Decision (EU) 2021/874 of the European Central Bank of 26 May 2021 amending Decision (EU) 2019/1743 on the remuneration of holdings of excess reserves and of certain deposits (ECB/2021/25)

1 Accounts maintained with the ECB in accordance with Decision ECB/2003/14 of the European Central Bank , Decision ECB/2010/31 of the European Central Bank , Decision ECB/2010/17 of the European Central Bank and Council Regulation (EU) 2020/672 shall continue to be remunerated at the deposit facility rate. However, when deposits need to be held in those accounts in advance of the date on which a payment must be made in accordance with the legal or contractual rules applicable to the relevant facility, such deposits shall be remunerated during this advance period at zero per cent or the deposit facility rate, whichever is higher.

2 The dedicated account maintained with the ECB in accordance with Article 13(2) of Commission Implementing Decision C(2021) 2502 final of 14 April 2021 establishing the necessary arrangements for the administration of the borrowing operations under Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 and for the lending operations related to loans granted in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council for the purposes of prudential cash holdings as referred to in that Article shall be remunerated at zero per cent or the deposit facility rate, whichever is higher, except where the aggregate amount of deposits held in that dedicated account exceeds EUR 20 billion, in which case the amount in excess shall be remunerated at the deposit facility rate.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.