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The European Central Bank

The European Central Bank was established on 1 June 1998.

It has legal personality and is fully independent of national and Community institutions.

The ECB ensures the smooth running of the Economic and Monetary Union by managing the European System of Central Banks (ESCB).

Its primary objective is to maintain price stability by defining the monetary policy of the "euro area" so as to preserve the value of the euro.

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• Preparatory acts
• Other acts

Legislative instruments

• 12008E338
  

  Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union - PART SEVEN: GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS - Article 338 (ex Article 285 TEC)

  Official Journal 115 , 09/05/2008 P. 0192 - 0192

• 32004D0002
  

  2004/257/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 19 February 2004 adopting the Rules of Procedure of the European Central Bank (ECB/2004/2)

  Official Journal L 080 , 18/03/2004 P. 0033 - 0041

• 32004D0012(01)
  

  2004/526/EC:Decision of the European Central Bank of 17 June 2004 adopting the Rules of Procedure of the General Council of the European Central Bank (ECB/2004/12)

  Official Journal L 230 , 30/06/2004 P. 0061 - 0063

  Official Journal L 267 , 12/10/2005 P. 0015 - 0017

• 32003H0518
  

  Council Recommendation of 15 July 2003 on the appointment of the President of the European Central Bank

  Official Journal L 181 , 19/07/2003 P. 0045 - 0045

• 32010D0223
  

  2010/223/: Decision of the European Council of 26 March 2010 appointing the Vice-President of the European Central Bank

  Official Journal L 099 , 21/04/2010 P. 0007 - 0007

• 32000R1009
  

  Council Regulation (EC) No 1009/2000 of 8 May 2000 concerning capital increases of the European Central Bank

  Official Journal L 115 , 16/05/2000 P. 0001 - 0001

• 32001D0006(01)
  

  2001/566/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 5 July 2001 amending Decision ECB/1998/4 on the adoption of the conditions of employment of staff of the European Central Bank (ECB/2001/6)

  Official Journal L 201 , 26/07/2001 P. 0025 - 0025

• 32000D0007(01)
  

  Decision of the European Central Bank of 12 October 1999 concerning the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB/1999/7)

  Official Journal L 314 , 08/12/1999 P. 0034 - 0035

• 22007A0116(01)
  

  Memorandum of Understanding amending the Memorandum of Understanding on a Code of Conduct for the members of the Governing Council

  Official Journal C 010 , 16/01/2007 P. 0006 - 0007

• 32008D0028(01)
  

  2009/58/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 15 December 2008 laying down the measures necessary for the paying-up of the European Central Bank’s capital by the non-participating national central banks (ECB/2008/28)

  Official Journal L 021 , 24/01/2009 P. 0081 - 0082

• 32008D0027(01)
  

  2009/57/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 12 December 2008 laying down the measures necessary for the contribution to the European Central Bank’s accumulated equity value and for adjusting the national central banks’ claims equivalent to the transferred foreign reserve assets (ECB/2008/27)

  Official Journal L 021 , 24/01/2009 P. 0077 - 0080

• 32008D0025(01)
  

  2009/55/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 12 December 2008 laying down the terms and conditions for transfers of the European Central Bank’s capital shares between the national central banks and for the adjustment of the paid-up capital (ECB/2008/25)

  Official Journal L 021 , 24/01/2009 P. 0071 - 0074

• 32008D0023(01)
  

  2009/53/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 12 December 2008 on the national central banks’ percentage shares in the key for subscription to the European Central Bank’s capital (ECB/2008/23)

  Official Journal L 021 , 24/01/2009 P. 0066 - 0068

• 32008D0571
  

  2008/571/EC: Council Decision of 8 July 2008 amending Decision 98/481/EC approving the external auditors of the European Central Bank

  Official Journal L 183 , 11/07/2008 P. 0034 - 0034

• 32009O0020
  

  Guideline of the European Central Bank of 31 July 2009 on government finance statistics (recast) (ECB/2009/20)

  Official Journal L 228 , 01/09/2009 P. 0025 - 0045

• 32004D0003(01)
  

  2004/258/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 4 March 2004 on public access to European Central Bank documents (ECB/2004/3)

  Official Journal L 080 , 18/03/2004 P. 0042 - 0044

• 32010O0002
  

  Guideline of the European Central Bank of 21 April 2010 on TARGET2-Securities (ECB/2010/2)

  Official Journal L 118 , 12/05/2010 P. 0065 - 0080

• 32009D0016(01)
  

  2009/522/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 2 July 2009 on the implementation of the covered bond purchase programme (ECB/2009/16)

  Official Journal L 175 , 04/07/2009 P. 0018 - 0019

• 32003D0014(01)
  

  2003/797/EC: Decision of the European Central Bank of 7 November 2003 concerning the administration of the borrowing-and-lending operations concluded by the European Community under the medium-term financial assistance facility (ECB/2003/14)

  Official Journal L 297 , 15/11/2003 P. 0035 - 0036

• 32003O0012
  

  Guideline of the European Central Bank of 23 October 2003 for participating Member States' transactions with their foreign exchange working balances pursuant to Article 31.3 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (ECB/2003/12)

  Official Journal L 283 , 31/10/2003 P. 0081 - 0086

Preparatory acts

• 52010XB0423(01)
  

  Part 0 of the ECB Staff Rules containing the Ethics Framework (This text cancels and replaces the text published in Official Journal C 92 of 16.4.2004, p. 31 )

  Official Journal C 104 , 23/04/2010 P. 0003 - 0007

• 52010XB0423(02)
  

  Supplementary Code of Ethics Criteria for the members of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (in accordance with Article 11.3 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Central Bank)

  Official Journal C 104 , 23/04/2010 P. 0008 - 0009

• 52010TA0209(01)
  

  Report on the audit of the operational efficiency of the management of the European Central Bank for the 2007 financial year together with the replies of the European Central Bank

  Official Journal C 032 , 09/02/2010 P. 0001 - 0016

• 52009PC0500
  

  Proposal for a Council Decision entrusting the European Central Bank with specific tasks concerning the functioning of the European Systemic Risk Board {COM(2009) 499 final} {COM(2009) 501 final} {COM(2009) 502 final} {COM(2009) 503 final} {SEC(2009) 1234} {SEC(2009) 1235}

• 52007TA1221(01)
  

  Report on the audit of the operational efficiency of the management of the European Central Bank for the 2005 financial year together with the replies of the European Central Bank

  Official Journal C 313 , 21/12/2007 P. 0001 - 0005

• 52007HB0004
  

  Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 31 May 2007 amending Recommendation ECB/2004/16 on the statistical reporting requirements of the European Central Bank in the field of balance of payments and international investment position statistics, and the international reserves template (ECB/2007/4)

  Official Journal C 136 , 20/06/2007 P. 0006 - 0020

• 51998HB0011
  

  Recommendation of the European Central Bank for a Council Regulation (EC) concerning the limits and conditions for capital increases of the European Central Bank (ECB/1998/11)

  Official Journal C 411 , 31/12/1998 P. 0010 - 0010

Other acts

• C2010/143/08
  

  Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 1,00 % on 1 June 2010 — Euro exchange rates

  Official Journal C 143 , 02/06/2010 P. 0027 - 0027

• 52002XB0524(01)
  

  Code of Conduct for the members of the Governing Council

  Official Journal C 123 , 24/05/2002 P. 0009 - 0010

• 52001XB0308(01)
  

  Code of Conduct of the European Central Bank in accordance with Article 11.3 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Central Bank

  Official Journal C 076 , 08/03/2001 P. 0012 - 0015

• 52001XB0308(02)
  

  European Central Bank - Part 1.2 of the ECB Staff Rules containing the rules on professional conduct and professional secrecy

  Official Journal C 076 , 08/03/2001 P. 0015 - 0018

• 52004XB0416(01)
  

  Part 1.2 of the ECB Staff Rules containing the rules on professional conduct and professional secrecy

  Official Journal C 092 , 16/04/2004 P. 0031 - 0034

• 42006D0371
  

  2006/371/EC: Decision taken by common accord of the Governments of the Member States having the euro as their currency at the level of Heads of State or Government of 19 May 2006 appointing a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank

  Official Journal L 136 , 24/05/2006 P. 0041 - 0041

  Official Journal L 294 , 25/10/2006 P. 0130 - 0130

• 62005W0015
  

  Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Full Court) of 24 June 2008.

  Carlos Andres and Others v European Central Bank (ECB).

  Public service - Remuneration.

  Case F-15/05.

  European Court reports 2008 Page 00000

• 62005B0295
  

  Order of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 5 September 2007.

  Document Security Systems, Inc. v European Central Bank (ECB).

  Monetary Union - Issue of euro banknotes - Alleged use of a patented invention designed to prevent counterfeiting - Action for infringement of a European patent - Lack of jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance - Inadmissibility - Action for damages.

  Case T-295/05.

  European Court reports 2007 Page II-02835

• 92000E4055
  

  WRITTEN QUESTION E-4055/00 by Raffaele Costa (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Central European Bank: how much do its directors earn?.

  Official Journal 174 E , 19/06/2001 P. 0222 - 0223