General Council of the European Central Bank

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decision-making body organ of the European Central Bank

The General Council of the European Central Bank is one of the ECB’s main decision-making bodies, bringing together the ECB President, Vice-President, and the governors of all EU national central banks to coordinate monetary and exchange-rate policies within the European System of Central Banks.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
General Council of the European Central Bank canonical	6
Vice-President of the European Central Bank	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	decision-making body ⓘ organ of the European Central Bank ⓘ
chairedBy	President of the European Central Bank ⓘ
composedOf	President of the European Central Bank ⓘ Vice-President of the European Central Bank ⓘ governors of the national central banks of all European Union Member States ⓘ
deputyChair	Vice-President of the European Central Bank ⓘ
establishedBy	Maastricht Treaty 1992 ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Maastricht
establishedIn	1998 ⓘ
governs	European System of Central Banks ⓘ surface form: European System of Central Banks (in conjunction with other ECB bodies)
hasFunction	advises on the conditions for euro adoption by Member States with a derogation ⓘ collects statistical information ⓘ contributes to the ECB’s advisory functions ⓘ contributes to the ECB’s annual report ⓘ contributes to the harmonisation of rules and practices governing the collection, compilation and distribution of statistics in the ESCB ⓘ contributes to the reporting of the ECB’s annual accounts ⓘ monitors the functioning of the exchange-rate mechanism (ERM II) ⓘ prepares for the irrevocable fixing of exchange rates of Member States with a derogation ⓘ
hasRole	coordination of exchange-rate policies within the European System of Central Banks ⓘ coordination of monetary policies within the European System of Central Banks ⓘ decision-making body of the European Central Bank ⓘ
languagePolicy	uses official languages of the European Union ⓘ
legalBasis	Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank ⓘ Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
locatedIn	Frankfurt am Main ⓘ Germany ⓘ
meetsAt	ECB Main Building, Frankfurt ⓘ surface form: ECB premises in Frankfurt am Main
meetsFrequency	at least quarterly ⓘ
membershipIncludes	central bank governors of euro area Member States ⓘ central bank governors of non-euro area EU Member States ⓘ
partOf	European Central Bank ⓘ European System of Central Banks ⓘ
relatedBody	Executive Board of the European Central Bank ⓘ Governing Council of the European Central Bank ⓘ
reportsTo	European Central Bank ⓘ
scope	Member States of the European Union ⓘ surface form: European Union Member States
status	transitional body of the European System of Central Banks ⓘ
website	https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/orga/generalgc/html/index.en.html ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Central Bank → governingBody → General Council of the European Central Bank ⓘ

European Systemic Risk Board (before Brexit-related changes) → votingMembersInclude → General Council of the European Central Bank ⓘ

subject surface form: European Systemic Risk Board

this entity surface form: Vice-President of the European Central Bank

European System of Central Banks → governingBody → General Council of the European Central Bank ⓘ

Ignazio Visco → memberOf → General Council of the European Central Bank ⓘ

European Central Bank President (as invited) → chairs → General Council of the European Central Bank ⓘ

subject surface form: European Central Bank President

Klaas Knot → memberOf → General Council of the European Central Bank ⓘ

Vice-President of the European Central Bank → participatesIn → General Council of the European Central Bank ⓘ