Agreement of 21 December 2006 between the European Central Bank and the national central banks of the Member States outside the euro area amending the Agreement of 16 March 2006 between the European Central Bank and the national central banks of the Member States outside the euro area laying down the operating procedures for an exchange rate mechanism in stage three of economic and monetary union

Banka Slovenije shall no longer be party to the ERM II Central Bank Agreement with effect from 1 January 2007.

The Bulgarian National Bank and Banca Naţională a României shall become parties to the ERM II Central Bank Agreement with effect from 1 January 2007.

Annex II to the ERM II Central Bank Agreement is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Agreement.

4.1 This Agreement shall enter into force on 1 January 2007. 4.2 This Agreement shall be drawn up in the English and duly signed by the parties. The ECB, which is required to retain the original Agreement, shall send a certified copy thereof to each euro area and non-euro area NCB. The Agreement shall be translated into all other official Community languages and be published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.