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EN Official Journal of the European Union C 401/3

Special Report No 26/2016

‘Making cross-compliance more effective and achieving simplification remains challenging’

(2016/C 401/03)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 26/2016 ‘Making cross-compliance more effective and achieving simplification remains challenging’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu or on EU Bookshop: https://bookshop.europa.eu
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 10/8

Special Report No 30/2016

‘The effectiveness of EU support to priority sectors in Honduras’

(2017/C 10/03)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 30/2016 ‘The effectiveness of EU support to priority sectors in Honduras’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu or on EU Bookshop: https://bookshop.europa.eu
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 58/6

Special Report No 1/2017

‘More efforts needed to implement the Natura 2000 network to its full potential’

(2017/C 58/06)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 1/2017 ‘More efforts needed to implement the Natura 2000 network to its full potential’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu or on EU Bookshop: https://bookshop.europa.eu
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 333/7

Special Report No 13/2017

‘A single European rail traffic management system: will the political choice ever become reality?’

(2017/C 333/05)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 13/2017 ‘A single European rail traffic management system: will the political choice ever become reality?’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 132/7

Special Report No 6/2017

‘EU response to the refugee crisis: the “hotspot” approach’

(2017/C 132/03)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 6/2017 ‘EU response to the refugee crisis: the “hotspot” approach’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 82/3

Special Report No 5/2018

‘Renewable energy for sustainable rural development: significant potential synergies, but mostly unrealised’

(2018/C 82/03)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 5/2018 ‘Renewable energy for sustainable rural development: significant potential synergies, but mostly unrealised’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu
Official Journal of the European Union

Special Report No 32/2018

‘European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa: Flexible but lacking focus’

(2018/C 444/08)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 32/2018 ‘European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa: Flexible but lacking focus’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu.
Special Report No 17/2018

‘Commission's and Member States’ actions in the last years of the 2007-2013 programmes tackled low absorption but had insufficient focus on results'

(2018/C 329/02)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 17/2018 ‘Commission's and Member States’ actions in the last years of the 2007-2013 programmes tackled low absorption but had insufficient focus on results' has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors' website: http://eca.europa.eu
Official Journal of the European Union

Special Report No 03/2019

‘European Fund for Strategic Investments: Action needed to make EFSI a full success’

(2019/C 38/07)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 03/2019 ‘European Fund for Strategic Investments: Action needed to make EFSI a full success’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu
Official Journal of the European Union

Special Report No 20/2019

‘EU information systems supporting border control — a strong tool, but more focus needed on timely and complete data’

(2019/C 395/05)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 20/2019 ‘EU information systems supporting border control — a strong tool, but more focus needed on timely and complete data’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu
Special Report No 12/2019

E-commerce: many of the challenges of collecting VAT and customs duties remain to be resolved

(2019/C 241/08)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 12/2019, ‘E-commerce: many of the challenges of collecting VAT and customs duties remain to be resolved’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu
Official Journal of the European Union

Special Report No 01/2020

‘EU action on Ecodesign and Energy Labelling: important contribution to greater energy efficiency reduced by significant delays and non-compliance’

(2020/C 18/02)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 01/2020 ‘EU action on Ecodesign and Energy Labelling: important contribution to greater energy efficiency reduced by significant delays and non-compliance’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu
Official Journal of the European Union

Special Report 14/2020

‘EU development aid to Kenya’

(2020/C 301/11)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report 14/2020 ‘EU development aid to Kenya’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu
Official Journal of the European Union

Special Report 09/2020

The EU core road network: shorter travel times but network not yet fully functional

(2020/C 133/09)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report 09/2020 The EU core road network: shorter travel times but network not yet fully functional has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu
Official Journal of the European Union

Special report No 25/2021

ESF support to combat long-term unemployment: Measures need to be better targeted, tailored and monitored

(2021/C 497/07)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that special report No 25/2021

ESF support to combat long-term unemployment: ‘Measures need to be better targeted, tailored and monitored’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ Internet: http://eca.europa.eu
Official Journal of the European Union

Special report 17/2021

EU readmission cooperation with third countries:

relevant actions yielded limited results

(2021/C 372/04)

The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that special report 17/2021 ‘EU readmission cooperation with third countries: relevant actions yielded limited results’ has just been published.

The report can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the European Court of Auditors’ website: http://eca.europa.eu.
Official Journal of the European Union

Special report No 7/2022:

‘SME internationalisation instruments – a large number of support actions but not fully coherent or coordinated’

(2022/C 201/05)

The European Court of Auditors has published its special report No 7/2022: ‘SME internationalisation instruments – a large number of support actions but not fully coherent or coordinated’.

The report can be consulted directly or downloaded at the European Court of Auditors’ Internet: https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocItem.aspx?did=61072
Official Journal of the European Union

Special report 24/2022: ‘e-Government actions targeting businesses – Commission’s actions implemented, but availability of e-services still varies across the EU’

(2022/C 467/04)

The European Court of Auditors has published its special report 24/2022: ‘e-Government actions targeting businesses – Commission’s actions implemented, but availability of e-services still varies across the EU’.

The report can be consulted directly or downloaded at the European Court of Auditors’ website: https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocItem.aspx?did=62438
Official Journal of the European Union

Special report 17/2022

‘External consultants at the European Commission – Scope for reform’

(2022/C 255/06)

The European Court of Auditors has published its special report 17/2022: ‘External consultants at the European Commission – Scope for reform’.

The report can be consulted directly or downloaded at the European Court of Auditors’ website: https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocItem.aspx?did=61461
EUROPEAN MONETARY INSTITUTE
TEMPORARY POSTAL ADDRESS: CH-4002 BASLE (CENTRALBAHNPLATZ 2)
TELEPHONE: 061-280 80 80 TELEX: 962 487 TELEFAX: 061-280 91 00
061-280 81 00THE PRESIDENT Basle, 16th March 1994
Our ref: CON/94/2
Mr. W. Kok
Minister of Finance
Korte Voorhout 7
Postbus 20201
NL-2500 EE 's Gravenhage
The Netherlands
Dear Minister,
Re: Consultation under Article 109f(6) of the Treaty on European Union and Article  5.3 of the
Statute of the EMI regarding a draft Act of exchange offices
I write with reference to your letter dated 16th February 1994 regarding an Act which is
currently being drafted in respect of the activities of exchange offices.
As far a s the competence of the EMI to deal with this consultation is concerned, I consider
that this is established under Article  1, section  1, second indent, of Council Decision 93/717/EC by the
fact that the draft Act attributes a new supervisory task to De Nederlandsche Bank in combination with
the fact that the aim of the draft Act - protecting the integrity of the financial markets and, more
particularly, discouraging money laundering - is covered by the "stability of the financial markets" as
mentioned in the same Article in the fifth indent.
With regard to the content of the draft Act, it does not give rise to any issues which, from
the EMI's point of view, should be brought to your attention. The EMI recognises that the draft Act
contributes to a development to which the Community attaches importance: discouraging money
laundering (see also Directive 91/308/EEC on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the
purpose of money laundering). The attribution of the supervision of exchange offices to
De Nederlandsche Bank is in line with practice in at least some Member States and does not infringe the
Treaty on European Union or its underlying principles. Finally, the elaboration of the supervision of
exchange offices as contained in the draft Act does not give rise to any issues which should be addressed
here.
- 2 -
Please note that the EMI does not have any objections towards this note being made public,
in particular to other parties involved in the legislative process.
Yours sincerely,
[signed]
A. Lamfalussy
7 October 1994 
OPINION OF THE EM1 COUNCIL 
ON THE ERM FLUCTUATION BANDS 
1. On 2nd August 1993, the Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors jointly 
took the decision to widen the ERM fluctuation bands for compulsory intervention to 
15 % while leaving central parities unchanged. Experience since then indicates that the 
wider band has helped to achieve a sustainable degree of exchange rate stability in the 
ERM. It has done so by deterring speculative attacks on 
ERM 
currencies, thereby 
preventing large exchange rate depreciations or excessive exchange market intervention 
and their potentially inflationary consequences. In the light of this experience and in the 
current circumstances, the EM1 Council considers it advisable to maintain the present 
arrangements. 
2. At the same time the EM1 Council recommends that member countries should 
continue to aim at avoiding significant exchange rate fluctuations by gearing their 
policies to the achievement of price stability and the reduction of fiscal deficits, thereby 
contributing to the fulfilment of the requirements set out in Article 109j (1) of the 
Treaty and the relevant Protocol.
OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN MONETARY INSTITUTE
at the request of the Dutch Ministry of Finance under Article 109f (6) of the Treaty
establishing the European Community (the “Treaty”), Article 5.3 of the Statute of the EMI
and Council Decision 93/717/EC of 22 November 1993,
concerning a draft law on redenomination of debt (the “Draft Law”)
(CON/98/19)
1. On 31 March 1998, the EMI received a request, dated 17 March 1998, from the Dutch Minister
of Finance for an opinion on the Draft Law.
2. The EMI’s com petence to deliver an opinion is based on Article 1.1, first indent, of the Council
Decision (93/717/EC) of 22 November 1993 on the consultation of the EMI by the authorities of
the Member States on draft legislative provisions, as the Draft Law deals with currency law.
3. The Draft Law aims at laying down and implementing the modalities of the redenomination of
(public and private) debt securities governed by the Dutch Law. The method used is the
rounding of debt to one of the two nearest whole euro units. In case of rounding down, a sum in
cash for the difference is payable to the holder [which will remain interest-bearing].
4. The EMI welcomes the approach chosen by the Draft Law. The Draft Law is instrumental to a
deeper and broader financial integration in the euro zone, as redenomination of debt will both
provide for more liquid markets and make the life of market practitioners easier, in particular
when national denominations will disappear from the secondary markets of highly traded debt
securities. The EMI has, finally, no comments to make regarding specific provisions of the Draft
Law.
The EMI confirms that it has no objection to this opinion being made public by the competent Dutch
authorities at their discretion.
17 April 1998
OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 19 November 1999
at the request of the Bank of Greece on a draft legislative proposal amending 
Article 8, paragraph 5, and Articles 9 a nd 13 of the Statute of the Bank of Greece
[CON/99/18 ]
1. On 9 November 1999 the European Central Ba nk (ECB) received a request from the Bank of
Greece for an ECB Opinion on a draft legislative proposal amending Article 8, paragraph 5, and
Articles 9 and 13 of the Statute of the Bank of Greece.
2. The ECBs competence to deliver an opinion is based on Article 2 of the Council Decision
(98/415/EC) of 29 June 1998 on the consultation of  the ECB by national authorities regarding
draft legislative provisions, as the draft legisl ative proposal contains pr ovisions concerning a
national central bank. In accordance with Article 17.5, first sentence, of the Rules of Procedure
of the European Central Bank, this ECB Opini on has been adopted by the Governing Council of
the ECB. 
3. Article 8, paragraph 5, of the draft legislative pr oposal stipulates that the State may increase its
participation in the share capital of the Ba nk of Greece from 10% to 35%. There are no
objections to such a provision from the ECBs point of view.
4. Article 9 of the draft legislative proposal empowers the General Council of the Bank of Greece
to decide upon the stock split and determine the nominal value of the new shares. As the Bankof Greece is a public company limited by shares, it is subject to the provisions of law2190/1920, as amended, with regard to the divi sion of competence concerning matters of
company law. According to the provisions of  the above-mentioned law on public companies
limited by shares, the shareholders meeting is  competent to decide upon the stock split. The
draft legislative proposal empowers the Genera l Council of the Bank of Greece to decide upon
such split. Given the need for immediate action in the event of rapid financial changes, it is
understood that the delegation of the power to  decide upon the split to the more flexible
General Council is a matter of convenience and practicality. Furthermore, there are no
objections to this provision from the ECBs perspective.
5. Article 13 of the draft legislative proposal empowers the General Council of the Bank of
Greece to decide upon the minimum number of shares  that entitles shareholders to participate in
the meeting at which the split is decided. The ECB has no objection to this provision.
4. The ECB confirms that it has no objection to this ECB Opinion being made public by the
competent national authorities at their discretion.
Done at Frankfurt am Main on 19 November 1999.
The President of the ECB
[signed]
Willem F. Duisenberg
OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 24 February 2000
at the request of the Ministry  for Finance of the Netherlands
on a draft Order in Council on the closure of De Nederlandsche Bank on 5 May 2000
(CON/00/05)
1. On 2 February 2000 the European Central Bank (ECB) received a request from the Ministry for
Finance of the Netherlands for an ECB Opinion on a draft Order in Council concerning the closure ofDe Nederlandsche Bank on 5 May 2000.
2. The ECB’s competence to deliver an opinion is based on Article 105 (4), second indent, of the Treaty
establishing the European Community and Article 2 (1), third indent, of Council Decision (EC) No.98/415 of 29 June 1998 on the consultation of the European Central Bank by national authoritiesregarding draft legislative provisions, as the draft Order in Council concerns the closure of thenational central bank. In accordance with Article 17.5, first sentence, of the Rules of Procedure of theEuropean Central Bank, this ECB Opinion has been adopted by the Governing Council of the ECB.This ECB Opinion is based on an unofficial translation of the official Dutch proposal. 
3. The closure of De Nederlandsche Bank on 5 May 2000 will be based on Section 1 (2) of the Order in
Council dated 27 July 1998 concerning the establishment of rules relating to the exchange,withdrawal and cancellation of banknotes by De Nederlandsche Bank, and the information to beprovided to the public on this subject. This Order in Council is, in turn, based on Section 27 (3) of theBank Act 1998. The effect of the draft Order in Council is that on 5 May 2000 - which is a nationalholiday - the general public will not be able to exchange banknotes at any offices of DeNederlandsche Bank. It is important to note, however, that De Nederlandsche Bank's TOP paymentssystem, and the link to the TARGET system of the European System of Central Banks, will not beclosed on the said date.
4. The ECB welcomes this consultation regarding the draft Order in Council. The ECB does not foresee
any practical or operational problems arising from the intended closure of the offices of DeNederlandsche Bank and therefore has no objections to this draft Order in Council.
Page 2 of 25. The ECB confirms that it has no objections to this ECB Opinion being made public by the competent
national authorities at their discretion.
Done at Frankfurt am Main on 24 February 2000.
The President of the ECB
[signed]
Willem F. Duisenberg
14.

The ECB welcomes the major improvements planned for services statistics, in particular the introduction of an output price index. This index will provide a valuable component for euro area price analysis, and will also help to improve the quality of growth estimates in the national accounts. Given that the PEEI publication target for the output price index is not later than two months after the reporting quarter, the ECB suggests the alignment of the required transmission deadline in the proposed regulation (three months) with the more appropriate PEEI publication target. Moreover, the proposed regulation will set a date up until which the list of service activities covered by output price statistics may be modified (Annex, Part D). As entirely new statistics are being developed this restriction may be counterproductive. The coverage of services output prices statistics should be modifiable when needed, according to changing information requirements. The ECB would therefore suggest deleting the deadline.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 55/63

OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 27 February 2006

concerning the proposal for a Council regulation laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards the temporal coverage of price collection in the harmonised index of consumer prices

(CON/2006/13)

(2006/C 55/30)

On 24 February 2006 the European Central Bank (ECB) received a request from the Council of the European Union for an opinion on a proposal for a Council regulation laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 of 23 October 1995 concerning harmonized indices of consumer prices (the ‘HICP Regulation’) (1) as regards the temporal coverage of price collection in the harmonised index of consumer prices (the ‘proposed regulation’).

The ECB's competence to deliver an opinion is based on the first indent of Article 105(4) of the Treaty establishing the European Community and on Article 5(3) of the HICP Regulation. In accordance with the first sentence of Article 17.5 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Central Bank, the Governing Council has adopted this opinion.

1. The objective of the proposed regulation is to establish minimum standards for price collection periods within each month in order to improve the comparability of the harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICPs) across Member States and the reliability of the euro area HICP. Because price collection periods differ across Member States, for some items covered by the HICPs short-term variations of prices within a month may lead to significant differences in estimated price changes. The ECB welcomes the proposed regulation which requires that price collections take place across at least one working week, at or near the middle of the month, and across more than one working week for products that are known to show sharp and irregular price changes within a month. These minimum standards represent a compromise between the need for harmonising price collection across Member States, on the one hand, and the costs involved in changing existing price collection practices, on the other.

2. The requirement that products which show volatile prices shall be collected ‘over a period of more than one working week’, allows Member States some leeway in the implementation of this proposed provision. Close monitoring of the effectiveness of the implementation of the proposed regulation, in this respect, is therefore warranted.

3. The ECB understands that the proposed regulation shall not preclude the release of provisional HICP or HICP flash estimates and shall not affect the current release timetable for the euro area HICP.

4. The ECB agrees with the proposed implementation from January 2007 onwards, given that no systematic effects on measured annual or monthly price changes are expected. Therefore, it is not expected that the revision of back-data will be necessary.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 27 February 2006. The President of the ECB Jean-Claude TRICHET

(1) OJ L 257, 27.10.1995, p. 1.