Guideline (EU) 2018/323 of the European Central Bank of 22 February 2018 amending Guideline ECB/2013/7 concerning statistics on holdings of securities (ECB/2018/8)

‘3 Notwithstanding the reporting requirement specified in paragraph 1, an NCB may decide that the group data reporting agents identified pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1011/2012 (ECB/2012/24) shall report the statistical information specified in Chapter 2 of Annex I of that Regulation to the ECB. In such case, the NCB shall inform the ECB and the reporting agents accordingly, whereupon the ECB shall define and implement the reporting arrangements to be followed by the reporting agents and take over the task of collecting the required data directly from the reporting agents.’;

‘3 Notwithstanding the reporting requirement specified in paragraph 1, an NCB may decide that the group data reporting agents identified pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1011/2012 (ECB/2012/24) shall report the statistical information specified in Chapter 2 of Annex I of that Regulation to the ECB. In such case, the NCB shall inform the ECB and the reporting agents accordingly, whereupon the ECB shall define and implement the reporting arrangements to be followed by the reporting agents and take over the task of collecting the required data directly from the reporting agents.’;

This Guideline shall take effect on the day of its notification to the NCBs of the Member States whose currency is the euro. The Eurosystem central banks shall comply with this Guideline from 1 October 2018.

This Guideline is addressed to all Eurosystem central banks.