Commission Opinion of 3 October 2017 on the Recommendation of the European Central Bank for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Article 22 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank

The ECB and national central banks may provide facilities, and the ECB may make regulations, to ensure efficient and sound clearing and payment systems, and clearing systems for financial instruments, within the Union and with third countries.’

22.1 The ECB and national central banks may provide facilities, and the ECB may make regulations, to ensure efficient and sound clearing and payment systems within the Union and with third countries.

22.2 To achieve the objectives of the ESCB and to carry out its tasks, the ECB may make regulations regarding clearing systems for financial instruments within the Union and with third countries, consistent with acts adopted by the European Parliament and the Council and with measures adopted under such acts.’