Decision (EU) 2015/811 of the European Central Bank of 27 March 2015 on public access to European Central Bank documents in the possession of the national competent authorities (ECB/2015/16)

For the purposes of this Decision: (1) ‘document’ and ‘ECB document’ shall mean any content whatever its medium (written on paper or stored in electronic form or as a sound, visual or audiovisual recording) drawn up or held by the ECB and relating to its policies, activities or decisions under Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013; (2) ‘national competent authority’ (NCA) shall have the meaning assigned to it in point (2) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013. This meaning is without prejudice to arrangements under national law that assign certain supervisory tasks to a national central bank (NCB) that is not designated as an NCA. With regard to such arrangements, a reference to an NCA in this Decision shall also refer to the NCB in respect of the supervisory tasks assigned to it by national law.

Where an NCA receives a request for an ECB document in its possession, the NCA shall consult the ECB on the scope of access to be granted, prior to taking a decision on disclosure, unless it is clear that the document shall or shall not be disclosed. Alternatively, the NCA may refer the request to the ECB.

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification to the addressees.

This Decision is addressed to the NCAs.