Guideline (EU) 2020/496 of the European Central Bank of 19 March 2020 amending Guideline (EU) 2019/1265 on the euro short-term rate (€STR) (ECB/2020/15)

‘2a If an NCB has only one reporting agent resident in its Member State and does not operate a local collection platform, the ECB may with the prior agreement of that NCB carry out on its behalf the tasks that the NCB is required to carry out pursuant to Article 5(2) and that relate to the euro short-term rate determination process and post-production procedures. If the ECB carries out such tasks on behalf of an NCB, the ECB shall follow the business procedures referred to in Article 6(3).’;

‘1 Any person may submit to the ECB a written complaint about any aspect of the euro short-term rate determination process that they reasonably consider has significantly affected their interests. The complaint may be submitted either by post to European Central Bank, 60640 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, or electronically to [email protected].’.

This Guideline shall take effect on the day of its notification to the national central banks of the Member States whose currency is the euro.

This Guideline is addressed to all Eurosystem central banks.