CELEX: 32009D0022(01)
Language: mt
Date: 2009-10-06 00:00:00
Title: 2009/768/KE: Deċiżjoni tal-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew tas- 6 ta’ Ottubru 2009 li temenda d-Deċiżjoni BĊE/2007/7 dwar il-kundizzjonijiet tat-TARGET2-BĊE (BĊE/2009/22)

20.10.2009   
               
               
                  MT
               
               
                  Il-Ġurnal Uffiċjali tal-Unjoni Ewropea
               
               
                  L 274/38
               
            DEĊIŻJONI TAL-BANK ĊENTRALI EWROPEW
      tas-6 ta’ Ottubru 2009
      li temenda d-Deċiżjoni BĊE/2007/7 dwar il-kundizzjonijiet tat-TARGET2-BĊE
      (BĊE/2009/22)
      (2009/768/KE)
      IL-BORD EŻEKUTTIV TAL-BANK ĊENTRALI EWROPEW,
      Wara li kkunsidra t-Trattat li jistabbilixxi l-Komunità Ewropea, partikolarment l-ewwel u r-raba’ inċiżi tal-Artikolu 105 tiegħu,
      Wara li kkunsidra l-Istatut tas-Sistema Ewropea tal-Banek Ċentrali u tal-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew, b’mod partikolari l-Artikolu 11.6 u l-Artikoli 17, 22 u 23 tiegħu,
      Billi:
      
                  (1)
               
               
                  Il-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew (BĊE) jipparteċipa fit-TARGET2 biex jipproċessal-ħlasijiet tiegħu u l-ħlasijiet tal-klijenti tiegħu fit-TARGET2, u biex jipprovdi permezz tat-TARGET2 servizzi ta’ settlement lil organizzazzjonijiet tal-ikklerjar u settlement, inkluż entitajiet stabbiliti barra ż-Żona Ekonomika Ewropea (ŻEE), iżda għandhom ikunu ssorveljati minn awtorità kompetenti u l-aċċess tagħhom għat-TARGET2-BĊE jkun appruvat mill-Kunsill Governattiv.
               
            
                  (2)
               
               
                  Il-Bord Eżekuttiv tal-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew (BĊE) adotta d-Deċiżjoni BĊE/2007/7 tal-24 ta’ Lulju 2007 dwar il-kundizzjonijiet tat-TARGET2-BĊE. (1)
                  
               
            
                  (3)
               
               
                  Għandhom isiru emendi għad-Deċiżjoni BĊE/2007/7: (a) minħabba l-ħarġa l-ġdida tal-Pjattaforma Mqassma Waħda; (b) biex jiġu kkjarifikati l-prinċipji tal-post tas-sorveljanza speċifika li l-entitajiet li joffru servizzi fl-euro huma meħtieġa li jikkonformaw magħhom; (c) biex jiġi rifless numru ta’ titjib tekniku u editorjali u kjarifikazzjonijiet; u (d) biex jitħassru dispożizzjonijiet dwar il-migrazzjoni lejn it-TARGET2 li ma japplikawx iktar,
               
            IDDEĊIEDA KIF ĠEJ:
      Artikolu 1
      L-Artikolu 1(1)(c) tad-Deċiżjoni BĊE/2007/7 jinbidel b’dan li ġej:
      
                  “(c)
               
               
                  servizzi ta’ settlement ta’ provvista lil entitajiet li jimmaniġġjaw sistemi anċillari, inklużi entitajiet stabbiliti barra l-ŻEE, iżda m’għandhomx ikunu suġġetti għas-sorveljanza minn awtorità kompetenti, għandhom jikkonformaw mar-rekwiżiti tas-sorveljanza għall-post tal-infrastrutturi li joffru servizzi fl-euro, kif inhuma emendati minn żmien għal żmien u ppubblikati fuq is-sit elettroniku tal-BĊE (*), u l-aċċess tagħhom għat-TARGET2-BĊE ikun ġie approvat mill-Kunsill Governattiv.
               
            Artikolu 2
      L-Anness mad-Deċiżjoni BĊE/2007/7 huwa emendat skont l-Anness ma’ din id-Deċiżjoni.
      Artikolu 3
      Dħul fis-seħħ
      1.   L-Artikolu 1 ta’ din id-Deċiżjoni u l-paragrafi 1(a) u 2 tal-Anness ta’ din id-Deċiżjoni għandha tidħol fis-seħħ fit-23 ta’ Ottubru 2009.
      2.   Id-dispożizzjonijiet l-oħrajn ta’ din id-Deċiżjoni għandhom jidħlu fis-seħħ fit-23 ta’ Novembru 2009.
      
         Magħmul fi Frankfurt am Main, is-6 ta’ Ottubru 2009.
         
            
               Il-President tal-BĊE
            
            Jean-Claude TRICHET
         
      
      
         (1)  ĠU L 237, 8.9.2007, p. 71.
      
         ANNESS
         L-Anness tad-Deċiżjoni BĊE/2007/7 huwa emendat kif ġej:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     L-Artikolu 1 huwa emendat kif ġej:
                     
                                 (a)
                              
                              
                                 Id-definizzjoni ta’ “sistema anċillari” tinbidel b’dan li ġej:
                                 
                                             “—
                                          
                                          
                                             ‘ancillary system (AS)’ means a system managed by an entity that is subject to supervision and/or oversight by a competent authority and complies with the oversight requirements for the location of infrastructures offering services in euro, as amended from time to time and published on the ECB website (*), in which payments and/or financial instruments are exchanged and/or cleared while the resulting monetary obligations are settled in TARGET2 in accordance with Guideline ECB/2007/2 and a bilateral arrangement between the ancillary system and the relevant CB,”.
                                          
                                       
                                    (*)  The Eurosystem’s current policy for the location of infrastructure is set out in the following statements, which are all available on the ECB website at www.ecb.europa.eu: (a) the ‘Policy statement on euro payment and settlement systems located outside the euro area’ of 3 November 1998; (b) ‘The Eurosystem’s policy line with regard to consolidation in central counterparty clearing’ of 27 September 2001; (c) ‘The Eurosystem policy principles on the location and operation of infrastructures settling in euro-denominated payment transactions’ of 19 July 2007; and (d) ‘The Eurosystem policy principles on the location and operation of infrastructures settling euro-denominated payment transactions: specification of “legally and operationally located in the euro area” ’ of 20 November 2008."
						
                              
                           
                                 (b)
                              
                              
                                 Id-definizzjoni ta’ “Banking Directive” titħassar.
                              
                           
                                 (c)
                              
                              
                                 Id-definizzjoni ta’ “technical malfunction of TARGET2” fl-Artikolu 1 jinbidel kif ġej:
                                 
                                             “—
                                          
                                          
                                             ‘technical malfunction of TARGET2’ means any difficulty, defect or failure in the technical infrastructure and/or the kompjuter systems used by TARGET2-ECB, or any other event that makes it impossible to execute and complete the same-day processing of payments in TARGET2-ECB.”
                                          
                                       
                           
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     L-Artikolu 4 jinbidel b’dan li ġej:
                     “Artikolu 4
                     Il-kriterji tal-aċċess
                     Entities managing ancillary systems (including entities established outside the EEA) and acting in that capacity, whose access to TARGET2-ECB has been approved by the Governing Council, shall be the only entities that are eligible for participation in TARGET2-ECB.”
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     L-Artikolu 7 huwa emendat kif ġej:
                     Il-paragrafu 2 jinbidel kif ġej:
                     “2.   Unless otherwise requested by the participant, its BIC(s) shall be published in the TARGET2 directory.”
                     Jiżdied il-paragrafu 5 li ġej:
                     “5.   Participants acknowledge that the ECB and other CBs may publish participants’ names and BICs.”
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     L-Artikolu 10(1) jinbidel kif ġej:
                     “1.   The ECB shall open and operate at least one PM account for each participant. Upon request by a participant acting as a settlement bank, the ECB shall open one or more sub-accounts in TARGET2-ECB to be used for dedicating liquidity.”
                  
               
                     (5)
                  
                  
                     Jiddaħħal l-Artikolu 12(3):
                     “3.   The SSP determines the timestamp for the processing of payment orders on the basis of the time when it receives and accepts the payment order.”
                  
               
                     (6)
                  
                  
                     L-Artikolu 13 jinbidel kif ġej:
                     “Article 13
                     Priority rules
                     1.   Instructing participants shall designate every payment order as one of the following:
                     
                                 (a)
                              
                              
                                 normal payment order (priority class 2);
                              
                           
                                 (b)
                              
                              
                                 urgent payment order (priority class 1); or
                              
                           
                                 (c)
                              
                              
                                 highly urgent payment order (priority class 0).
                              
                           If a payment order does not indicate the priority, it shall be treated as a normal payment order.
                     2.   Highly urgent payment orders may only be designated by:
                     
                                 (a)
                              
                              
                                 CBs; and
                              
                           
                                 (b)
                              
                              
                                 participants, in cases of payments to and from CLS International Bank and liquidity transfers in relation to ancillary system settlement using the Ancillary System Interface.
                              
                           All payment instructions submitted by an ancillary system through the Ancillary System Interface to debit or credit the participants’ PM accounts shall be deemed to be highly urgent payment orders.
                     3.   Liquidity transfer orders initiated via the ICM are urgent payment orders.
                     4.   In the case of urgent and normal payment orders, the payer may change the priority via the ICM with immediate effect. It shall not be possible to change the priority of a highly urgent payment order.”
                  
               
                     (7)
                  
                  
                     L-Artikolu 15(4) jinbidel kif ġej:
                     “4.   After receipt of the reservation request the ECB shall check whether the amount of liquidity on the participant’s PM account is sufficient for the reservation. If this is not the case, only the liquidity available on the PM account shall be reserved. The remainder of the requested liquidity shall be reserved if additional liquidity becomes available.”
                  
               
                     (8)
                  
                  
                     Jiddaħħal l-Artikolu 15a li ġej:
                     “Article 15a
                     Standing instructions for liquidity reservation and dedication of liquidity
                     1.   Participants may predefine the default amount of liquidity reserved for highly urgent or urgent payment orders via the ICM. Such standing instruction or a change to such instruction shall take effect from the next business day.
                     2.   Participants may predefine via the ICM the default amount of liquidity set aside for ancillary system settlement. Such standing instruction or a change to such instruction shall take effect from the next business day. Participants shall be deemed to have instructed the ECB to dedicate liquidity on their behalf if the relevant ancillary system so requests.”
                  
               
                     (9)
                  
                  
                     L-Artikolu 19 jinbidel kif ġej:
                     “Article 19
                     Settlement and return of queued payment orders
                     1.   Payment orders that are not settled immediately in the entry disposition shall be placed in the queues in accordance with the priority to which they were designated by the relevant participant, as referred to in Article 13.
                     2.   To optimise the settlement of queued payment orders, the ECB may use the optimisation procedures described in Appendix I.
                     3.   Except for highly urgent payment orders, the payer may change the queue position of payment orders in a queue (i.e. reorder them) via the ICM. Payment orders may be moved either to the front or to the end of the respective queue with immediate effect at any time during daytime processing, as referred to in Appendix V.
                     4.   At the request of a payer, the ECB may decide to change the queue position of a highly urgent payment order (except for highly urgent payment orders in the context of settlement procedures 5 and 6) provided that this change would not affect the smooth settlement by ancillary systems in TARGET2 or would not otherwise give rise to systemic risk.
                     5.   Liquidity transfer orders initiated in the ICM shall be immediately returned as non-settled if there is insufficient liquidity. Other payment orders shall be returned as non-settled if they cannot be settled by the cut-off times for the relevant message type, as specified in Appendix V.”
                  
               
                     (10)
                  
                  
                     Fl- Artikolu 31, il-paragrafi 2 u 3 jinbidlu kif ġej:
                     “2.   The ECB shall freeze the balance on the sub-account of the participant upon communication by the ancillary system (via a ‘start-of-cycle’ message). Where applicable, the ECB shall thereafter increase or reduce the frozen balance by crediting or debiting cross-system settlement payments to or from the sub-account or crediting liquidity transfers to the sub-account or crediting liquidity transfers to the sub-account. Such freezing shall expire upon communication by the ancillary system (via an ‘end-of-cycle’ message).
                     3.   By confirming the freezing of the balance on the participant’s sub-account, the ECB guarantees to the ancillary system payment up to the amount of this particular balance. By confirming, where applicable, the increase or reduction of the frozen balance upon crediting or debiting cross-system settlement payments to or from the sub-account or crediting liquidity transfers to the sub-account, the guarantee is automatically increased or reduced in the amount of the payment. Without prejudice to the abovementioned increase or reduction of the guarantee, the guarantee shall be irrevocable, unconditional and payable on first demand. If the ECB is not the ancillary system’s CB, the ECB shall be deemed instructed to issue the abovementioned guarantee to the ancillary system’s CB.”
                  
               L-Appendiċi I hija emendata kif ġej:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     Il-paragrafu 2 huwa emendat kif ġej:
                     
                                 (a)
                              
                              
                                 It-tabella fis-subparagrafu 1 tinbidel kif ġej:
                                 
                                             “Message Type
                                          
                                          
                                             Type of use
                                          
                                          
                                             Description
                                          
                                       
                                             MT 103
                                          
                                          
                                             Mandatory
                                          
                                          
                                             Customer payment
                                          
                                       
                                             MT 103+
                                          
                                          
                                             Mandatory
                                          
                                          
                                             Customer payment (Straight Through Processing)
                                          
                                       
                                             MT 202
                                          
                                          
                                             Mandatory
                                          
                                          
                                             Bank-to-bank payment
                                          
                                       
                                             MT 202COV
                                          
                                          
                                             Mandatory
                                          
                                          
                                             Cover payments
                                          
                                       
                                             MT 204
                                          
                                          
                                             Optional
                                          
                                          
                                             Direct debit payment
                                          
                                       
                                             MT 011
                                          
                                          
                                             Optional
                                          
                                          
                                             Delivery notification
                                          
                                       
                                             MT 012
                                          
                                          
                                             Optional
                                          
                                          
                                             Sender notification
                                          
                                       
                                             MT 019
                                          
                                          
                                             Mandatory
                                          
                                          
                                             Abort notification
                                          
                                       
                                             MT 900
                                          
                                          
                                             Optional
                                          
                                          
                                             Confirmation of debit
                                          
                                       
                                             MT 910
                                          
                                          
                                             Optional
                                          
                                          
                                             Confirmation of credit
                                          
                                       
                                             MT 940/950
                                          
                                          
                                             Optional
                                          
                                          
                                             (Customer) statement message”
                                          
                                       
                           
                                 (b)
                              
                              
                                 Jiżdied is-subparagrafu 5 li ġej:
                                 
                                             “(5)
                                          
                                          
                                             MT 202COV messages shall be used for making cover payments, i.e. payments made by correspondent banks to settle (cover) credit transfer messages which are submitted to a customer’s bank by other, more direct means. Customer details contained in MT 202COV shall not be displayed in the ICM.”
                                          
                                       
                           
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Il-paragrafu 8 huwa emendat kif ġej:
                     Is-subparagrafu 4(b) jinbidel kif ġej:
                     “(b)   User-to-application mode (U2 A)
                     
                     U2 A permits direct communication between a participant and the ICM. The information is displayed in a browser running on a PC system (SWIFT Alliance WebStation or another interface, as may be required by SWIFT). For U2 A access the IT infrastructure has to be able to support cookies and JavaScript. Further details are described in the ICM User Handbook.”
                     Is-subparagrafu 5 jinbidel kif ġej:
                     
                                 “(5)
                              
                              
                                 Each participant shall have at least one SWIFT Alliance WebStation, or another interface, as may be required by SWIFT, to have access to the ICM via U2 A.”
                              
                           
               L-Appendiċi II hija emendata kif ġej:
         Il-paragrafu 2(a) jinbidel kif ġej:
         
            
                        “(a)
                     
                     
                        A payer may submit a claim for an administration fee and interest compensation if, due to a technical malfunction of TARGET2, a payment order was not settled on the business day on which it was accepted.”
                     
                  
         L-Appendiċi III hija emendata kif ġej:
         Fit-termini ta’ referenza għall-opinjonijiet tal-pajjiż għall-parteċipanti mhux taż-ŻEE fit-TARGET2, il-paragrafu 3.6.a jinbidel kif ġej:
         
            “3.6.a   Assignment of rights or deposit of assets for collateral purposes, pledge and/or repo
            
            Assignments for collateral purposes will be valid and enforceable under the laws of [jurisdiction]. Specifically, the creation and enforcement of a pledge or repo under the Rules will be valid and enforceable under the laws of [jurisdiction].”
         
         L-Appendiċi IV hija emendata kif ġej:
         Il-paragrafu 1(b) jinbidel kif ġej:
         
            
                        “(b)
                     
                     
                        All references to specific times in this Appendix are to the local time at the seat of the ECB, i.e. Central European Time (CET) (**).
                     
                  
         L-Appendiċi V hija emendata kif ġej:
         
            
               “Appendix V
               
                  OPERATING SCHEDULE
               
               
                        
                           1.
                        
                        
                           TARGET2 is open on all days, except Saturdays, Sundays, New Year’s Day, Good Friday and Easter Monday (according to the calendar applicable at the seat of the ECB), 1 May, Christmas Day and 26 December.
                        
                     
                        
                           2.
                        
                        
                           The reference time for the system is the local time at the seat of the ECB, i.e. CET or CEST.
                        
                     
                        
                           3.
                        
                        
                           The current business day is opened during the evening of the previous business day and operates to the following schedule:
                           
                                       Time
                                    
                                    
                                       Description
                                    
                                 
                                       6.45 - 7.00
                                    
                                    
                                       Business window to prepare daytime operations (***)
                                       
                                    
                                 
                                       7.00 - 18.00
                                    
                                    
                                       Daytime processing
                                    
                                 
                                       17.00
                                    
                                    
                                       Cut-off time for customer payments (i.e. payments where the originator and/or the beneficiary of a payment is not a direct or indirect participant as identified in the system by the use of an MT 103 or MT 103 + message)
                                    
                                 
                                       18.00
                                    
                                    
                                       Cut-off time for interbank payments (i.e. payments other than customer payments)
                                    
                                 
                                       18.00 – 18.45 (****)
                                       
                                    
                                    
                                       End-of-day processing
                                    
                                 
                                       18.15 (****)
                                       
                                    
                                    
                                       General cut-off time for the use of standing facilities
                                    
                                 
                                       (Shortly after) 18.30 (*****)
                                       
                                    
                                    
                                       Data for the update of accounting systems are available to CBs
                                    
                                 
                                       18.45 - 19.30 (*****)
                                       
                                    
                                    
                                       Start-of-day processing (new business day)
                                    
                                 
                                       19.00 (*****) - 19.30 (****)
                                       
                                    
                                    
                                       Provision of liquidity on the PM account
                                    
                                 
                                       19.30 (*****)
                                       
                                    
                                    
                                       ‘Start-of-procedure’ message and settlement of the standing orders to transfer liquidity from the PM accounts to the sub-account(s)/mirror account (ancillary system-related settlement)
                                    
                                 
                                       19.30 (*****) - 22.00
                                    
                                    
                                       Execution of additional liquidity transfers via the ICM before the ancillary system sends the ‘start-of-cycle’ message; settlement period of night-time ancillary system operations (only for ancillary system settlement procedure 6)
                                    
                                 
                                       22.00 - 1.00
                                    
                                    
                                       Technical maintenance period
                                    
                                 
                                       1.00 - 6.45
                                    
                                    
                                       Settlement procedure of night-time ancillary system operations (only for ancillary system settlement procedure 6)
                                    
                                 
                     
                        
                           4.
                        
                        
                           The ICM is available for liquidity transfers from 19.30 (1) until 18.00 the next day, except during the technical maintenance period from 22.00 until 1.00.
                        
                     
                        
                           5.
                        
                        
                           The operating hours may be changed in the event that business continuity measures are adopted in accordance with paragraph 5 of Appendix IV.
                        
                     
         
         
            (***)  Daytime operations means daytime processing and end-of-day processing.
         
            (****)  Ends 15 minutes later on the last day of the Eurosystem reserve maintenance period.
         
            (*****)  Starts 15 minutes later on the last day of the Eurosystem reserve maintenance period.