CELEX: 32005D0012(02)
Language: en
Date: 2005-07-08 00:00:00
Title: 2005/832/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of  17 November 2005  amending Decision ECB/2002/11 on the annual accounts of the European Central Bank  (ECB/2005/12)

26.11.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 311/43
            
         
      DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
   
   of 17 November 2005
   amending Decision ECB/2002/11 on the annual accounts of the European Central Bank
   (ECB/2005/12)
   (2005/832/EC)
   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 26.2 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Taking into due consideration the nature of its activities, the European Central Bank (ECB) should be adequately covered against foreign exchange rate, interest rate and gold price risks. The ECB’s Governing Council may establish a provision for such risks in the balance sheet of the ECB.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Article 3(2) of Decision ECB/2005/11 of 17 November 2005 on the distribution of the income of the European Central Bank on euro banknotes in circulation to the national central banks of the participating Member States (1) establishes that the Governing Council may decide before the end of the financial year to transfer part or all of the ECB’s income on euro banknotes in circulation to a provision for foreign exchange rate, interest rate and gold price risks,
            
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   The following Article 6a is inserted in Chapter II of Decision ECB/2002/11 (2):
   
      ‘Article 6a
      Provision for foreign exchange rate, interest rate 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 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 2
   Final provision
   This Decision shall enter into force one day following its adoption.
   
      Done at Frankfurt am Main, 17 November 2005.
      
         
            The President of the ECB
         
         Jean-Claude TRICHET
         
      
   
   
      (1)  See page 41 of this Official Journal.
   
      (2)  OJ L 58, 3.3.2003, p. 38.