Decision (EU) 2023/2795 of the European Central Bank of 4 December 2023 amending Decision (EU) 2022/1982 on the use of services of the European System of Central Banks by competent authorities and by cooperating authorities (ECB/2022/34) (ECB/2023/29)

1 Participating central banks and participating competent authorities shall bear the costs of developing and operating the respective ESCB service in accordance with a defined reimbursement framework, which is based on a cost allocation key, as further specified in the respective financial envelopes following the applicable reimbursement rules. Where relevant, cooperating authorities shall contribute to the costs of the respective ESCB service in accordance with a specific reimbursement framework.

2 By derogation from paragraph 1, competent authorities that use the Centralised Securities Database (CSDB) and/or the Securities Holdings Statistics Database (SHSDB) shall not be required to contribute to the costs of developing and operating the CSDB and/or the SHSDB, as applicable, where those costs are incurred before 1 July 2023 for the SHSDB and before 1 January 2024 for the CSDB, respectively.’

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