Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank

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EU primary law foundational legal framework of the European Union legal act governing central banking in the euro area protocol to the EU Treaties

The Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank is a foundational legal framework of the European Union that defines the structure, mandate, and operational rules of the ECB and national central banks in conducting monetary policy for the euro area.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
ESCB/ECB Statute	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	EU primary law ⓘ foundational legal framework of the European Union ⓘ legal act governing central banking in the euro area ⓘ protocol to the EU Treaties ⓘ
appliesTo	European Central Bank ⓘ European System of Central Banks ⓘ national central banks of EU Member States ⓘ
authorizes	European Central Bank to adopt regulations within its mandate ⓘ European Central Bank ⓘ surface form: European Central Bank to impose sanctions for non-compliance with its regulations
basedOn	Treaty on European Union ⓘ Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
defines	capital and financial provisions of the European Central Bank ⓘ decision-making bodies of the European Central Bank ⓘ mandate of the European Central Bank ⓘ monetary policy instruments of the European System of Central Banks ⓘ operational rules of national central banks in the euro area ⓘ operational rules of the European Central Bank ⓘ rules on accounting and auditing of the European Central Bank ⓘ rules on financial reporting of the European Central Bank ⓘ rules on foreign reserve management by the European Central Bank ⓘ rules on issuance of euro banknotes ⓘ rules on statistical information collection by the European System of Central Banks ⓘ structure of the European System of Central Banks ⓘ tasks of the European System of Central Banks ⓘ
establishes	independence of national central banks in the performance of ESCB tasks ⓘ independence of the European Central Bank ⓘ legal personality of the European Central Bank ⓘ primary objective of price stability for the ESCB ⓘ prohibition of monetary financing of public authorities ⓘ rules on allocation of monetary income among national central banks ⓘ rules on distribution of profits of the European Central Bank ⓘ
fullName	Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank self-link ⓘ
governs	collection and use of statistical data by the ESCB ⓘ conduct of monetary policy in the euro area ⓘ foreign-exchange operations of the ESCB ⓘ management of the official foreign reserves of the Member States by the ECB ⓘ operation of payment systems in the euro area ⓘ
language	all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
legalStatus	binding on all EU Member States ⓘ directly applicable in Member States ⓘ
objective	ensure price stability in the euro area ⓘ support general economic policies in the Union without prejudice to price stability ⓘ
partOf	European Union legal order ⓘ Treaty on European Union and Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union framework ⓘ
relatedTo	European Central Bank ⓘ European System of Central Banks ⓘ euro area monetary policy ⓘ
scope	euro area monetary policy framework ⓘ tasks of the ESCB in all EU Member States ⓘ
shortName	Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ESCB/ECB Statute

Referenced by (9)

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

Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank → fullName → Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank self-link ⓘ

Eurozone → governedBy → Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank ⓘ

Annual Report of the European Central Bank → legalBasis → Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank ⓘ

European Central Bank → legalBasis → Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank ⓘ

European System of Central Banks → legalBasis → Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank ⓘ

Eurosystem → legalBasis → Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank ⓘ

Executive Board of the European Central Bank → legalBasis → Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank ⓘ

Governing Council of the European Central Bank → legalBasis → Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank ⓘ

Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank → shortName → Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ESCB/ECB Statute