7.3.2015 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 64/6
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) 2015/373
of 5 March 2015
amending Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 concerning the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular to Article 5.4 thereof,
Having regard to the Recommendation of the European Central Bank (1),
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Commission (3),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 129(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in Article 41 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 (4) is a key component of the legal framework supporting the statistical information collection tasks of the European Central Bank (ECB) assisted by the national central banks. The ECB has consistently relied on that Regulation to carry out and monitor the coordinated collection of statistical information necessary to undertake the tasks of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), including the task of contributing to the smooth conduct of policies pursued by the competent authorities relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions and the stability of the financial system, as specified in Article 127(5) of the Treaty.
(2) Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 (5) confers on the ECB specific tasks concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions and the stability of the financial system within the Union and individual Member States.
(3) In order to minimise the reporting burden on reporting agents and to enable the proper performance of supervision of financial institutions, markets and infrastructures conferred on all competent authorities, as well as the proper performance of the tasks given to authorities responsible for the protection of the stability of the financial system, it is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 to enable the transmission and use, by ESCB members and the relevant authorities, of the statistical information collected by the ESCB. Those authorities should include the competent authorities responsible for the supervision of financial institutions, markets and infrastructures and macro-prudential oversight, the European Supervisory Authorities, the European Systemic Risk Board as well as authorities authorised to resolve credit institutions.
(4) This Regulation should not apply to confidential statistical information collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6),
Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 8(1):
(a) point (d) is replaced by the following:
‘(d) as regards the ECB and national central banks, if the said statistical information is used in the field of prudential supervision;’
(b) the following point is added:
‘(e) as regards national central banks in accordance with Article 14.4 of the Statute, for the exercise of functions other than those specified in the Statute.’
(2) in Article 8(4), point (a) is replaced by the following:
‘(a) to the extent and at the level of detail necessary for the performance of tasks of the ESCB referred to in the Treaty or tasks in the field of prudential supervision given to the members of the ESCB; or’
(3) in Article 8, the following paragraph is inserted:
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.