Agreement of 13 November 2014 between the European Central Bank and the national central banks of the Member States outside the euro area amending the Agreement of 16 March 2006 between the European Central Bank and the national central banks of the Member States outside the euro area laying down the operating procedures for an exchange rate mechanism in stage three of Economic and Monetary Union
Date: 2014-11-13
Institutions: European Central Bank, Non-euro area Member States: Denmark, Greece, Sweden, United Kingdom
Subjects: Croatia, European Central Bank, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Sweden, United Kingdom, agreement (EU), central bank, euro area, exchange rate, third stage of EMU








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21.2.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 64/1





AGREEMENT
of 13 November 2014
between the European Central Bank and the national central banks of the Member States outside the euro area amending the Agreement of 16 March 2006 between the European Central Bank and the national central banks of the Member States outside the euro area laying down the operating procedures for an exchange rate mechanism in stage three of Economic and Monetary Union
(2015/C 64/01)






1.








Българска народна банка (Bulgarian National Bank)





1, Knyaz Alexander I Sq.




1000 София/Sofia




БЪЛГАРИЯ/BULGARIA










Česká národní banka





Na Příkopě 28




115 03 Praha 1




ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA










Danmarks Nationalbank





Havnegade 5




1093 København K




DANMARK










Hrvatska narodna banka





Trg hrvatskih velikana 3




HR-10002 Zagreb




HRVATSKA










Lietuvos bankas





Gedimino pr. 6




LT-01103 Vilnius




LIETUVA/LITHUANIA










Magyar Nemzeti Bank





Budapest




Szabadság tér 8/9




1054




MAGYARORSZÁG/HUNGARY










Narodowy Bank Polski





ul. Świętokrzyska 11/21




00-919 Warszawa




POLSKA/POLAND










Banca Naţională a României





Strada Lipscani nr. 25, sector 3




030031 București




ROMÂNIA










Sveriges Riksbank





Brunkebergstorg 11




SE-103 37 Stockholm




SVERIGE










Bank of England





Threadneedle Street




London EC2R 8AH




UNITED KINGDOM








and






2.


European Central Bank (ECB)




(hereinafter the ‘Parties’)
Whereas:






1.


The European Council in its Resolution of 16 June 1997 (hereinafter the ‘Resolution’) agreed to set up an exchange rate mechanism (hereinafter ‘ERM II’) when the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union began on 1 January 1999.










2.


Under the terms of the Resolution, ERM II is designed to help ensure that non-euro area Member States participating in ERM II orient their policies to stability, foster convergence and thereby help the non-euro area Member States in their efforts to adopt the euro.










3.


Lithuania, as a Member State with a derogation, has participated in ERM II since 2004. Lietuvos bankas is a party to the Agreement of 16 March 2006 between the European Central Bank and the national central banks of the Member States outside the euro area laying down the operating procedures for an exchange rate mechanism in stage three of Economic and Monetary Union (1), as amended by the Agreement of 21 December 2006 (2), by the Agreement of 14 December 2007 (3), by the Agreement of 8 December 2008 (4), by the Agreement of 13 December 2010 (5), by the Agreement of 21 June 2013 (6) and by the Agreement of 6 December 2013 (7) (hereinafter collectively referred to as the ‘ERM II Central Bank Agreement’).










4.


Pursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2014/509/EU of 23 July 2014 on the adoption by Lithuania of the euro on 1 January 2015 (8) the derogation in favour of Lithuania referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession is abrogated with effect from 1 January 2015. The euro will be Lithuania's currency from 1 January 2015 and Lietuvos bankas should no longer be party to the ERM II Central Bank Agreement from that date.










5.


It is therefore necessary to amend the ERM II Central Bank Agreement to take account of the abrogation of the derogation in favour of Lithuania,




HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Amendment to the ERM II Central Bank Agreement in view of the abrogation of Lithuania's derogation
Lietuvos bankas shall no longer be party to the ERM II Central Bank Agreement from 1 January 2015.
Article 2
Replacement of Annex II to the ERM II Central Bank Agreement
Annex II to the ERM II Central Bank Agreement is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Agreement.
Article 3
Final provisions
1.   This Agreement amends the ERM II Central Bank Agreement with effect from 1 January 2015.
2.   This Agreement shall be drawn up in English and duly signed by the Parties' authorised representatives. The ECB, which shall retain the original Agreement, shall send a certified copy of the original Agreement to each euro area and non-euro area national central bank. The Agreement shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 13 November 2014.

For

Българска народна банка (Bulgarian National Bank)

…


For

Česká národní banka

…


For

Danmarks Nationalbank

…


For

Hrvatska narodna banka

…


For

Lietuvos bankas

…


For

the Magyar Nemzeti Bank

…


For

Narodowy Bank Polski

…


For

Banca Naţională a României

…


For

Sveriges Riksbank

…


For

the Bank of England

…


For

the European Central Bank

…




(1)  OJ C 73, 25.3.2006, p. 21.

(2)  OJ C 14, 20.1.2007, p. 6.

(3)  OJ C 319, 29.12.2007, p. 7.

(4)  OJ C 16, 22.1.2009, p. 10.

(5)  OJ C 5, 8.1.2011, p. 3.

(6)  OJ C 187, 29.6.2013, p. 1.

(7)  OJ C 17, 21.1.2014, p. 1.

(8)  OJ L 228, 31.7.2014, p. 29.


ANNEX

CEILINGS ON ACCESS TO THE VERY SHORT-TERM FINANCING FACILITY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 8, 10 AND 11 OF THE ERM II CENTRAL BANK AGREEMENT


with effect from 1 January 2015







(EUR million)




Central banks party to this Agreement


Ceilings (1)





Българска народна банка (Bulgarian National Bank)


530




Česká národní banka


780




Danmarks Nationalbank


740




Hrvatska narodna banka


450




Magyar Nemzeti Bank


700




Narodowy Bank Polski


1 940




Banca Naţională a României


1 110




Sveriges Riksbank


1 000




Bank of England


4 750




European Central Bank


nil













Euro area national central banks


Ceilings




Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique


nil




Deutsche Bundesbank


nil




Eesti Pank


nil




Central Bank of Ireland


nil




Bank of Greece


nil




Banco de España


nil




Banque de France


nil




Banca d’Italia


nil




Central Bank of Cyprus


nil




Latvijas Banka


nil




Lietuvos bankas


nil




Banque centrale du Luxembourg


nil




Central Bank of Malta


nil




De Nederlandsche Bank


nil




Oesterreichische Nationalbank


nil




Banco de Portugal


nil




Banka Slovenije


nil




Národná banka Slovenska


nil




Suomen Pankki


nil






(1)  The amounts indicated are notional for central banks which do not participate in ERM II.