra-Eurosystem balances, the compensatory amount and its balancing accounting entry as defined by Decision ECB/2010/23

Nominal value

Mandatory

—

10.4

Other liabilities within the Eurosystem (net)+)

Net position of the following sub-items:

| (a) | net liabilities arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts and correspondent accounts of NCBs, i.e. the net figure of claims and liabilities — see also asset item 9.5 ‘Other claims within the Eurosystem (net)’ |
| --- | --- |

(a)

net liabilities arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts and correspondent accounts of NCBs, i.e. the net figure of claims and liabilities — see also asset item 9.5 ‘Other claims within the Eurosystem (net)’

| (a) | Nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Nominal value

Mandatory

| (b) | liability due to the difference between monetary income to be pooled and redistributed. Only relevant for the period between booking of monetary income as part of the year-end procedures, and its settlement at the last working day in January each year |
| --- | --- |

(b)

liability due to the difference between monetary income to be pooled and redistributed. Only relevant for the period between booking of monetary income as part of the year-end procedures, and its settlement at the last working day in January each year

| (b) | Nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Nominal value

Mandatory

| (c) | other intra-Eurosystem liabilities denominated in euro that may arise, including the interim distribution of ECB income (*2) |
| --- | --- |

(c)

other intra-Eurosystem liabilities denominated in euro that may arise, including the interim distribution of ECB income (*2)

| (c) | Nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Nominal value

Mandatory

10

11

Items in course of settlement

Settlement account balances (liabilities), including the float of giro transfers

Nominal value

Mandatory

10

12

Other liabilities

10

12.1

Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences

Valuation results of foreign exchange forwards, foreign exchange swaps, interest rate swaps, forward rate agreements, forward transactions in securities, foreign exchange spot transactions from trade date to settlement date

Net position between forward and spot, at the foreign exchange market rate

Mandatory

10

12.2

Accruals and income collected in advance

Expenditure falling due in a future period but relating to the reporting period. Income received in the reported period but relating to a future period

Nominal value, foreign exchange translated at market rate

Mandatory

10

12.3

Sundry

Taxation suspense accounts. Foreign currency credit or guarantee cover accounts. Repo transactions with credit institutions in connection with simultaneous reverse repo transactions for the management of securities portfolios under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’. Compulsory deposits other than reserve deposits. Other minor items. Current income (net accumulated profit), profit of the previous year before distribution. Liabilities on a trust basis. Customer gold deposits. Coins in circulation in the event that an NCB is the legal issuer. Banknotes in circulation denominated in national euro area currency units that have ceased to be legal tender but are still in circulation after the cash changeover year, if not shown under liability item ‘Provisions’. Net pension liabilities

Nominal value or (repo) cost

Recommended

Customer gold deposits

Market value

Customer gold deposits: mandatory

10

13

Provisions

| (a) | For pensions, for foreign exchange rate, interest rate, credit and gold price risks, and for other purposes, e.g. expected future expenses, provisions for national euro area currency units that have ceased to be legal tender but are still in circulation after the cash changeover year if these banknotes are not shown under liability item 12.3 ‘Other liabilities/Sundry’
  The contributions from NCBs to the ECB in accordance with Article 48.2 of the Statute of the ESCB are consolidated with the respective amounts disclosed under asset item 9.1 ‘Participating interest in the ECB’+) |
| --- | --- |

(a)

For pensions, for foreign exchange rate, interest rate, credit and gold price risks, and for other purposes, e.g. expected future expenses, provisions for national euro area currency units that have ceased to be legal tender but are still in circulation after the cash changeover year if these banknotes are not shown under liability item 12.3 ‘Other liabilities/Sundry’

The contributions from NCBs to the ECB in accordance with Article 48.2 of the Statute of the ESCB are consolidated with the respective amounts disclosed under asset item 9.1 ‘Participating interest in the ECB’+)

| (a) | Cost/nominal value |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Cost/nominal value

Recommended

| (b) | For counterparty or credit risks arising from monetary policy operations |
| --- | --- |

(b)

For counterparty or credit risks arising from monetary policy operations

| (b) | Nominal value (in proportion to the subscribed ECB capital key; based on a valuation at year-end by the Governing Council of the ECB) |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Nominal value (in proportion to the subscribed ECB capital key; based on a valuation at year-end by the Governing Council of the ECB)

Mandatory

11

14

Revaluation accounts

Revaluation accounts related to price movements for gold, for every type of euro-denominated securities, for every type of foreign currency-denominated securities, for options; market valuation differences related to interest rate risk derivatives; revaluation accounts related to foreign exchange rate movements for every currency net position held, including foreign exchange swaps/forwards and SDRs

The contributions from NCBs in accordance with Article 48.2 of the Statute of the ESCB to the ECB are consolidated with the respective amounts disclosed under asset item 9.1 ‘Participating interest in the ECB’+)

Revaluation difference between average cost and market value, foreign exchange translated at market rate

Mandatory

12

15

Capital and reserves

12

15.1

Capital

Paid-up capital — the ECB's capital is consolidated with the capital shares of the NCBs

Nominal value

Mandatory

12

15.2

Reserves

Legal reserves and other reserves. Retained earnings

The contributions from NCBs to the ECB in accordance with Article 48.2 of the Statute of the ESCB are consolidated with the respective amounts disclosed under asset item 9.1 ‘Participating interest in the ECB’+)

Nominal value

Mandatory

10

16

Profit for the year

Nominal value

Mandatory

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(1)  Disclosure relating to euro banknotes in circulation, remuneration of net intra-Eurosystem claims/liabilities resulting from the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem, and monetary income should be harmonised in NCBs published annual financial statements. The items to be harmonised are indicated with an asterisk in Annexes IV, VIII and IX.

(*1)  Items to be harmonised. See recital 5 of this Guideline.

(2)  The numbering in the first column relates to the balance sheet formats given in Annexes V, VI and VII (weekly financial statements and consolidated annual balance sheet of the Eurosystem). The numbering in the second column relates to the balance sheet format given in Annex VIII (annual balance sheet of a central bank). The items marked with a ‘
  +)’ are consolidated in the Eurosystem's weekly financial statements.

(3)  The composition and valuation rules listed in this Annex are considered mandatory for the ECB's accounts and for all material assets and liabilities in NCBs’ accounts for Eurosystem purposes, i.e. material to the Eurosystem's operation.

(4)  
  OJ L 310, 11.12.2000, p. 1.

(5)  See page 17 of this Official Journal. Decision ECB/2010/23 adopted before publication of Guideline ECB/2010/20.

(*2)  Items to be harmonised. See recital 5 of this Guideline.

(6)  The numbering in the first column relates to the balance sheet formats given in Annexes V, VI and VII (weekly financial statements and consolidated annual balance sheet of the Eurosystem). The numbering in the second column relates to the balance sheet format given in Annex VIII (annual balance sheet of a central bank). The items marked with a ‘
  +)’ are consolidated in the Eurosystem's weekly financial statements.

(7)  The composition and valuation rules listed in this Annex are considered mandatory for the ECB's accounts and for all material assets and liabilities in NCBs’ accounts for Eurosystem purposes, i.e. material to the Eurosystem's operation.

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ANNEX V

Consolidated weekly financial statement of the Eurosystem: format to be used for publication after quarter-end

| (EUR million) |
| --- |
| Assets (1) | Balance as at ... | Difference compared to last week due to | Liabilities | Balance as at ... | Difference compared to last week due to |
| transactions | quarter-end adjustments | transactions | quarterly-end adjustments |
| 1. | Gold and gold receivables |

(EUR million)

Assets (1)

Balance as at ...

Difference compared to last week due to

Liabilities

Balance as at ...

Difference compared to last week due to

transactions

quarter-end adjustments

transactions

quarterly-end adjustments

1.

Gold and gold receivables

| 2. | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

2.

Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 2.1 | Receivables from the IMF |
| --- | --- |

2.1

Receivables from the IMF

| 2.2 | Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets |
| --- | --- |

2.2

Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets

| 3. | Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

3.

Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 4. | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

4.

Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro

| 4.1 | Balances with banks, security investments and loans |
| --- | --- |

4.1

Balances with banks, security investments and loans

| 4.2 | Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II |
| --- | --- |

4.2

Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II

| 5. | Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

5.

Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro

| 5.1 | Main refinancing operations |
| --- | --- |

5.1

Main refinancing operations

| 5.2 | Longer-term refinancing operations |
| --- | --- |

5.2

Longer-term refinancing operations

| 5.3 | Fine-tuning reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

5.3

Fine-tuning reverse operations

| 5.4 | Structural reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

5.4

Structural reverse operations

| 5.5 | Marginal lending facility |
| --- | --- |

5.5

Marginal lending facility

| 5.6 | Credits related to margin calls |
| --- | --- |

5.6

Credits related to margin calls

| 6. | Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

6.

Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro

| 7. | Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

7.

Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro

| 7.1 | Securities held for monetary policy purposes |
| --- | --- |

7.1

Securities held for monetary policy purposes

| 7.2 | Other securities |
| --- | --- |

7.2

Other securities

| 8. | General government debt denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

8.

General government debt denominated in euro

| 9. | Other assets |
| --- | --- |

9.

Other assets

| 1. | Banknotes in circulation |
| --- | --- |

1.

Banknotes in circulation

| 2. | Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

2.

Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro

| 2.1 | Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) |
| --- | --- |

2.1

Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system)

| 2.2 | Deposit facility |
| --- | --- |

2.2

Deposit facility

| 2.3 | Fixed-term deposits |
| --- | --- |

2.3

Fixed-term deposits

| 2.4 | Fine-tuning reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

2.4

Fine-tuning reverse operations

| 2.5 | Deposits related to margin calls |
| --- | --- |

2.5

Deposits related to margin calls

| 3. | Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

3.

Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro

| 4. | Debt certificates issued |
| --- | --- |

4.

Debt certificates issued

| 5. | Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

5.

Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro

| 5.1 | General government |
| --- | --- |

5.1

General government

| 5.2 | Other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

5.2

Other liabilities

| 6. | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

6.

Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro

| 7. | Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

7.

Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 8. | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

8.

Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 8.1 | Deposits, balances and other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

8.1

Deposits, balances and other liabilities

| 8.2 | Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II |
| --- | --- |

8.2

Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II

| 9. | Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF |
| --- | --- |

9.

Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF

| 10. | Other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

10.

Other liabilities

| 11. | Revaluation accounts |
| --- | --- |

11.

Revaluation accounts

| 12. | Capital and reserves |
| --- | --- |

12.

Capital and reserves

Total assets

Total liabilities

Totals/sub-totals may not add up, due to rounding.

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(1)  The table of assets may also be published above the table of liabilities.

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ANNEX VI

Consolidated weekly financial statement of the Eurosystem: format to be used for publication during the quarter

| (EUR million) |
| --- |
| Assets (1) | Balance as at ... | Difference compared to last week due to transactions | Liabilities | Balance as at ... | Difference compared to last week due to transactions |
| 1. | Gold and gold receivables |

(EUR million)

Assets (1)

Balance as at ...

Difference compared to last week due to transactions

Liabilities

Balance as at ...

Difference compared to last week due to transactions

1.

Gold and gold receivables

| 2. | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

2.

Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 2.1 | Receivables from the IMF |
| --- | --- |

2.1

Receivables from the IMF

| 2.2 | Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets |
| --- | --- |

2.2

Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets

| 3. | Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

3.

Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 4. | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

4.

Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro

| 4.1 | Balances with banks, security investments and loans |
| --- | --- |

4.1

Balances with banks, security investments and loans

| 4.2 | Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II |
| --- | --- |

4.2

Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II

| 5. | Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

5.

Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro

| 5.1 | Main refinancing operations |
| --- | --- |

5.1

Main refinancing operations

| 5.2 | Longer-term refinancing operations |
| --- | --- |

5.2

Longer-term refinancing operations

| 5.3 | Fine-tuning reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

5.3

Fine-tuning reverse operations

| 5.4 | Structural reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

5.4

Structural reverse operations

| 5.5 | Marginal lending facility |
| --- | --- |

5.5

Marginal lending facility

| 5.6 | Credits related to margin calls |
| --- | --- |

5.6

Credits related to margin calls

| 6. | Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

6.

Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro

| 7. | Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

7.

Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro

| 7.1 | Securities held for monetary policy purposes |
| --- | --- |

7.1

Securities held for monetary policy purposes

| 7.2 | Other securities |
| --- | --- |

7.2

Other securities

| 8. | General government debt denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

8.

General government debt denominated in euro

| 9. | Other assets |
| --- | --- |

9.

Other assets

| 1. | Banknotes in circulation |
| --- | --- |

1.

Banknotes in circulation

| 2. | Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

2.

Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro

| 2.1 | Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) |
| --- | --- |

2.1

Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system)

| 2.2 | Deposit facility |
| --- | --- |

2.2

Deposit facility

| 2.3 | Fixed-term deposits |
| --- | --- |

2.3

Fixed-term deposits

| 2.4 | Fine-tuning reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

2.4

Fine-tuning reverse operations

| 2.5 | Deposits related to margin calls |
| --- | --- |

2.5

Deposits related to margin calls

| 3. | Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

3.

Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro

| 4. | Debt certificates issued |
| --- | --- |

4.

Debt certificates issued

| 5. | Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

5.

Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro

| 5.1 | General government |
| --- | --- |

5.1

General government

| 5.2 | Other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

5.2

Other liabilities

| 6. | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

6.

Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro

| 7. | Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

7.

Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 8. | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

8.

Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 8.1 | Deposits, balances and other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

8.1

Deposits, balances and other liabilities

| 8.2 | Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II |
| --- | --- |

8.2

Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II

| 9. | Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF |
| --- | --- |

9.

Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF

| 10. | Other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

10.

Other liabilities

| 11. | Revaluation accounts |
| --- | --- |

11.

Revaluation accounts

| 12. | Capital and reserves |
| --- | --- |

12.

Capital and reserves

Total assets

Total liabilities

Totals/sub-totals may not add up, due to rounding.

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(1)  The table of assets may also be published above the table of liabilities.

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ANNEX VII

Consolidated annual balance sheet of the Eurosystem

| (EUR million) |
| --- |
| Assets (1) | Reporting year | Previous year | Liabilities | Reporting year | Previous year |
| 1. | Gold and gold receivables |

(EUR million)

Assets (1)

Reporting year

Previous year

Liabilities

Reporting year

Previous year

1.

Gold and gold receivables

| 2. | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

2.

Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 2.1 | Receivables from the IMF |
| --- | --- |

2.1

Receivables from the IMF

| 2.2 | Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets |
| --- | --- |

2.2

Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets

| 3. | Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

3.

Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 4. | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

4.

Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro

| 4.1 | Balances with banks, security investments and loans |
| --- | --- |

4.1

Balances with banks, security investments and loans

| 4.2 | Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II |
| --- | --- |

4.2

Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II

| 5. | Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

5.

Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro

| 5.1 | Main refinancing operations |
| --- | --- |

5.1

Main refinancing operations

| 5.2 | Longer-term refinancing operations |
| --- | --- |

5.2

Longer-term refinancing operations

| 5.3 | Fine-tuning reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

5.3

Fine-tuning reverse operations

| 5.4 | Structural reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

5.4

Structural reverse operations

| 5.5 | Marginal lending facility |
| --- | --- |

5.5

Marginal lending facility

| 5.6 | Credits related to margin calls |
| --- | --- |

5.6

Credits related to margin calls

| 6. | Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

6.

Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro

| 7. | Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

7.

Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro

| 7.1 | Securities held for monetary policy purposes |
| --- | --- |

7.1

Securities held for monetary policy purposes

| 7.2 | Other securities |
| --- | --- |

7.2

Other securities

| 8. | General government debt denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

8.

General government debt denominated in euro

| 9. | Other assets |
| --- | --- |

9.

Other assets

| 1. | Banknotes in circulation |
| --- | --- |

1.

Banknotes in circulation

| 2. | Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

2.

Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro

| 2.1 | Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) |
| --- | --- |

2.1

Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system)

| 2.2 | Deposit facility |
| --- | --- |

2.2

Deposit facility

| 2.3 | Fixed-term deposits |
| --- | --- |

2.3

Fixed-term deposits

| 2.4 | Fine-tuning reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

2.4

Fine-tuning reverse operations

| 2.5 | Deposits related to margin calls |
| --- | --- |

2.5

Deposits related to margin calls

| 3. | Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

3.

Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro

| 4. | Debt certificates issued |
| --- | --- |

4.

Debt certificates issued

| 5. | Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

5.

Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro

| 5.1 | General government |
| --- | --- |

5.1

General government

| 5.2 | Other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

5.2

Other liabilities

| 6. | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

6.

Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro

| 7. | Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

7.

Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 8. | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

8.

Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 8.1 | Deposits, balances and other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

8.1

Deposits, balances and other liabilities

| 8.2 | Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II |
| --- | --- |

8.2

Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II

| 9. | Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF |
| --- | --- |

9.

Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF

| 10. | Other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

10.

Other liabilities

| 11. | Revaluation accounts |
| --- | --- |

11.

Revaluation accounts

| 12. | Capital and reserves |
| --- | --- |

12.

Capital and reserves

Total assets

Total liabilities

Totals/sub-totals may not add up, due to rounding.

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(1)  The table of assets may also be published above the table of liabilities.

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ANNEX VIII

Annual balance sheet of a central bank
   (1)

| (EUR million) |
| --- |
| Assets (3) | Reporting year | Previous year | Liabilities | Reporting year | Previous year |
| 1. | Gold and gold receivables |

(EUR million)

Assets (3)

Reporting year

Previous year

Liabilities

Reporting year

Previous year

1.

Gold and gold receivables

| 2. | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

2.

Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 2.1 | Receivables from the IMF |
| --- | --- |

2.1

Receivables from the IMF

| 2.2 | Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets |
| --- | --- |

2.2

Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets

| 3. | Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

3.

Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 4. | Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

4.

Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro

| 4.1 | Balances with banks, security investments and loans |
| --- | --- |

4.1

Balances with banks, security investments and loans

| 4.2 | Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II |
| --- | --- |

4.2

Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II

| 5. | Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

5.

Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro

| 5.1 | Main refinancing operations |
| --- | --- |

5.1

Main refinancing operations

| 5.2 | Longer-term refinancing operations |
| --- | --- |

5.2

Longer-term refinancing operations

| 5.3 | Fine-tuning reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

5.3

Fine-tuning reverse operations

| 5.4 | Structural reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

5.4

Structural reverse operations

| 5.5 | Marginal lending facility |
| --- | --- |

5.5

Marginal lending facility

| 5.6 | Credits related to margin calls |
| --- | --- |

5.6

Credits related to margin calls

| 6. | Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

6.

Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro

| 7. | Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

7.

Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro

| 7.1 | Securities held for monetary policy purposes |
| --- | --- |

7.1

Securities held for monetary policy purposes

| 7.2 | Other securities |
| --- | --- |

7.2

Other securities

| 8. | General government debt denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

8.

General government debt denominated in euro

| 9. | Intra-Eurosystem claims |
| --- | --- |

9.

Intra-Eurosystem claims

| 9.1 | Participating interest in ECB |
| --- | --- |

9.1

Participating interest in ECB

| 9.2 | Claims equivalent to the transfer of foreign reserves |
| --- | --- |

9.2

Claims equivalent to the transfer of foreign reserves

| 9.3 | Claims related to the issuance of ECB debt certificates |
| --- | --- |

9.3

Claims related to the issuance of ECB debt certificates

| 9.4 | Net claims related to the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem |
| --- | --- |

9.4

Net claims related to the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem

| 9.5 | Other claims within the Eurosystem (net) |
| --- | --- |

9.5

Other claims within the Eurosystem (net)

| 10. | Items in course of settlement |
| --- | --- |

10.

Items in course of settlement

| 11. | Other assets |
| --- | --- |

11.

Other assets

| 11.1 | Coins of euro area |
| --- | --- |

11.1

Coins of euro area

| 11.2 | Tangible and intangible fixed assets |
| --- | --- |

11.2

Tangible and intangible fixed assets

| 11.3 | Other financial assets |
| --- | --- |

11.3

Other financial assets

| 11.4 | Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences |
| --- | --- |

11.4

Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences

| 11.5 | Accruals and prepaid expenses |
| --- | --- |

11.5

Accruals and prepaid expenses

| 11.6 | Sundry |
| --- | --- |

11.6

Sundry

| 12. | Loss for the year |
| --- | --- |

12.

Loss for the year

| 1. | Banknotes in circulation (*1) |
| --- | --- |

1.

Banknotes in circulation (*1)

| 2. | Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

2.

Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro

| 2.1 | Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) |
| --- | --- |

2.1

Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system)

| 2.2 | Deposit facility |
| --- | --- |

2.2

Deposit facility

| 2.3 | Fixed-term deposits |
| --- | --- |

2.3

Fixed-term deposits

| 2.4 | Fine-tuning reverse operations |
| --- | --- |

2.4

Fine-tuning reverse operations

| 2.5 | Deposits related to margin calls |
| --- | --- |

2.5

Deposits related to margin calls

| 3. | Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

3.

Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro

| 4. | Debt certificates issued |
| --- | --- |

4.

Debt certificates issued

| 5. | Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

5.

Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro

| 5.1 | General government |
| --- | --- |

5.1

General government

| 5.2 | Other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

5.2

Other liabilities

| 6. | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro |
| --- | --- |

6.

Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro

| 7. | Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

7.

Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 8. | Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency |
| --- | --- |

8.

Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency

| 8.1 | Deposits, balances and other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

8.1

Deposits, balances and other liabilities

| 8.2 | Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II |
| --- | --- |

8.2

Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II

| 9. | Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF |
| --- | --- |

9.

Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF

| 10. | Intra-Eurosystem liabilities |
| --- | --- |

10.

Intra-Eurosystem liabilities

| 10.1 | Liabilities equivalent to the transfer of foreign reserves |
| --- | --- |

10.1

Liabilities equivalent to the transfer of foreign reserves

| 10.2 | Liabilities related to the issuance of ECB debt certificates |
| --- | --- |

10.2

Liabilities related to the issuance of ECB debt certificates

| 10.3 | Net liabilities related to the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem |
| --- | --- |

10.3

Net liabilities related to the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem

| 10.4 | Other liabilities within the Eurosystem (net) |
| --- | --- |

10.4

Other liabilities within the Eurosystem (net)

| 11. | Items in course of settlement |
| --- | --- |

11.

Items in course of settlement

| 12. | Other liabilities |
| --- | --- |

12.

Other liabilities

| 12.1 | Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences |
| --- | --- |

12.1

Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences

| 12.2 | Accruals and income collected in advance |
| --- | --- |

12.2

Accruals and income collected in advance

| 12.3 | Sundry |
| --- | --- |

12.3

Sundry

| 13. | Provisions |
| --- | --- |

13.

Provisions

| 14. | Revaluation accounts |
| --- | --- |

14.

Revaluation accounts

| 15. | Capital and reserves |
| --- | --- |

15.

Capital and reserves

| 15.1 | Capital |
| --- | --- |

15.1

Capital

| 15.2 | Reserves |
| --- | --- |

15.2

Reserves

| 16. | Profit for the year |
| --- | --- |

16.

Profit for the year

Total assets

Total liabilities

Totals/sub-totals may not add up, due to rounding.

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(*1)  Items to be harmonised. See recital 5 of this Guideline.

(1)  Disclosure relating to euro banknotes in circulation, remuneration of net intra-Eurosystem claims/liabilities resulting from the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem, and monetary income should be harmonised in NCBs’ published annual financial statements. The items to be harmonised are indicated with an asterisk in Annexes IV, VIII and IX.

(2)  Central banks may alternatively publish exact euro amounts, or amounts rounded in a different manner.

(3)  The table of assets may also be published above the table of liabilities.

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ANNEX IX

Published profit and loss account of a central bank
   (1)
   (2)

| (EUR million) |
| --- |
| Profit and loss account for the year ending 31 December ... | Reporting year | Previous year |
| 1.1. | Interest income
   (*1) |

(EUR million)

Profit and loss account for the year ending 31 December ...

Reporting year

Previous year

1.1.

| 1.2. | Interest expense
   (*1) |
| --- | --- |

1.2.

| 1. | Net interest income |
| --- | --- |

1.

Net interest income

| 2.1. | Realised gains/losses arising from financial operations |
| --- | --- |

2.1.

| 2.2. | Write-downs on financial assets and positions |
| --- | --- |

2.2.

| 2.3. | Transfer to/from provisions for foreign exchange rate, interest rate, credit and gold price risks |
| --- | --- |

2.3.

| 2. | Net result of financial operations, write-downs and risk provisions |
| --- | --- |

2.

Net result of financial operations, write-downs and risk provisions

| 3.1. | Fees and commissions income |
| --- | --- |

3.1.

| 3.2. | Fees and commissions expense |
| --- | --- |

3.2.

| 3. | Net income/expense from fees and commissions |
| --- | --- |

3.

Net income/expense from fees and commissions

| 4. | Income from equity shares and participating interests (*1) |
| --- | --- |

4.

Income from equity shares and participating interests (*1)

| 5. | Net result of pooling of monetary income (*1) |
| --- | --- |

5.

Net result of pooling of monetary income (*1)

| 6. | Other income |
| --- | --- |

6.

Other income

Total net income

| 7. | Staff costs (4) |
| --- | --- |

7.

Staff costs (4)

| 8. | Administrative expenses (4) |
| --- | --- |

8.

Administrative expenses (4)

| 9. | Depreciation of tangible and intangible fixed assets |
| --- | --- |

9.

Depreciation of tangible and intangible fixed assets

| 10. | Banknote production services (5) |
| --- | --- |

10.

Banknote production services (5)

| 11. | Other expenses |
| --- | --- |

11.

Other expenses

| 12. | Income tax and other government charges on income |
| --- | --- |

12.

Income tax and other government charges on income

(Loss)/profit for the year

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(*1)  Items to be harmonised. See recital 5 of this Guideline.

(1)  The profit and loss account of the ECB takes a slightly different format. See Annex III to Decision ECB/2010/21.

(2)  Disclosure relating to euro banknotes in circulation, remuneration of net intra-Eurosystem claims/liabilities resulting from the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem, and monetary income should be harmonised in NCBs’ published annual financial statements. The items to be harmonised are indicated with an asterisk in Annexes IV, VIII and IX.

(3)  Central banks may alternatively publish exact euro amounts, or amounts rounded in a different manner.

(4)  Including administrative provisions.

(5)  This item is used in the case of outsourced banknote production (for the cost of the services provided by external companies in charge of the production of banknotes on behalf of the central banks). It is recommended that the costs incurred in connection with the issue of both national banknotes and euro banknotes should be taken to the profit and loss account as they are invoiced or otherwise incurred.

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ANNEX X

Repealed Guideline with list of its successive amendments

| Guideline ECB/2006/16 | OJ L 348, 11.12.2006, p. 1. |
| --- | --- |
| Guideline ECB/2007/20 | OJ L 42, 16.2.2008, p. 85. |
| Guideline ECB/2008/21 | OJ L 36, 5.2.2009, p. 46. |
| Guideline ECB/2009/18 | OJ L 202, 4.8.2009, p. 65. |
| Guideline ECB/2009/28 | OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 75. |

Guideline ECB/2006/16

OJ L 348, 11.12.2006, p. 1.

Guideline ECB/2007/20

OJ L 42, 16.2.2008, p. 85.

Guideline ECB/2008/21

OJ L 36, 5.2.2009, p. 46.

Guideline ECB/2009/18

OJ L 202, 4.8.2009, p. 65.

Guideline ECB/2009/28

OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 75.

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ANNEX XI

CORRELATION TABLE

| Guideline ECB/2006/16 | This Guideline |
| --- | --- |
| — | Article 10 |
| Article 9a | Article 11 |
| Article 10 | Article 12 |
| Article 11 | Article 13 |
| Article 12 | Article 14 |
| Article 13 | Article 15 |
| Article 14 | Article 16 |
| Article 15 | Article 17 |
| Article 16 | Article 18 |
| Article 17 | Article 19 |
| Article 18 | Article 20 |
| Article 19 | Article 21 |
| Article 20 | Article 22 |
| Article 21 | Article 23 |
| Article 22 | Article 24 |
| Article 23 | Article 25 |
| Article 24 | Article 26 |
| Article 25 | Article 27 |
| Article 26 | Article 28 |
| Article 27 | Article 29 |

Guideline ECB/2006/16

This Guideline

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Article 10

Article 9a

Article 11

Article 10

Article 12

Article 11

Article 13

Article 12

Article 14

Article 13

Article 15

Article 14

Article 16

Article 15

Article 17

Article 16

Article 18

Article 17

Article 19

Article 18

Article 20

Article 19

Article 21

Article 20

Article 22

Article 21

Article 23

Article 22

Article 24

Article 23

Article 25

Article 24

Article 26

Article 25

Article 27

Article 26

Article 28

Article 27

Article 29

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