Guideline of the European Central Bank of 18 December 2006 amending Guideline ECB/2005/5 on the statistical reporting requirements of the European Central Bank and the procedures for exchanging statistical information within the European System of Central Banks in the field of government finance statistics (ECB/2006/27)
Date: 2006-12-18
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: EU Member State, European Central Bank, European System of Central Banks, derogation from EU law, disclosure of information, exchange of information, financial statistics

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(Resolutions, recommendations, guidelines and opinions)

GUIDELINES

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

GUIDELINE OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK

of 18 December 2006

amending Guideline ECB/2005/5 on the statistical reporting requirements of the European Central
Bank and the procedures for exchanging statistical information within the European System of
Central Banks in the field of government finance statistics

(ECB/2006/27)

(2007/C 17/01)

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, and in particular
Article 5.1 and 5.2, Articles 12.1 and 14.3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 8 of Guideline ECB/2005/5 of 17 February 2005
on the statistical reporting requirements of the European
Central Bank and the procedures for exchanging statis-
tical information within the European System of Central
Banks in the field of government finance statistics (1),
inter alia, provides that the Governing Council will on a
review the derogations granted to the
yearly basis
national central banks (NCBs) that are unable to comply
with the requirements laid down in Article 2 and Article
4(1) of the Guideline.

(2) Where derogations apply, Member States need sufficient
time to develop sources of the relevant data, and accord-
ingly the first date of transmission for such data needs to
be set at a point in time when it is expected that they
will be available.

of data for years prior to 1995. This change should not,
however, prevent those NCBs that have data for years
before 1995 from reporting them on a voluntary basis.

(4)

(5)

Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2006/495/EC
of 11 July 2006 in accordance with Article 122(2) of the
Treaty on the adoption by Slovenia of the single currency
on 1 January 2007 (2),
the derogation in favour of
Slovenia referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of
Accession (3)
from 1 January
2007.

is abrogated with effect

In accordance with Article 3.5 of the Rules of Procedure
of the European Central Bank, the Governor of Banka
Slovenije has been invited to attend the meeting of the
Governing Council adopting this Guideline,

HAS ADOPTED THIS GUIDELINE:

Article 1

Guideline ECB/2005/5 is amended as follows:

1. Article 2(2) is replaced by the following:

(3)

Article 2(2) of Guideline ECB/2005/5 requires the data to
be reported by the NCBs to the European Central Bank
(ECB) to cover the period from 1991 to the year to
which the transmission relates. The start date should now
be advanced to 1995, however, due to limited availability

The data shall cover the period from 1995 to the year

‘2.
to which the transmission relates (year t-1).’

2. Annex IV is replaced by the Annex to this Guideline.

(1) OJ L 109, 29.4.2005, p. 81. Guideline as amended by Guideline ECB/

2006/2 (OJ L 40, 11.2.2006, p. 32).

(2) OJ L 195, 15.7.2006, p. 25.
(3) OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33.

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This Guideline shall enter into force on 1 January 2007.

Article 2

Article 3

This Guideline is addressed to the NCBs of the Member States that have adopted the euro.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 18 December 2006.

For the Governing Council of the ECB

The President of the ECB

Jean-Claude TRICHET

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX IV

DEROGATIONS RELATED TO THE TIME SERIES LISTED IN ANNEX I, TABLES 1A TO 3B

Table/row

Description of the time series

First date of
transmission

GERMANY

2A.30

Foreign exchange holding gains and losses

October 2008

3A.13,14

Debt held by non-residents, breakdown

3A.23,25

Debt, breakdown by residual maturity of which variable interest rate

GREECE

3A.13,14

Debt held by non-residents, breakdown

October 2008

3A.20

Long-term debt of which variable interest rate

3A.21,22,23,24,25

Debt, breakdown by residual maturity

FRANCE

3A.13,14

Debt held by non-residents, breakdown

October 2008

IRELAND

3A.13,14

Debt held by non-residents, breakdown

October 2008

3A.31

ITALY

Debt-zero coupon bonds

3A.13,14

Debt held by non-residents, breakdown

October 2008

LUXEMBOURG (1)

2A.2

2A.3

Adjustment between financial and non-financial accounts

October 2008

Net transactions in financial assets and liabilities

2A.11,12

Transactions in shares and other equity, breakdown

2A.7,19

Transactions in financial assets and liabilities of which transactions in
financial derivatives

2A.13,22

Transactions in other financial assets and other liabilities

2A.29,30,31

Valuation effects on debt and breakdown

2A.32

Other changes in volume of debt

3A.12,13,14

Debt held by non-residents, breakdown

3A.21,22,23,24,25

Debt, breakdown by residual maturity

3A.30

Average residual maturity of debt

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Table/row

Description of the time series

First date of
transmission

NETHERLANDS

3A.13,14

AUSTRIA

Debt held by non-residents, breakdown

October 2008

2A.10,11,12

Transactions in shares and other equity, breakdown

October 2008

2A.25,26,27

Transactions in debt instruments, breakdown by currency in which they
are denominated

2A.29,30,31

Valuation effects on debt and breakdown

2A.32

3A.13,14

Other changes in volume of debt

Debt held by non-residents, breakdown

3A.15,16,17

Debt, breakdown by currency in which it is denominated

3A.20

Long-term debt of which variable interest rate

3A.21,22,23,24,25

Debt, breakdown by residual maturity

3A.30

3A.31

SLOVENIA (2)

Average residual maturity of debt

Debt-zero coupon bonds

1A.2, 3, 4, 5

Deficit by subsectors

October 2008

2A.10,11,12

Transactions in shares and other equity, breakdown

2A.24

Transactions in long-term debt instruments

2A.25,26,27

Transactions in debt instruments, breakdown by currency in which they
are denominated

2A.29,30,31

Valuation effects on debt and breakdown

2A.32

3A.13,14

3A.20

3A.30

3A.31

Other changes in volume of debt

Debt held by non-residents, breakdown

Long-term debt of which variable interest rate

Average residual maturity of debt

Debt-zero coupon bonds

(1) For items 2A.2, 3, 7, 13, 19, 22 the derogation only applies to data requested for the period from 1995 to 1998.
(2) Slovenia has a derogation for all data requested in Tables 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B of Annex I for the period from 1995 to 1998. For items
1A.2, 3, 4, 5 the derogation only applies to data requested for the period from 1995 to 1998. For items 2A.10,11,12,24 the deroga-
tion only applies to data requested for 1999.’