Decision (EU) 2023/2796 of the European Central Bank of 4 December 2023 amending Decision (EU) 2022/1981 on the use of services of the European System of Central Banks by competent authorities (ECB/2022/33) (ECB/2023/30)

1 Competent authorities that use ESCB services shall contribute to 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.

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.