ANNEX I

MONETARY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND STATISTICAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Introduction

The statistical system for the participating Member States covering the balance sheet of the monetary financial institution (MFI) sector comprises the two following main elements:

(a)	a list of MFIs for statistical purposes (see Part 1 for identification of certain MFIs); and

(b)	a specification of the statistical information reported by these MFIs at monthly, quarterly and annual frequency (see Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7).

For the purpose of obtaining complete information on the MFIs' balance sheets, it is also necessary to impose certain reporting requirements on other financial intermediaries except insurance corporations and pension funds (OFIs), when acting in the context of financial activities involving money market fund (MMF) shares/units. This statistical information is collected by the national central banks (NCBs) from the MFIs and from OFIs, in accordance with Part 2 and according to national arrangements relying on the harmonised definitions and classifications set out in Article 1 and Annex II.

The money stock includes notes and coins in circulation and other monetary liabilities (deposits and other financial instruments which are close substitutes for deposits) of MFIs. The counterparts to the money stock comprise all other items in the MFI balance sheet. The ECB also compiles financial transactions derived from the stocks and from other data, including revaluation adjustment data reported by MFIs (see Part 5).

The statistical information required by the ECB is summarised in Part 8.

PART 1

Identification of certain MFIs

Section 1: Identification of certain MFIs based on principles of substitutability of deposits

1.1.

Financial institutions other than credit institutions which issue financial instruments that are considered close substitutes for deposits are classified as MFIs provided that they meet the MFI definition in other respects. The classification is based on the criteria of substitutability of deposits (i.e. whether liabilities are classified as deposits) which is determined by their liquidity, combining characteristics of transferability, convertibility, certainty and marketability, and having regard, where appropriate, to their term of issue.

These criteria for the substitutability of deposits are also applied to determine whether liabilities should be classified as deposits, unless there is a separate category for such liabilities.

1.2.

For the purposes both of determining substitutability of deposits and classifying liabilities as deposits:

—	transferability refers to the possibility of mobilising funds placed in a financial instrument by using payment facilities, such as cheques, transfer orders, direct debits or similar means,

—	convertibility refers to the possibility and the cost of converting financial instruments into currency or transferable deposits; the loss of fiscal advantages in the case of such conversion may be considered a penalty that reduces the degree of liquidity,

—	certainty means knowing precisely in advance the capital value of a financial instrument in terms of national currency, and

—	securities quoted and traded regularly on an organised market are considered to be marketable. For shares in open-end collective investment undertakings, there is no market in the usual sense. Nevertheless, investors know the daily quotation of the shares and can withdraw funds at this price.

Section 2: Principles for identification of MMFs

2.1.

MMFs are defined as those collective investment undertakings (CIUs) the shares/units of which are, in terms of liquidity, close substitutes for deposits and which primarily invest in money market instruments and/or in MMF shares/units and/or in other transferable debt instruments with a residual maturity of up to and including one year, and/or in bank deposits, and/or which pursue a rate of return that approaches the interest rates of money market instruments. The criteria applied in order to identify MMFs are derived from the public prospectus as well as fund rules, instruments of incorporation, established statutes or by-laws, subscription documents or investment contracts, marketing documents, or any other statement with similar effects, of the CIUs.

The MMF itself or the person legally representing it ensures the provision of any information required to meet its statistical reporting requirements. Where necessary for practical reasons, the data may be effectively submitted by any of the entities that act in the context of financial activities involving MMF shares/units, such as depositories.

2.2.

For the purpose of defining MMFs:

—

‘CIUs’ means undertakings the sole object of which is the collective investment of capital raised from the public and the units of which are, at the request of the holders, repurchased or redeemed directly or indirectly out of the undertaking's assets. Such undertakings may be constituted according to law, either under the law of contract (as common funds managed by management companies), or trust law (as unit trusts), or under company law (as investment companies),

—

‘bank deposits’ means cash deposits made with credit institutions, repayable on demand or upon prior notice of up to three months, or at agreed maturities of up to two years, inclusive of sums paid to credit institutions in respect of a transfer of securities under repurchase agreements and securities lending,

—	‘close substitutability for deposits in terms of liquidity’ means the ability of units of CIUs, under normal market circumstances, to be repurchased, redeemed or transferred, at the request of the holder, where the liquidity of the units is comparable to the liquidity of deposits,

—	‘primarily’ means at least 85 % of the investment portfolio,

—

‘money market instruments’ means those classes of transferable debt instruments which are normally traded on the money market (for example, certificates of deposit, commercial paper and banker's acceptances, treasury and local authority bills) because of the following features:

(a)	liquidity, where they can be repurchased, redeemed or sold at limited cost, in terms of low fees and narrow bid/offer spread, and with very short settlement delay; and

(b)	market depth, where they are traded on a market which is able to absorb a large volume of transactions, with such trading of large amounts having a limited impact on their price; and

(c)	certainty in value, where their value can be accurately determined at any time or at least once a month; and

(d)	low interest risk, where they have a residual maturity of up to and including one year, or regular yield adjustments in line with money market conditions at least every 12 months; and

(e)

low credit risk, where such instruments are either:

(1)	admitted to an official listing on a stock exchange or traded on other regulated markets which operate regularly, are recognised and are open to the public; or

(2)	issued under regulations aimed at protecting investors and savings; or

(3)

issued by:

—

a central, regional or local authority, a central bank of a Member State, the EU, the ECB, the European Investment Bank, a non-Member State or, if the latter is a federal State, by one of the members making up the federation, or by a public international body to which one or more Member States belong,

—

an establishment subject to prudential supervision in accordance with criteria defined by Community law, or by an establishment which is subject to and complies with prudential rules considered by the competent authorities to be at least as stringent as those laid down by Community law, or guaranteed by any such establishment,

—	an undertaking the securities of which have been admitted to an official listing on a stock exchange or are traded on other regulated markets which operate regularly, are recognised and are open to the public.

PART 2

Balance sheet (monthly stocks)

To compile the monetary aggregates and counterparts for the territory of the participating Member States, the ECB requires the data in Table 1 as follows:

1. Instrument categories

(a) Liabilities

The relevant instrument categories are: currency in circulation, deposit liabilities, MMF shares/units issued, debt securities issued, capital and reserves and remaining liabilities. In order to separate monetary and non-monetary liabilities, deposit liabilities are also broken down into overnight deposits, deposits with agreed maturity, deposits redeemable at notice and repurchase agreements (repos). See definitions in Annex II.

(b) Assets

The relevant instrument categories are: cash, loans, securities other than shares, MMF shares/units, shares and other equity, fixed assets and remaining assets. See definitions in Annex II.

2. Breakdown by maturity

Original maturity cut-offs provide a substitute for instrument detail where financial instruments are not fully comparable between markets.

(a) Liabilities

The cut-off points for the maturity bands (or for periods of notice) are: for deposits with agreed maturity, at one year and two years' maturity at issue; and for deposits redeemable at notice, at three months' and two years' notice. Repos are not broken down by maturity as these are usually very short-term instruments (usually less than three months' maturity at issue). Debt securities issued by MFIs are broken down at one and two years. No maturity breakdown is required for shares/units issued by MMFs.

(b) Assets

The cut-off points for the maturity bands are: for MFI loans to residents (other than MFIs and general government) of the participating Member States by subsector and further for MFI loans to households by purpose, at one and five year maturity bands; and for MFI holdings of debt securities issued by other MFIs located in the participating Member States, at one and two year maturity bands to enable the inter-MFI holdings of this instrument to be netted off in the calculation of the monetary aggregates.

3. Breakdown by purpose and separate identification of loans to sole proprietors/unincorporated partnerships

Loans to households and non-profit institutions serving households are further broken down by loan purpose (credit for consumption, lending for house purchase, other lending). Within the category ‘other lending’, loans granted to sole proprietors/unincorporated partnerships are to be identified separately (see definitions of instrument categories in Part 2 of Annex II and definitions of sectors in Part 3 of Annex II). NCBs may waive the requirement of separate identification of loans to sole proprietors/unincorporated partnerships if such loans constitute less than 5 % of the participating Member State's total lending to households.

4. Breakdown by currency

For balance sheet items that may be used in the compilation of monetary aggregates, balances in euro must be identified separately so that the ECB has the option of defining monetary aggregates in terms of balances denominated in all currencies combined or in euro alone.

5. Breakdown by counterparties sector and residency

5.1.

The compilation of monetary aggregates and counterparts covering the participating Member States requires the identification of those counterparties located in the territory of the participating Member States that form the money-holding sector. For this purpose, non-MFI counterparties are divided, following ESA 95 (see Annex II, Part 3), into general government (S.13), with central government (S.1311) identified separately in total deposit liabilities, and other resident sectors. In order to calculate a monthly sector disaggregation of the monetary aggregates and credit counterparts, other resident sectors are further broken down by the following subsectors: other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124), insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125), non-financial corporations (S.11) and households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15). For sole proprietors/unincorporated partnerships see Section 3. With respect to total deposit liabilities and the deposit categories ‘deposits over two years agreed maturity’, ‘deposits redeemable at notice over two years’ and ‘repos’, an additional distinction is made between credit institutions, other MFI counterparties and central government for the purposes of the ECB's minimum reserve system.

5.2.	With respect to total deposit liabilities, deposit liabilities with maturity of up to two years and the asset category ‘securities other than shares’, an additional distinction is made for counterparties that are FVCs.

5.3.

Certain deposits/loans arising from repos/reverse repos or analogous operations with ‘other financial intermediaries (S.123) + financial auxiliaries (S.124)’ may relate to transactions with a central counterparty. A central counterparty is an entity that legally interposes itself between counterparties to contracts traded in financial markets, becoming the buyer to every seller and the seller to every buyer. Because such transactions are often substitutes for bilateral business among MFIs, an additional distinction is made within the deposit category ‘repurchase agreements’ with respect to business with these counterparties. Similarly, an additional distinction is made within the asset category ‘loans’ with respect to reverse repurchase agreements with these counterparties.

5.4.

Counterparties located in the domestic territory and in the other participating Member States are identified separately and treated in the same way in all statistical breakdowns. There is no requirement for a geographical breakdown of counterparties located outside the territory of the participating Member States. Counterparties located in the territory of the participating Member States are identified according to their domestic sector or institutional classification in accordance with the list of MFIs for statistical purposes and the ECB's Sector Manual (1), which follows classification principles that are consistent with the ESA 95 as far as possible.

5.5.

In the case of MMF shares/units issued by MFIs of the participating Member States, reporting agents report as a minimum data on the residency of the holders according to a domestic/other participating Member States/rest of the world breakdown to allow the exclusion of holdings of non-residents of the participating Member States. As regards registered shares/units, issuing MMFs or the persons legally representing them report data on the residency breakdown of the holders of their shares/units issued in the monthly balance sheet. As regards bearer shares/units, reporting agents report data on the residency breakdown of the holders of MMF shares/units in accordance with the approach decided by the relevant NCB in agreement with the ECB. This requirement is limited to one or a combination of the following options, to be selected having regard to the organisation of the relevant markets and the national legal arrangements in the Member State in question. This requirement will be periodically monitored by the NCB.

(a)

Issuing MMFs:

Issuing MMFs or the persons legally representing them report data on the residency breakdown of the holders of their shares/units issued. Such information may come from the agent distributing the shares/units or from any other entity involved in the issue, buy-back or transfer of the shares/units.

(b)

MFIs and OFIs as custodians of MMF shares/units:

As reporting agents, MFIs and OFIs acting as custodians of MMF shares/units report data on the residency breakdown of the holders of shares/units issued by resident MMFs and held in custody on behalf of the holder or of another intermediary also acting as a custodian. This option is applicable if (i) the custodian distinguishes MMF shares/units kept in custody on behalf of holders from those kept on behalf of other custodians; and (ii) most of the MMF shares/units are in the custody of domestic resident institutions that are classified as financial intermediaries (MFIs or OFIs).

(c)

MFIs and OFIs as reporters of transactions of residents with non-residents involving shares/units of a resident MMF:

As reporting agents, MFIs and OFIs acting as reporters of transactions of residents with non-residents involving shares/units of a resident MMF report data on the residency breakdown of the holders of shares/units issued by resident MMFs, which they trade on behalf of the holder or another intermediary also involved in the transaction. This option is applicable if (i) the reporting coverage is comprehensive, i.e. it covers substantially all of the transactions carried out by the reporting agents; (ii) accurate data on purchases and sales with non-residents of the participating Member States are provided; (iii) differences between issuing value and redemption value, excluding fees, of the same shares/units are minimal; and (iv) the amount of shares/units held by non-residents of the participating Member States issued by resident MMFs is low.

(d)	If options (a) to (c) do not apply, the reporting agents, including MFIs and OFIs, report the relevant data on the basis of available information.

Table 1

Monthly stocks (2)

BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

Domestic

B.	Other participating Member States

C.	Rest of the world

D.	Not allocated

MFIs (4)

Non-MFIs

MFIs (4)

Non-MFIs

Total

Banks

Non-Banks

Credit institutions

of which: credit institutions subject to RRs, ECB and NCBs

General government (S.13)

Other resident sectors

Credit institutions

of which: credit institutions subject to RRs, ECB and NCBs

General government (S.13)

Other resident sectors

Central Government (S.1311)

Other general government

Total

Other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124)

Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

Non-financial corporations (S.11)

Households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15)

Central Government (S.1311)

Other general government

Total

Other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124)

Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

Non-financial corporations (S.11)

Households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15)

of which: CCP (5)

of which: FVCs

of which: CCP (5)

of which: FVCs

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

(k)

(l)

(m)

(n)

(o)

(p)

(q)

(r)

(s)

(t)

LIABILITIES

8.	Currency in circulation

Deposits

—	up to 1 year

—	over 1 year

of which Transferable deposits

of which up to 2 years

of which syndicated loans

9e.

Euro

9.1e.

Overnight

Of which Transferable deposits

9.2e.

With agreed maturity

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 2 years

over 2 years

9.3e.

Redeemable at notice

up to 3 months

over 3 months

of which over 2 years (3)

9.4e.

Repos

9x.	Foreign currencies

9.1x.

Overnight

9.2x.

With agreed maturity

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 2 years

over 2 years

9.3x.

Redeemable at notice

up to 3 months

over 3 months

of which over 2 years (3)

9.4x.

Repos

10.	MMFs shares/units (4)

11.	Debt securities issued

11e.

Euro

—	up to 1 year

—	over 1 and up to 2 years

of which up to 2 years and nominal capital guarantee below 100 %

—	over 2 years

11x.	Foreign currencies

—	up to 1 year

—	over 1 and up to 2 years

of which up to 2 years and nominal capital guarantee below 100 %

—	over 2 years

12.	Capital and reserves

13.	Remaining liabilities

Table 1. Liabilities

BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

Domestic

B.	Other participating Member States

C.	Rest of the world

D.	Not allocated

MFIs

Non-MFIs

MFIs

Non-MFIs

General government (S.13)

Other resident sectors

General government (S.13)

Other resident sectors

Total

Other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124)

Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

Non-financial corporations (S.11)

Households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15)

Total

Other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124)

Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

Non-financial corporations (S.11)

Households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15)

of which: CCP (5)

of which: FVCs

Total

Credit for consumption

Lending for house purchase

Other lending

of which: CCP (5)

of which: FVCs

Total

Credit for consumption

Lending for house purchase

Other lending

of which: SP/UP (6)

ASSETS

Cash

1e.	of which euro

Loans

—	up to 1 year

—	over 1 year and up to 5 years

—	over 5 years

of which: syndicated loans

of which: repos

2e of which euro

of which: revolving loans and overdrafts

of which convenience credit card credit

of which extended credit card credit

3.	Securities other than shares

3e.

Euro

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 2 years

over 2 years

3x.	Foreign currencies

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 2 years

over 2 years

4.	MMF shares/units

5.	Shares and other equity

6.	Fixed assets

7.	Remaining assets

Table 1. Assets

PART 3

Balance sheet (quarterly stocks)

To further analyse monetary developments and to serve other statistical purposes, the ECB requires the following in respect of key items:

Subsector, maturity and real estate collateral breakdown of credit to non-MFIs of the participating Member States (see Table 2).

This is required to enable the monitoring of the complete subsector and maturity structure of MFIs' overall credit financing (loans and securities) vis-à-vis the money-holding sector. For non-financial corporations and households, further ‘of which’ positions are required identifying the loans secured with real estate collateral.

For loans denominated in euro with original maturity over one and over two years vis-à-vis non-financial corporations and households, further ‘of which’ positions are required for certain remaining maturities and interest rate reset periods (see Table 2). An interest rate reset is understood as a change in the interest rate of a loan which is foreseen in the current loan contract. Loans subject to interest rate reset include, inter alia, loans with interest rates which are periodically revised in accordance with the evolution of an index (e.g. Euribor), loans with interest rates which are revised on a continuous basis (floating rates), and loans with interest rates which are revisable at the MFI's discretion.

2.	Subsector breakdown of MFI deposit liabilities to the general government (other than central government) of the participating Member States (see Table 2). This is required as complementary information to the monthly reporting.

3.	Sector breakdown of positions with counterparties outside the participating Member States (non-participating Member States and the rest of the world) (see Table 2). The sector classification in accordance with the System of National Accounts (SNA 93) applies where the ESA 95 is not in force.

4.	Country breakdown (see Table 3). This breakdown is required to analyse further monetary developments and also for the purposes of the transitional requirements and for data quality checks.

5.	Currency breakdown (see Table 4). This breakdown is required in order to permit the calculation of transactions for monetary aggregates and counterparts adjusted for exchange rate changes where these aggregates include all currencies combined.

Table 2

Quarterly stocks (Sector breakdown)

BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

Domestic

B.	Other participating Member States

C.	Rest of the world

Non MFIs

Non-MFIs

Total

General government (S.13)

Other resident sectors

General government (S.13)

Other resident sectors

Banks

Non-banks

Total

Central government (S.1311)

Other general government

Total

Other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124)

Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

Non-financial corporations (S.11)

Households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15)

Total

Central government (S.1311)

Other general government

Total

Other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124)

Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

Non-financial corporations (S.11)

Households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15)

General government

Other resident sectors

Total

State government (S.1312)

Local government (S.1313)

Social security funds (S.1314)

Total

Credit for consumption

Lending for house purchase

Other lending

Total

State government (S.1312)

Local government (S.1313)

Social security funds (S.1314)

Total

Credit for consumption

Lending for house purchase

Other lending

Real estate collateral

LIABILITIES

8.	Currency in circulation

Deposits

9.1.

Overnight

9.2.	With agreed maturity

9.3.	Redeemable at notice

9.4.

Repos

10.	MMFs shares/units

11.	Debt securities issued

12.	Capital and reserves

13.	Remaining liabilities

ASSETS

Cash

Loans

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 5 years

over 5 years

2e.

Euro

Loans with original maturity over 1 year

O/w: Loans with remaining maturity of less than or equal to 1 year

O/w: Loans with remaining maturity over 1 year and with interest rate reset in the next 12 months

Loans with original maturity over 2 years

O/w: Loans with remaining maturity of less than or equal to 2 years

O/w: Loans with remaining maturity over 2 years and with interest rate reset in the next 24 months

3.	Securities other than shares

up to 1 year

over 1 year

4.	MMFs shares/units

5.	Shares and other equity

6.	Fixed assets

7.	Remaining assets

Monthly data requirements, see Table 1.

Table 3

Quarterly stocks (country breakdown)

BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

Each other participating Member State (i.e. excluding domestic sector) and each other EU Member State

Rest of the world (excluding EU)

Member State

LIABILITIES

8.	Currency in circulation

Deposits

from MFIs

from non-MFIs

10.	MMF shares/units

11.	Debt securities issues

12.	Capital and reserves

13.	Remaining liabilities

ASSETS

Cash

Loans

to MFIs

to non-MFIs

3.	Securities other than shares

issued by MFIs

up to 1 year

over 1 year and up to 2 years

over 2 years

issued by non-MFIs

4.	MMF shares/units

5.	Shares and other equity

6.	Fixed assets

7.	Remaining assets

Table 4

Quarterly stocks (currency breakdown)

BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

All currencies combined

Euro

EU currencies other than euro

Currencies other than EU Member State currencies combined

Total

EU Member State currency

GBP

Total

USD

JPY

CHF

Remaining currencies combined

LIABILITIES

Deposits

Domestic

from MFIs

from non-MFIs

B.	Other participating Member States

from MFIs

from non-MFIs

C.	Rest of the world

up to 1 year

over 1 year

from banks

from non-banks

10.	MMF shares/units

11.	Debt securities issued

12.	Capital and reserves

13.	Remaining liabilities

ASSETS

Loans

Domestic

to MFIs

to non-MFIs

B.	Other participating Member States

to MFIs

to non-MFIs

C.	Rest of the world

up to 1 year

over 1 year

to banks

to non-banks

3.	Securities other than shares

Domestic

issued by MFIs

issued by non-MFIs

B.	Other participating Member States

issued by MFIs

Issued by non-MFIs

C.	Rest of the world

issued by banks

issued by non-banks

4.	MMF shares/units

Domestic

B.	Other participating Member States

C.	Rest of the world

5.	+ 6. + 7.Remaining assets

Monthly data requirements, see Table 1.

5.	+ 6. + 7. Remaining assets

Quarterly data requirements, see Table 2.

PART 4

Non-balance sheet information (annual data)

For payment statistics and other purposes, the ECB requires the following two items:

1.	Number of transferable overnight deposits accounts. This item refers to the number of transferable overnight deposits accounts (see definitions of instrument categories in Part 2 of Annex II) held with the reporting institution.

Number of transferable overnight deposits accounts: Internet/personal computer (PC)-linked.

This item refers to the number of transferable overnight deposits accounts held with the reporting institution which the account holder can access and use electronically via the Internet or PC banking using dedicated software and dedicated telecommunication lines in order to effectuate payments. Transferable overnight deposits with telephone or mobile phone banking access are not included, unless they are also accessible via the Internet or PC banking.

Table

Annual data

NON-BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

Domestic

B.	Other participating Member States

RoW

D.	Not allocated

Non-MFIs

Non-banks

Non-MFIs (7)

Number of transferable overnight deposit accounts

Number of transferable internet/PC-linked overnight deposit accounts

PART 5

Reporting of revaluation adjustments for the compilation of transactions

To compile transactions in respect of the monetary aggregates and counterparts for the territory of the participating Member States, the ECB requires revaluation adjustments in respect of the write-offs/write-downs of loans and price revaluation of securities:

1. Write-offs/write-downs of loans

The adjustment in respect of the write-offs/write-downs of loans is reported to allow the ECB to compile financial transactions from the stocks reported in two consecutive reporting periods. The adjustment reflects any changes in the stock of loans reported in accordance with Parts 2 and 3 caused by the application of write-downs, including the writing down of the full outstanding amount of a loan (write-off). The adjustment should also reflect the changes in provisions on loans if an NCB decides that balance sheet stocks are recorded net of provisions. Write-offs/write-downs of loans recognised at the time the loan is sold or transferred to a third party are also included, where identifiable.

The minimum requirements for write-offs/write-downs of loans are set out in Table 1A.

2. Price revaluation of securities

The adjustment in respect of the price revaluation of securities refers to fluctuations in the valuation of securities that arise because of a change in the price at which securities are recorded or traded. The adjustment includes the changes that occur over time in the value of end-period balance sheet stocks because of changes in the reference value at which securities are recorded, i.e. potential gains/losses. It may also contain valuation changes that arise from transactions in securities i.e. realised gains/losses.

The minimum requirements for price revaluation of securities are set out in Table 1A.

No minimum reporting requirement is established for the liability side of the balance sheet. However, if valuation practices applied by reporting agents to debt securities issued result in changes to their end-period stocks, NCBs are permitted to collect data relating to such changes. Such data are reported as ‘other revaluation’ adjustments.

Table 1A

Monthly revaluation adjustments (8)

BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

Domestic

B.	Other participating Member States

C.	Rest of the world

D.	Not allocated

MFIs

Non-MFIs

MFIs

Non-MFIs

of which credit institutions subject to RRs, ECB and NCBs

General government

Other resident sectors

of which credit institutions subject to RRs, ECB and NCBs

General government

Other resident sectors

Central Government

Other general government

Total

Other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124)

Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

Non-financial corporations (S.11)

Households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15)

Central government

Other general government

Total

Other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124)

Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

Non-financial corporations (S.11)

Households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15)

LIABILITIES

8	Currency in circulation

Deposits

up to 1 year

over 1 year

9e.

Euro

9.1e.

Overnight

9.2e.

With agreed maturity

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 2 years

over 2 years

9.3e.

Redeemable at notice

up to 3 months

over 3 months

of which over 2 years

9.4e.

Repos

9.x.	Foreign currencies

9.1x.

Overnight

9.2x.

With agreed maturity

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 2 years

over 2 years

9.3x.

Redeemable at notice

up to 3 months

over 3 months

of which over 2 years

9.4x.

Repos

10.	MMFs shares/units

11.	Debt securities issued

11e

Euro

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 2 years

over 2 years

11x.	Foreign currencies

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 2 years

over 2 years

12.	Capital and reserves

13.	Remaining liabilities

Table 1A. Liabilities

BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

Domestic

B.	Other participating Member States

C.	Rest of the world

D.	Not allocated

MFIs

Non-MFIs

MFIs

Non-MFIs

General goverment

Other resident sectors

General government

Other resident sectors

Total

Other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124)

Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

Non-financial corporations (S.11)

Households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15)

Total

Other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124)

Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

Non-financial corporations (S.11)

Households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15)

Credit for consumption

Lending for house purchase

Other lending

Credit for consumption

Lending for house purchase

Other lending

of which: SP/UP (9)

of which: SP/UP (10)

ASSETS

Cash

1e.	of which euro

Loans

MINIMUM

up to 1 year

over 1 year and up to 5 years

over 5 years

of which: syndicated loans

MINIMUM

2e.	of which euro

3.	Securities other than shares

of which: over 2 years (10)

MINIMUM

3e.

Euro

(no cell)

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 2 years

over 2 years

3x.	Foreign currencies

(no cell)

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 2 years

over 2 years

4.	MMF shares/units

5.	Shares and other equity (9)

MINIMUM

6.	Fixed assets

7.	Remaining assets

Table 1A. Assets

PART 6

Reporting requirements for loan securitisations and other loan transfers

1. Definitions

For the purposes of this Part ‘derecognition’ means the removal of a loan or part thereof from the stocks reported in accordance with Parts 2 and 3 of Annex I, including its removal due to the application of a derogation referred to in Article 8(6).

2. General requirements

Data are reported in accordance with Article 7(2), qualified by those of Article 7(4) when applicable. All data items are broken down according to the residency and subsector of the loan obligor as indicated in the column headings of Table 5. Loans disposed of during a warehousing phase in a securitisation (when the securitisation is not yet completed because securities or similar instruments have not yet been issued to investors) are treated as if they were already securitised.

3. Requirements for reporting net flows of loans securitised or otherwise transferred

3.1.

For the purposes of Article 5(1), MFIs calculate the items in Parts 1 and 2 of Table 5 as net flows of loans securitised or otherwise disposed of during the relevant period minus loans acquired during the relevant period. Loans transferred to or acquired from another euro area MFI, and loans whose transfer occurs as a result of a merger, takeover or division involving the reporting agent, are not included in this calculation.

3.2.

The items referred to in Section 3.1 are allocated to Parts 1 and 2 of Table 5 as follows:

—	disposals and acquisitions with an impact on the loan stocks reported in accordance with Parts 2 and 3 of Annex I, i.e. disposals implying derecognition and acquisitions implying recognition or re-recognition, are allocated to Part 1,

—	disposals and acquisitions without an impact on the loan stocks reported in accordance with Parts 2 and 3 of Annex I, i.e. disposals not implying derecognition and acquisitions not implying recognition or re-recognition, are allocated to Part 2.

3.3.

The items in Part 1 of Table 5 are, on a monthly basis, further broken down according to the counterparty in the loan transfer, distinguishing between FVCs, of which FVCs resident in the euro area, and other counterparties. Further breakdowns by original maturity and purpose of the loan are required on a quarterly basis for some items as indicated in Table 5(b).

4. Requirements for reporting the outstanding amounts of loans serviced in a securitisation

4.1.	The requirements referred to in Article 5(2) apply irrespective of whether the serviced loans or their respective servicing rights are recognised on the reporting agent's balance sheet. The data are reported in accordance with Part 3 of Table 5.

4.2.	With respect to loans serviced for FVCs resident in other euro area Member States, MFIs provide further breakdowns, by aggregating the serviced loans separately for each Member State in which an FVC is resident.

4.3.

NCBs may collect the data referred to in Article 5(2), or part thereof, on an FVC-by-FVC basis from resident MFIs acting as servicers of securitised loans. If an NCB considers that the data referred to in Section 4.1 and the breakdowns referred to in Section 4.2 may be collected on an FVC-by-FVC basis, it shall inform the MFIs whether, and the extent to which, the reporting referred to in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 is required.

5. Reporting requirements for MFIs applying the IAS 39 or similar national accounting rules

5.1.	MFIs applying the IAS 39 or similar rules report the end-of-month amounts outstanding of loans disposed of by means of a securitisation that have not been subject to derecognition in accordance with Part 4 of Table 5.

5.2.	MFIs to which the derogation in Article 8(6) applies report the end-of-quarter amounts outstanding of the loans disposed of by means of a securitisation that have been subject to derecognition but are still recognised on the financial statements in accordance with Part 4 of Table 5.

Table 5a

Securitisations and other loan transfers: monthly data

BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

Domestic

B.	Other participating Member States

C.	Rest of the world

General government (S.13)

Other resident sectors

General government (S.13)

Other resident sectors

Total

Other general government (S.1312 + S.1313 + S.1314)

Total

Other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124)

Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

Non-financial corporations (S.11)

Households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15)

Total

Other general government (S.1312 + S.1313 + S.1314)

Total

Other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124)

Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

Non-financial corporations (S.11)

Households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15)

1.	Net flows of loans securitised or otherwise transferred: transactions with impact on reported loan stocks calculated as disposals minus acquisitions

1.1.	Counterparty in the transfer is an FVC

1.1.1.

o/w counterparty in the transfer is a euro area FVC

1.2.	other counterparties in the transfer

2.	Net flows of loans securitised or otherwise transferred: transactions without impact on reported loan stocks calculated as disposals minus acquisitions

2.1.	All counterparties in the transfer

3.	Outstanding amounts of loans serviced in a securitisation (11)

4.	Outstanding amounts of securitised loans not derecognised (12)

4.1.

Total

4.1.1.

o/w securitised through a euro area FVC

Table 5b

Securitisations and other loan transfers: quarterly data

BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

Domestic

B.	Other participting Member States

C.	Rest of the world

General government (S.13)

Other resident sectors

General government (S.13)

Other resident sectors

Total

Other general government (S.1312 + S.1313 + S.1314)

Total

Other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124)

Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

Non-financial corporations (S.11)

Households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15)

Total

Other general government (S.1312 + S.1313 + S.1314)

Total

Other financial intermediaries + financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124)

Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

Non-financial corporations (S.11)

Households + non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15)

Credit for consumption

Lending for house purchase

Other lending

Credit for consumption

Lending for house purchase

Other lending

SP/UP (13)

1.	Net flows of loans securitised or otherwise transferred: transactions with impact on reported loan stocks calculated as disposals minus acquisitions

1.1.	counterparty in the transfer is an FVC

Loan purpose

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 5 years

over 5 years

1.1.1.

o/w counterparty in the transfer is a euro area FVC

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 5 years

over 5 years

1.2	Other counterparties in the transfer

Loan purpose

2.	Net flows of loans securitised or otherwise transferred: transactions without impact on reported loan stocks calculated as disposals minus acquisitions

2.1.	All counterparties in the transfer

3.	Outstanding amounts of loans serviced in a securitisation

3.1	Loans serviced: all FVCs

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 5 years

3.1.1

Loans serviced: of which euro area FVCs

up to 1 year

over 1 and up to 5 years

over 5 years

Monthly data requirements, see Table 5a.

PART 7

Simplified reporting for small credit institutions

Credit institutions to which the derogations referred to in Article 8(1)(d) apply may be exempted from the following requirements:

1.	The breakdown by currency referred to in Part 2, Section 4.

The separate identification of:

—	positions with central counterparties as referred to in Part 2, Section 5.3,

—	syndicated loans as indicated in Part 2, Table 1,

—	debt securities of up to two years' maturity and nominal capital guarantee below 100 %, as indicated in Part 2, Table 1.

3.	The sector breakdown referred to in Part 3, Section 3.

4.	The country breakdown referred to in Part 3, Section 4.

5.	The currency breakdown referred to in Part 3, Section 5.

In addition, these credit institutions may fulfill the reporting requirements referred to in Parts 2, 5 and 6 by reporting data only on a quarterly basis and in accordance with the timeliness requirement given for quarterly statistics in Article 6(3).

PART 8

Summary

Summary of breakdowns for the purposes of the aggregated balance sheet of the MFI sector (14)

Instrument and maturity categories

BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

ASSETS

LIABILITIES

Cash

Loans

up to 1 year (15)

over 1 year and up to 5 years (15)

over 5 years (15)

of which: syndicated loans

of which: repos

of which: revolving loans and overdrafts (euro)

of which: convenience credit card credit (euro)

of which: extended credit card credit (euro)

of which: real estate collateral (16)

Loans with original maturity over 1 year (euro)

of which: loans with remaining maturity of less than 1 year

of which: loans with remaining maturity over 1 year and with interest rate reset in the next 12 months

Loans with original maturity over 2 years (euro)

of which: loans with remaining maturity of less than 2 years

of which: loans with remaining maturity over 2 years and with interest rate reset in the next 24 months

Securities other than shares

up to 1 year (17)

over 1 year and up to 2 years (17)

over 2 years (17)

4.	MMF shares/units

5.	Shares and other equity

6.	Fixed assets

7.	Remaining assets

8.	Currency in circulation

Deposits

up to 1 year (18)

over 1 year (18)

of which transferable deposits

of which up to 2 years

of which syndicated loans

9.1.	Overnight deposits of which transferable deposits

9.2.

Deposits with agreed maturity

up to 1 year

over 1 year and up to 2 years

over 2 years

9.3.

Deposits redeemable at notice

up to 3 months

over 3 months

of which over 2 years (19)

9.4.

Repos

10.	MMF shares/units

11.

Debt securities issued

up to 1 year

over 1 year and up to 2 years

of which up to 2 years and nominal capital guarantee below 100 %

over 2 years

12.	Capital and reserves

13.	Remaining liabilities

NON-BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

Number of transferable overnight deposits accounts

Number of transferable Internet/PC-linked overnight deposits accounts

Counterparties and purpose categories

ASSETS

LIABILITIES

Domestic residents

MFIs

Non-MFIs

General government

central government

state government

local government

social security funds

Other resident sectors (20)

other financial intermediaries and financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124) (20)

of which: central counterparties (16)

of which: FVCs (16)

insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125) (20)

non-financial corporations (S.11) (20)

households and non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15) (20)

credit for consumption (16)

lending for house purchase (16)

other lending (16)

of which: sole proprietors/unincorporated partnerships (16)

Domestic residents

MFIs

of which:Credit institutions

Non-MFIs

General government

central government

other general government

state government

local government

social security funds

Other resident sectors (20)

other financial intermediaries and financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124) (20)

of which: central counterparties (16)

of which: FVCs (16)

insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125)

non-financial corporations (S.11) (20)

households and non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15) (20) (16)

Residents of the other euro area Member States

MFIs

Non-MFIs

General government

central government

state government

local government

social security funds

Other resident sectors (20)

other financial intermediaries and financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124) (20)

of which: central counterparties (16)

of which: FVCs (16)

insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125) (20)

non-financial corporations (S.11) (20)

households and non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15) (20)

credit for consumption (16)

lending for house purchase (16)

other lending (16)

of which: sole proprietors/unincorporated partnerships (16)

Residents of the other euro area Member States

MFIs

of which:Credit institutions

Non-MFIs

General government

central government

other general government

state government

local government

social security funds

Other resident sectors (20)

other financial intermediaries and financial auxiliaries (S.123 + S.124) (20)

of which: central counterparties (16)

of which: FVCs (16)

insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125) (20)

non-financial corporations (S.11) (20)

households and non-profit institutions serving households (S.14 + S.15) (20) (16)

Residents of the rest of the world

Banks

Non-banks

General government

Other residents

Residents of the rest of the world

Banks

Non-banks

General government

Other residents

D.	Not allocated

D.	Not allocated

Currencies

euro

x	foreign currencies – currencies other than the euro (i.e. other Member States currencies, USD, JPY, CHF, remaining currencies) (21).

Notes

(1) Monetary, financial institutions and markets statistics sector manual. Guidance for the statistical classification of customers, March 2007, as amended.

(2) Cells marked with an * are used in the calculation of the reserve base. With respect to debt securities, credit institutions will either present proof of liabilities to be excluded from the reserve base or apply a standardised deduction of a fixed percentage specified by the ECB. Cells in thin print are reported solely by credit institutions subject to reserve requirements (RRs). See also special rules on the application of minimum reserves in Annex III.

(3) The reporting of this item is voluntary until further notice.

(4) Data under this item may be subject to different statistical collection procedures, as decided by an NCB in accordance with the rules contained in Annex I, Part 2.

(5) Central counterparties.

(6) Sole proprietors/unincorporated partnerships.

(7) Non-banks for the RoW.

(8) Series marked with the word ‘MINIMUM’ are reported by MFIs. NCBs may extend this requirement also to cover the series marked as blank cells (i.e.not containing the word ‘MINIMUM’). Blank cells and MINIMUM cells are reported by the NCB to the ECB. The blank cells with a star on the liability side are assumed to be zero unless there is evidence to the contrary.

(9) NCBs may request MFIs to report this item on a quarterly basis instead of monthly.

(10) Sole proprietors/unincorporated partnerships.

(11) This item required at quarterly frequency only, see Table 5(b) for the reporting scheme.

(12) Regarding the reporting obligation referred to in Annex I, Part 6, Section 5.2, only the row ‘Total’ is reported, and only at quarterly frequency.

(13) Sole proprietors/unincorporated partnerships.

(14) Monthly data breakdowns are indicated in bold, quarterly data breakdowns are indicated in normal type and non-balance sheet annual data are indicated in italics.

(15) Monthly maturity breakdown relates only to loans to main resident sectors other than MFIs and general government of the participating Member States. The corresponding maturity breakdowns for loans to general government other than central government of the participating Member States is quarterly.

(16) For loans, a further breakdown by purpose is included for the subsector S.14 + S.15. In addition, for a limited number of instruments, further ‘of which positions’ are required for some subsectors: ‘of which central counterparties’ and ‘of which financial vehicle corporations’ for the subsector S.123; ‘of which sole proprietors/unincorporated partnerships’ for loans to the subsector S.14; ‘of which real estate collateral’ for loans to the subsectors S.11 and S.14 + S.15 (quarterly requirements only).

(17) Monthly maturity breakdown relates only to holdings of securities issued by MFIs located in the participating Member States. As quarterly data, holdings of securities issued by non-MFIs in the participating Member States are split into ‘up to one year’ and ‘over one year’.

(18) Vis-à-vis the rest of the world only.

(19) The reporting of the item ‘deposits redeemable at notice over two years’ is voluntary until further notice.

(20) Monthly breakdown by subsector is required for loans and deposits.

(21) Quarterly breakdown by currency of each other EU Member State is required for selected items only.

ANNEX II

CONSOLIDATION PRINCIPLES AND DEFINITIONS

PART 1

Consolidation for statistical purposes within the same national territory

For each participating Member State, the reporting population consists of MFIs included in the list of MFIs for statistical purposes and resident in the territory of the participating Member States (1). These are:

—	institutions incorporated and located in that territory, including subsidiaries (2) of parent companies located outside that territory, and

—	branches of institutions that have their head office outside that territory.

Institutions located in offshore financial centres are treated statistically as residents of the territories in which the centres are located.

MFIs consolidate for statistical purposes the business of all their offices (registered or head office and/or branches) located within the same national territory. No consolidation for statistical purposes is permitted across national boundaries.

(a)	If a parent company and its subsidiaries are MFIs located in the same national territory, the parent company is permitted to consolidate in its statistical returns the business of these subsidiaries, keeping however the business of credit institutions and other MFIs separate.

(b)

If an institution has branches located within the territories of the other participating Member States, the registered or head office located in a given participating Member State considers the positions towards all these branches as positions towards residents in the other participating Member States. Conversely, a branch located in a given participating Member State considers the positions towards the registered or head office or towards other branches of the same institution located within the territories of the other participating Member States as positions towards residents in the other participating Member States.

(c)

If an institution has branches located outside the territory of the participating Member States, the registered or head office located in a given participating Member State considers the positions towards all these branches as positions towards residents of the rest of the world. Conversely, a branch located in a given participating Member State considers the positions towards the registered or head office or towards other branches of the same institution located outside the participating Member States as positions towards residents of the rest of the world.

PART 2

Definitions of instrument categories

1.	This table provides a detailed standard description of the instrument categories which NCBs transpose into categories applicable at the national level in accordance with this Regulation (3). The definitions refer to the ESA 95.

Maturity at issue (original maturity) refers to the fixed period of life of a financial instrument before which it cannot be redeemed (e.g. debt securities) or before which it can be redeemed only with some kind of penalty (e.g. some types of deposits). The period of notice corresponds to the time between the moment the holder gives notice of an intention to redeem the instrument and the date on which the holder is allowed to convert it into cash without incurring a penalty. Financial instruments are classified according to the period of notice only when there is no agreed maturity.

Table

Instrument categories

ASSET CATEGORIES

Category

Description of main features

8.	Currency in circulation

The liability category ‘currency in circulation’ is defined as ‘banknotes and coins in circulation that are commonly used to make payments’. This category includes banknotes issued by the ECB and the NCBs. Coins in circulation are not a liability of MFIs in the participating Member States, but a liability of the central government. However, coins are part of the monetary aggregates and, by convention, this liability is to be entered under the category ‘currency in circulation’. The counterpart to this liability is to be included within ‘remaining assets’

Deposits

Amounts (shares, deposits or other), which are owed to creditors by reporting agents and which comply with the features described in Annex I, Part 1, Section 1, except those arising from the issue of negotiable securities or MMF shares/units. For the purposes of the reporting scheme, this category is broken down into overnight deposits, deposits with agreed maturity, deposits redeemable at notice and repurchase agreements

(a)

deposits and loans

‘Deposits’ also cover ‘loans’ as liabilities of MFIs. In conceptual terms, loans represent amounts received by MFIs that are not structured in the form of ‘deposits’. The ESA 95 distinguishes between ‘loans’ and ‘deposits’ on the basis of the party that takes the initiative (if this is the borrower, then it constitutes a loan, but if this is the lender, then it constitutes a deposit). Within the reporting scheme, ‘loans’ are not recognised as a separate category on the liabilities side of the balance sheet. Instead, balances that are considered as ‘loans’ are to be classified indistinguishably under the item ‘deposit liabilities’, unless they are represented by negotiable instruments. This is in line with the definition of ‘deposit liabilities’ above. Loans to MFIs that are classified as ‘deposit liabilities’ are to be broken down in accordance with the requirements of the reporting scheme (i.e. by sector, instrument, currency and maturity); syndicated loans received by MFIs fall under this category

(b)

non-negotiable debt instruments

Non-negotiable debt instruments issued by reporting agents are generally to be classified as ‘deposit liabilities’. Instruments may be referred to as being ‘non-negotiable’ in the sense that there are restrictions on the transfer of legal ownership of the instrument which means that they cannot be marketed or, although technically negotiable, cannot be traded owing to the absence of an organised market. Non-negotiable instruments issued by reporting agents that subsequently become negotiable and that can be traded on secondary markets should be reclassified as ‘debt securities’

(c)

margin deposits

Margin deposits (margins) made under derivative contracts should be classified as ‘deposit liabilities’ where they represent cash collateral deposited with MFIs and where they remain in the ownership of the depositor and are repayable to the depositor when the contract is closed out. On the basis of current market practice, it is also suggested that margins received by the reporting agent should only be classified as ‘deposit liabilities’ to the extent that the MFI is provided with funds that are freely available for on-lending. Where a part of the margin received by the MFI has to be passed to another derivatives market participant (e.g. the clearing house), only that part which remains at the disposal of the MFI should in principle be classified as ‘deposit liabilities’. The complexities of current market practice may make it difficult to identify those margins that are truly repayable, because different types of margin are placed indistinguishably within the same account, or those margins that provide the MFI with resources for on lending. In these cases, it is acceptable to classify these margins under ‘remaining liabilities’ or as ‘deposit liabilities’; according to national practice ‘earmarked balances related to e.g. leasing contracts’ are classified as deposit liabilities under ‘deposits with agreed maturity’ or ‘deposits redeemable at notice’ depending on the maturity/provisions of the underlying contract. Funds (deposits) received on a trust basis are not recorded on the MFI statistical balance sheet (see ‘loans granted on a trust basis’ under category 2)

(d)

shares issued by MFIs

Shares issued by MFIs are classified as deposits instead of as capital and reserves if: (1) there is a debtor-creditor economic relationship between the issuing MFI and the holder (regardless of any property rights in these shares); and (2) the shares can be converted into currency or redeemed without significant restrictions or penalties. A notice period is not considered to be a significant restriction. In addition, such shares must comply with the following conditions:

—	the relevant national regulatory provisions provide no unconditional right to the issuing MFI to refuse redemption of its shares

—	the shares are ‘value certain’, i.e. under normal circumstances they will be paid out at their nominal value in the event of redemption and

—

in the event of the MFI's insolvency, the holders of its shares are legally subject neither to the obligation to cover outstanding liabilities in addition to the nominal value of the shares (i.e. the shareholders' participation in the subscribed capital) nor to any other onerous supplementary obligations. The subordination of shares to any other instrument issued by the MFI does not qualify as an onerous supplementary obligation

The notice periods for the conversion of such shares into currency are used in order to classify these shares according to the breakdown by notice period within the instrument category ‘deposits’. These notice periods also apply when determining the reserve ratio under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 (ECB/2003/9). Any earmarked shares relating to loans made by the MFI should be classified as deposit liabilities, with the same original maturity breakdown as the underlying loan, i.e. as ‘deposits with agreed maturity’ or ‘deposits redeemable at notice’, depending on the maturity provisions of the underlying loan contract

When held by MFIs, such shares issued by MFIs and classified as deposits instead of capital and reserves are classified by the holding MFI as loans on the asset side of its balance sheet

(e)	securitisation liabilities Counterpart of loans and/or other assets disposed of in a securitisation but still recognised on the statistical balance sheet

The following item is not treated as a deposit:

—	Funds (deposits) received on a trust basis (see ‘Loans granted on a trust basis’ under category 2)

9.1.	Overnight deposits

Deposits which are convertible into currency and/or which are transferable on demand by cheque, banker's order, debit entry or similar means, without significant delay, restriction or penalty. This item includes:

—	balances (interest-bearing or not) which are immediately convertible into currency on demand or by close of business on the day following that on which the demand was made, without any significant penalty or restriction, but which are not transferable

—	balances (interest-bearing or not) representing prepaid amounts in the context of ‘hardware-based’ or ‘software-based’ e-money (e.g. prepaid cards)

—	loans to be repaid by close of business on the day following that on which the loan was granted

9.1a.

Transferable deposits

Transferable deposits are those deposits within the category ‘overnight deposits’ which are directly transferable on demand to make payments to other economic agents by commonly used means of payment, such as credit transfer and direct debit, possibly also by credit or debit card, e-money transactions, cheques, or similar means, without significant delay, restriction or penalty. Deposits that can only be used for cash withdrawal and/or deposits from which funds can only be withdrawn or transferred through another account of the same owner are not to be included as transferable deposits

9.2.	Deposits with agreed maturity

Non-transferable deposits which cannot be converted into currency before an agreed fixed term or that can only be converted into currency before that agreed term provided that the holder is charged some kind of penalty. This item also includes administratively regulated savings deposits where the maturity related criterion is not relevant (classified in the maturity band ‘over two years’). Financial products with roll-over provisions must be classified according to the earliest maturity. Although deposits with agreed maturity may feature the possibility of earlier redemption after prior notification, or may be redeemable on demand subject to certain penalties, these features are not considered to be relevant for classification purposes

9.2a/9.2b/9.2c.

Deposits of up to and including one year/of over one year and up to and including two years/of over two years' agreed maturity

These items include for each maturity breakdown:

(a)	Balances placed with a fixed term to maturity of up to and including one year/of over one year and up to and including two years/of over two years that are non-transferable and cannot be converted into currency before that maturity

(b)

Balances placed with a fixed term to maturity of up to and including one year/of over one year and up to and including two years/of over two years that are non-transferable but can be redeemed before that term after prior notification; where notification has been given, these balances are classified in 9.3a or 9.3b where appropriate

(c)	Balances placed with a fixed term to maturity of up to and including one year/of over one year and up to and including two years/of over two years that are non-transferable but can be redeemed on demand subject to certain penalties

(d)

Margin payments made under derivative contracts to be closed out within one year/between one and two years/over two years, representing cash collateral placed to protect against credit risk but remaining in the ownership of the depositor and being repayable to the depositor when the contract is closed out

(e)	Loans evidenced by a single document of up to and including one year/of over one year and up to and including two years/of over two years' original maturity

(f)	Non-negotiable debt securities issued by MFIs (evidenced or not by documents) of original maturity of up to and including one year/of over one year and up to and including two years/of over two years

(g)	Subordinated debt issued by MFIs in the form of deposits or loans of original maturity of up to and including one year/over one year and up to and including two years/over two years

(h)	Securitisation liabilities Counterpart of loans and/or other assets disposed of in a securitisation but still recognised on the statistical balance sheet. By convention these liabilities are assigned to the maturity breakdown ‘over two years’ agreed maturity’

In addition, deposits of over two years’ agreed maturity include:

—	balances (regardless of maturity) in which the interest rates and/or terms and conditions are specified in national legislation and which are designed to be held for specific purposes (e.g. house financing) occurring after two years (even if technically they are redeemable on demand)

9.3.	Deposits redeemable at notice

Non-transferable deposits without any agreed maturity which cannot be converted into currency without a period of prior notice; before the expiry the conversion into currency is not possible or possible only with a penalty. They include deposits which, although perhaps legally withdrawable on demand, would be subject to penalties and restrictions according to national practice (classified in the maturity band "up to and including three months), and investment accounts without period of notice or agreed maturity, but which contain restrictive drawing provisions (classified in the maturity band "over three months)

9.3a/9.3b.

Deposits redeemable at up to and including three months/of over three months' notice of which over two years' notice

These items include:

(a)	Balances placed without a fixed maturity that can be withdrawn only subject to a prior notice of up to and including three months/of over three months, of which over two years; if redemption prior to that notice period (or even on demand) is possible, it involves the payment of a penalty

(b)	Balances placed with a fixed term to maturity that are non-transferable but that have been subject to a notification of less than three months/of over three months, of which over two years, for an earlier redemption

In addition, deposits redeemable at up to and including three months' notice include:

—	Non-transferable sight savings deposits and other types of retail deposits which, although legally redeemable on demand, are subject to significant penalties

And, deposits redeemable at over three months' notice of which over two years' notice (where applicable) include:

—	Investment accounts without a period of notice or agreed maturity, but which contain restrictive drawing provisions

9.4.

Repos

Counterpart of cash received in exchange for securities sold by reporting agents at a given price under a firm commitment to repurchase the same (or similar) securities at a fixed price on a specified future date. Amounts received by reporting agents in exchange for securities transferred to a third party (temporary acquirer) are to be classified under ‘repurchase agreements’ where there is a firm commitment to reverse the operation and not merely an option to do so. This implies that reporting agents retain all risks and rewards of the underlying securities during the operation.

The following variants of repo-type operations are all classified under ‘repurchase agreements’:

—	amounts received in exchange for securities temporarily transferred to a third party in the form of securities lending against cash collateral

—	amounts received in exchange for securities temporarily transferred to a third party in the form of a sale/buy-back agreement

The securities underlying repo type operations are recorded following the rules in asset item 3 ‘Securities other than shares’. Operations involving the temporary transfer of gold against cash collateral are also included under this item

10.	MMF shares/units

Shares or units issued by MMFs. See definition in Annex I, Part 1, Section 2

11.	Debt securities issued

Securities other than equity issued by reporting agents, which are instruments usually negotiable and traded on secondary markets or which can be offset on the market and which do not grant the holder any ownership rights over the issuing institution. This item includes:

(a)	securities that give the holder the unconditional right to a fixed or contractually determined income in the form of coupon payments and/or a stated fixed sum at a specific date (or dates) or starting from a date defined at the time of issue

(b)	Non-negotiable instruments issued by reporting agents that subsequently become negotiable should be reclassified as ‘debt securities’ (see also category 9)

(c)

Subordinated debt issued by MFIs is to be treated in the same way as other debt incurred by MFIs for the purposes of money and banking statistics. Hence, subordinated debt issued in the form of securities is to be classified as ‘debt securities issued’, whereas subordinated debt issued by MFIs in the form of deposits or loans is to be classified as ‘deposit liabilities’. Where all subordinated debt issued by MFIs is identified as a single amount for statistical purposes, this figure is to be classified under the item ‘debt securities issued’, on the grounds that subordinated debt is predominately constituted in the form of securities rather than as loans. Subordinated debt should not be classified under the liability item ‘capital and reserves’

(d)

Hybrid instruments. Negotiable instruments with a combination of debt and derivative components, including:

—	negotiable debt instruments containing embedded derivatives

—	negotiable instruments whose redemption value and/or coupon is linked to the development of an underlying reference asset, asset price or other reference indicator over the maturity of the instrument

11a/11b/11c.

Debt securities of up to and including one year/of over one year and up to and including two year/of over two years' original maturity

These items include for each maturity breakdown:

(a)	Negotiable debt securities issued by MFIs (evidenced or not by documents) of original maturity of up to and including one year/of over one year and up to and including two years/of over two years' original maturity

(b)	Subordinated debt issued by MFIs in the form of debt securities of original maturity of up to and including one year/of over one year and up to and including two year/of over two years' original maturity

11d.	Of which debt securities up to two years and nominal capital guarantee below 100 %

Hybrid instruments issued by MFIs of original maturity of up to two years and which at maturity may have a contractual redemption value in the issuing currency lower than the amount originally invested due to their combination of debt and derivative components

12.	Capital and reserves

For the purposes of the reporting scheme, this category comprises the amounts arising from the issue of equity capital by reporting agents to shareholders or other proprietors, representing for the holder property rights in the MFI and generally an entitlement to a share in its profits and to a share in its own funds in the event of liquidation. Funds arising from non-distributed benefits or funds set aside by reporting agents in anticipation of likely future payments and obligations are also included. It includes:

(a)	equity capital

(b)	non-distributed benefits or funds

(c)	specific and general provisions against loans, securities and other types of assets (may be recorded according to the accounting rules)

13.	Remaining liabilities

The item ‘remaining liabilities’ is the residual item on the liabilities side of the balance sheet, defined as ‘liabilities not included elsewhere’. NCBs may require the reporting of specific sub-positions included in this item. Remaining liabilities may include:

(a)	financial derivative positions with gross negative market values For statistical purposes, financial derivative instruments that are subject to on-balance-sheet recording are to be included here

(b)	gross amounts payable in respect of suspense items Suspense items are balances held in the MFI balance sheet which are not booked in the name of customers but which nevertheless relate to customers' funds (e.g. funds that are awaiting investment, transfer or settlement)

(c)

gross amounts payable in respect of transit items

Transit items represent funds (usually belonging to customers) that are in the process of being transmitted between MFIs. Items include credit transfers that have been debited from customers' accounts and other items for which the corresponding payment has not yet been made by the reporting agent

(d)

accrued interest payable on deposits

In accordance with the general principle of accruals accounting, interest payable on deposits is subject to on-balance-sheet recording as it accrues (i.e. on an accruals basis) rather than when it is actually paid (i.e. on a cash basis). Accrued interest on deposits is classified on a gross basis under the category ‘remaining liabilities’. Accrued interest is excluded from the deposit to which it relates

(e)	dividends to be paid

(f)	amounts payable not related to the main MFI business (amounts due to suppliers, tax, wages, social contributions, etc.)

(g)	provisions representing liabilities against third parties (pensions, dividends etc.)

(h)

margin payments made under derivative contracts

Margin payments (margins) made under derivatives contracts are normally classified as ‘deposit liabilities’ (see category 9). The complexities of current market practice may make it difficult to identify those margins that are truly repayable, because different types of margin are placed indistinguishably within the same account, or those margins that provide the MFI with resources for on-lending. In these cases, it is acceptable to classify these margins under ‘remaining liabilities’ or as ‘deposit liabilities’, according to national practice

(i)	net amounts payable in respect of future settlements of transactions in securities or foreign exchange operations

‘Remaining liabilities’ may exclude almost all financial instruments that take the form of financial liabilities (included within the other balance sheet items), financial instruments that do not take the form of financial liabilities such as guarantees, commitments, administered and trust loans (recorded off-balance sheet), and non-financial liabilities such as capital items on the liabilities side (included within ‘capital and reserves’)

PART 3

Definitions of sectors

The ESA 95 provides the standard for the sector classification. Counterparties located in the territory of the participating Member States are identified according to their sector in accordance with the list of MFIs for statistical purposes and the guidance for the statistical classification of counterparties provided in the ECB's Sector Manual. Banking institutions located outside the Member States are referred to as ‘banks’ rather than as MFIs. Similarly, the term ‘non-MFI’ refers only to the Member States; for other countries the term ‘non-banks’ is used.

Table

Definitions of sectors

Sector	Definition
MFIs	See Article 1 of this Regulation
General government (S.13) (ESA 95, paragraphs 2.68 to 2.70)	Resident units which are principally engaged in the production of non-market goods and services intended for individual and collective consumption, and/or in the redistribution of national income and wealth
Central government (S.1311) (ESA 95, paragraph 2.71)	Administrative departments of the State and other central agencies whose competence extends over the whole economic territory, except for the administration of social security funds
State government (S.1312) (ESA 95, paragraph 2.72)	Separate institutional units exercising some of the functions of government at a level below that of central government and above that of local government, except for the administration of social security funds
Local government (S.1313) (ESA 95, paragraph 2.73)	Public administration whose competence extends only to a local part of the economic territory, excluding local agencies of social security funds
Social security funds (S.1314) (ESA 95, paragraph 2.74)	Central, state and local institutional units whose principal activity is to provide social benefits
Other financial intermediaries (S.123) + financial auxiliaries (S.124) (ESA 95, paragraphs 2.53 to 2.59)	Financial corporations and quasi-corporations (except insurance corporations and pension funds) principally engaged in financial intermediation by incurring liabilities in forms other than currency, deposits and/or close substitutes for deposits from institutional units other than MFIs, or insurance technical reserves. FVCs, non-MFI central counterparties and financial auxiliaries consisting of all financial corporations and quasi-corporations that are principally engaged in auxiliary financial activities are included
Insurance corporations and pension funds (S.125) (ESA 95, paragraphs 2.60 to 2.67)	Financial corporations and quasi-corporations principally engaged in financial intermediation as the consequence of the pooling of risks
Non-financial corporations (S.11) (ESA 95, paragraphs 2.21 to 2.31)	Corporations and quasi-corporations not engaged in financial intermediation but principally in the production of market goods and non-financial services
Households (S.14) and non-profit institutions serving households (S.15) (ESA 95, paragraphs 2.75 to 2.88)	Individuals or groups of individuals as consumers, and producers of goods and non-financial services exclusively for their own final consumption, and as producers of market goods and non-financial and financial services provided that their activities are not those of quasi-corporations. Non-profit institutions which serve households and which are principally engaged in the production of non-market goods and services intended for particular groups of households are included
Sole proprietors and unincorporated partnerships (sub-population of ‘Households’) (ESA 95, paragraph 2.76d)	Sole proprietors and unincorporated partnerships without independent legal status — other than those created as quasi-corporations — which are market producers. This includes unincorporated businesses, (partnerships of) self-employed lawyers, doctors etc. In the case of sole proprietors, the business entity is inseparably linked to the natural person(s) who is/are the owner(s), combining all rights and obligations arising from the business and the private sphere

(1) In the tables of this Annex, the ECB is classified as an MFI resident in the country where the ECB is physically located.

(2) Subsidiaries are separate incorporated entities in which another entity has a majority or full participation, whereas branches are unincorporated entities (without independent legal status) totally owned by the parent.

(3) That is, this table is not a list of individual financial instruments.

ANNEX III

APPLICATION OF MINIMUM RESERVE REQUIREMENTS AND RELATED SPECIAL RULES

PART 1

Minimum reserve requirements for credit institutions: general rules

Cells marked with an * in Table 1 in Annex I are used in the calculation of the reserve base. With respect to debt securities, credit institutions either present proof of liabilities to be excluded from the reserve base or apply a standardised deduction of a fixed percentage specified by the ECB. Cells in thin print are reported solely by credit institutions subject to reserve requirements.

The column ‘of which credit institutions subject to reserve requirements, ECB and NCBs’ does not include the liabilities of reporting agents vis-à-vis institutions listed as exempt from the ECB's minimum reserve system, i.e. institutions which are exempt for reasons other than their being subject to reorganisation measures. Institutions which are temporarily exempt from minimum reserve requirements on account of their being subject to reorganisation measures are treated as institutions subject to minimum reserve requirements and, therefore, liabilities vis-à-vis these institutions are covered under the column ‘of which credit institutions subject to reserve requirements, ECB and NCBs’. Liabilities vis-à-vis institutions not actually required to maintain reserve holdings with the ESCB owing to the application of the lump-sum allowance are also covered under this column.

Full reporters may also report positions vis-à-vis ‘MFIs other than credit institutions subject to minimum reserves, ECB and NCBs’, rather than vis-à-vis ‘MFIs’ and ‘credit institutions subject to minimum reserves, ECB and NCBs’, provided that no loss of detail results and no bold type positions are affected. Furthermore, depending on the national collection systems and without prejudice to full compliance with the definitions and classification principles of the MFI balance sheet set out in this Regulation, credit institutions subject to reserve requirements may alternatively report the data necessary to calculate the reserve base, except those on negotiable instruments, in accordance with the table below, provided that no bold type positions of Table 1 in Annex I are affected.

4.	Small credit institutions in the ‘tail’ report, as a minimum, quarterly data necessary to calculate the reserve base in accordance with the table below.

5.	For reporting in accordance with the table below, strict correspondence with Table 1 of Annex I must be ensured.

Table

Data required for minimum reserves

Reserve base calculated as the sum of the following columns in Table 1 (Liabilities): (a) - (b) + (c) + (d) + (e) + (j) - (k) + (l) + (m) + (n) + (s)

DEPOSIT LIABILITIES

(Euro and foreign currencies combined)

9.	Total deposits

9.1e + 9.1x

9.2e + 9.2x

9.3e + 9.3x

9.4e + 9.4 x

of which:

9.2e + 9.2.x With agreed maturity

over two years

of which:

9.3e + 9.3.x redeemable at notice

Voluntary reporting (1)

over two years

of which:

9.4e + 9.4.x repos

Outstanding issues, column (t) in Table 1 (Liabilities)

NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

(Euro and foreign currencies combined)

11.	Debit securities issued

11e + 11x with agreed maturity

up to two years

over two years

PART 2

Special rules

Section 1: Statistical reporting on an aggregated basis as a group by credit institutions subject to the ECB's minimum reserve system

1.1.

Subject to the fulfilment of the conditions set out in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 (ECB/2003/9), the ECB's Executive Board may allow credit institutions subject to minimum reserve requirements to carry out aggregated statistical reporting as a group within a single national territory. All institutions concerned are included separately in the ECB's list of MFIs.

1.2.

If credit institutions have been permitted to hold minimum reserves through an intermediary, pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 (ECB/2003/9), and do not benefit from the group reporting referred to in this section, the relevant NCB may authorise the intermediary to carry out aggregated statistical reporting (other than in respect of the reserve base) on behalf of credit institutions. All institutions concerned are included separately in the ECB's list of MFIs.

1.3.	If the group of credit institutions as a whole falls under the ‘tail’, it is only required to comply with the simplified reporting for ‘tail’ institutions. Otherwise, the reporting scheme for full reporters applies to the group as a whole.

Section 2: Reserve requirements in the case of mergers involving credit institutions

2.1.	For the purpose of this Annex, the terms ‘merger’, ‘merging institutions’, and ‘acquiring institution’ have the meanings set out in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 (ECB/2003/9).

2.2.	For the maintenance period within which a merger takes effect, the reserve requirements of the acquiring institution are calculated and have to be fulfilled as set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 (ECB/2003/9).

2.3.

For the consecutive maintenance periods, the reserve requirement of the acquiring institution is calculated on the basis of a reserve base and of statistical information reported in accordance with the rules set out in the table below. Otherwise, the normal rules for reporting statistical information and calculation of reserve requirements, as set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 (ECB/2003/9), apply.

2.4.

Without prejudice to the obligations set out in the previous paragraphs, the relevant NCB may authorise the acquiring institution to fulfil its obligation to report statistical information through temporary procedures, for instance separate forms for each of the merging institutions during several periods after the merger has taken place. The length of this derogation from normal reporting procedures should be limited to the extent possible and should not exceed six months after the merger has taken place. This derogation is without prejudice to the obligation for the acquiring institution to fulfil its reporting obligations in accordance with this Regulation and, if applicable, its obligation to assume the reporting obligations of merging institutions in accordance with this Annex.

Table

Special rules for the calculation of reserve requirements of credit institutions involved in a merger (2)

Case number	Type of merger	Obligations to be assumed
1	A merger where a full reporter (acquiring institution) acquires one or more full reporters (merging institutions) takes effect after the deadline set by the relevant NCB for the reporting of monthly statistical information relating to the preceding month	For the maintenance period consecutive to the merger, the reserve requirement of the acquiring institution is calculated on the basis of a reserve base aggregating the reserve bases of the acquiring institution and of the merging institutions. The reserve bases to be aggregated are those which would have been relevant for this maintenance period had the merger not occurred. Only one lump-sum allowance is granted
2	A merger where a full reporter (acquiring institution) acquires one or more tail institutions and possibly one or more full reporters (merging institutions) takes effect after the deadline set by the relevant NCB for the reporting of statistical information relating to the preceding quarter	For the maintenance period consecutive to the merger, the reserve requirement of the acquiring institution is calculated on the basis of a reserve base aggregating the reserve bases of the acquiring institution and of the merging institutions. The reserve bases to be aggregated are those which would have been relevant for this maintenance period had the merger not occurred. Only one lump-sum allowance is granted
3	A merger where a full reporter (acquiring institution) acquires one or more full reporters (merging institutions) takes effect within the period between the end of a month and the deadline set by the relevant NCB for the reporting of monthly statistical information relating to the preceding month	For the maintenance period consecutive to the merger, the reserve requirement of the acquiring institution is calculated on the basis of a reserve base aggregating the reserve bases of the acquiring institution and of the merging institutions. The reserve bases to be aggregated are those which would have been relevant for this maintenance period had the merger not occurred. Only one lump-sum allowance is granted. The acquiring institution assumes, in addition to its own reporting obligations, the reporting obligations of merging institutions for statistical information relating to the month preceding the merger
4	A merger where a full reporter (acquiring institution) acquires one or more tail institutions and possibly one or more full reporters (merging institutions) takes effect within the period between the end of a quarter and the deadline set by the relevant NCB for the reporting of statistical information relating to the preceding quarter	For the maintenance period consecutive to the merger, the reserve requirement of the acquiring institution is calculated on the basis of a reserve base aggregating the reserve bases of the acquiring institution and of the merging institutions. The reserve bases to be aggregated are those which would have been relevant for this maintenance period had the merger not occurred. Only one lump-sum allowance is granted. The acquiring institution assume, in addition to its own reporting obligations, the reporting obligations of merging institutions for statistical information relating to the month or the quarter preceding the merger, depending on the institution
5	A merger where a tail institution (acquiring institution) acquires one or more full reporters and possibly one or more tail institutions (merging institutions) takes effect after the deadline set by the relevant NCB for the reporting of statistical information relating to the preceding month	The same procedure as in Case 1 is applied
6	A merger where a tail institution (acquiring institution) acquires one or more tail institutions (merging institutions) takes effect after the deadline set by the relevant NCB for the reporting of statistical information relating to the preceding quarter	From the maintenance period consecutive to the merger and until the acquiring institution has reported quarterly data for the first time after the merger in accordance with the reduced reporting requirements imposed upon tail reporters as set out in Annex III to this Regulation, the reserve requirement of the acquiring institution is calculated on the basis of a reserve base aggregating the reserve bases of the acquiring institution and of the merging institutions. The reserve bases to be aggregated are those which would have been relevant for this maintenance period had the merger not occurred. Only one lump-sum allowance is granted
7	A merger where a tail institution (acquiring institution) acquires one or more tail institutions (merging institutions) takes effect after the deadline set by the relevant NCB for the reporting of statistical information relating to the preceding quarter and, as a result of the merger, the tail institution becomes a full reporter	The same procedure as in Case 2 is applied
8	A merger where a tail institution (acquiring institution) acquires one or more tail institutions (merging institutions) takes effect within the period between the end of a quarter and the deadline set by the relevant NCB for the reporting of statistical information relating to the preceding quarter	From the maintenance period consecutive to the merger and until the acquiring institution has reported for the first time after the merger quarterly data in accordance with the reduced reporting requirements imposed upon tail reporters as set out in Annex III to this Regulation, the reserve requirement of the acquiring institution is calculated on the basis of a reserve base aggregating the reserve bases of the acquiring institution and of the merging institutions. The reserve bases to be aggregated are those which would have been relevant for this maintenance period had the merger not occurred. Only one lump-sum allowance is granted. The acquiring institution assumes, in addition to its own reporting obligations, the reporting obligations of merging institutions for statistical information relating to the quarter preceding the merger
9	A merger where a tail institution (acquiring institution) acquires one or more full reporters and possibly one or more tail institutions (merging institutions) takes effect within the period between the end of a month and the deadline set by the relevant NCB for the reporting of monthly statistical information relating to the preceding month	The same procedure as in Case 3 is applied
10	A merger where a tail institution (acquiring institution) acquires one or more tail institutions (merging institutions) takes effect within the period between the end of a quarter and the deadline set by the relevant NCB for the reporting of statistical information relating to the preceding quarter and, as a result of the merger, the tail institution becomes a full reporter	The same procedure as in Case 4 is applied
11	A merger where a full reporter (acquiring institution) is created from full reporters (merging institutions) takes effect within the period between the end of a month and the deadline set by the relevant NCB for the reporting of monthly statistical information relating to the preceding month	For the maintenance period consecutive to the merger, the reserve requirement of the acquiring institution is calculated on the basis of a reserve base aggregating the reserve bases of the merging institutions. The reserve bases to be aggregated are those which would have been relevant for this maintenance period had the merger not occurred. Only one lump-sum allowance is granted. The acquiring institution assumes the reporting obligations of merging institutions for statistical information relating to the month preceding the merger
12	A merger where a full reporter (acquiring institution) is created from one or more tail institutions and possibly one or more full reporters (merging institutions) takes effect within the period between the end of a quarter and the deadline set by the relevant NCB for the reporting of statistical information relating to the preceding quarter	For the maintenance period consecutive to the merger, the reserve requirement of the acquiring institution is calculated on the basis of a reserve base aggregating the reserve bases of the merging institutions. The reserve bases to be aggregated are those which would have been relevant for this maintenance period had the merger not occurred. Only one lump-sum allowance is granted. The acquiring institution assumes the reporting obligations of merging institutions for data relating to the month or the quarter preceding the merger, depending on the institution
13	A merger where a tail institution (acquiring institution) is created from one or more tail institutions (merging institutions) takes effect within the period between the end of a quarter and the deadline set by the relevant NCB for the reporting of statistical information relating to the preceding quarter	From the maintenance period consecutive to the merger and until the acquiring institution has reported quarterly data for the first time after the merger in accordance with the reduced reporting requirements imposed upon tail reporters as set out in Annex III to this Regulation, the reserve requirement of the acquiring institution is calculated on the basis of a reserve base aggregating the reserve bases of the merging institutions. The reserve bases to be aggregated are those which would have been relevant for this maintenance period had the merger not occurred. Only one lump-sum allowance is granted. The acquiring institution assumes the reporting obligations of merging institutions for data relating to the quarter preceding the merger

(1) Reporting agents have the option of meeting this reporting requirement by means of voluntary reporting i.e. they are allowed to report either true figures (including nil positions) or ‘missing information’. Once the choice to report true figures has been made, reporting agents are no longer able to report ‘missing information’.

(2) This table presents the details of more complex procedures applied to specific cases. For cases not presented in the table, the normal rules for reporting of statistical information and calculation of reserve requirements, as set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 (ECB/2003/9), apply.

ANNEX IV

MINIMUM STANDARDS TO BE APPLIED BY THE ACTUAL REPORTING POPULATION

Reporting agents must fulfil the following minimum standards to meet the ECB's statistical reporting requirements.

Minimum standards for transmission:

(a)	reporting to the NCBs must be timely and within the deadlines set by the relevant NCB;

(b)	statistical reports must take their form and format from the technical reporting requirements set by the NCBs;

(c)	the contact person(s) within the reporting agent must be identified; and

(d)	the technical specifications for data transmission to NCBs must be followed.

Minimum standards for accuracy:

(a)

the statistical information must be correct:

—	all linear constraints must be fulfilled (e.g. assets and liabilities must balance, subtotals must add up to totals), and

—	data must be consistent across all frequencies;

(b)	reporting agents must be able to provide information on the developments implied by the data supplied;

(c)	the statistical information must be complete: existing gaps must be acknowledged, explained to NCBs and, where applicable, bridged as soon as possible;

(d)	the statistical information must not contain continuous and structural gaps;

(e)	reporting agents must follow the dimensions and decimals set by the NCBs for the technical transmission of the data; and

(f)	reporting agents must follow the rounding policy set by the NCBs for the technical transmission of the data.

Minimum standards for conceptual compliance:

(a)	the statistical information must comply with the definitions and classifications contained in this Regulation;

(b)	in the event of deviations from these definitions and classifications, where applicable, reporting agents must monitor on a regular basis and quantify the difference between the measure used and the measure contained in this Regulation; and

(c)	reporting agents must be able to explain breaks in the data supplied compared with the previous periods’ figures.

4.	Minimum standards for revisions: The revisions policy and procedures set by the ECB and the NCBs must be followed. Revisions deviating from regular revisions must be accompanied by explanatory notes.

ANNEX V

CORRELATION TABLE

Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13)	This regulation
Article 1	Article 1
Article 2(1)	Article 1 first indent; Article 2(1)
Article 2(2)	Article 8(1)
Article 2(3)	Article 8(1)(e)
Article 3(1)	Article 3(1)
Article 3(2)	Article 3(2)
Article 3(3)	Article 3(3)
Article 4(1)	Article 4(1)
Article 4(2)	Article 4(1)
Article 4(3)	Article 9(1)
Article 4(4)	Article 9(2)
Article 4(5)	Article 8(1)(b); Article 8(1)(c)
Article 4(6)	Article 8(5)(a)
Article 4(7)	Article 8(5)(b)
Article 4(8)	Article 10
Article 5	Article 11
Article 6	Article 12
Article 7	—
Article 8	Article 14
Article 9	Article 15
Annex I, Part 1, Introduction	Annex I, Introduction
Annex I, Part 1, I, point 1	Article 3(1)
Annex I, Part 1, I, point 2	Article 1 first indent
Annex I, Part 1, I, point 3	Article 2(3)
Annex I, Part 1, I, point 4	Annex 1, Part 1, Section 1, point 1.1
Annex I, Part 1, I, point 5	Annex 1, Part 1, Section 1, point 1.2
Annex I, Part 1, I, point 6	Article 1 first indent; Annex 1, Part 1, Section 2, point 2.1
Annex I, Part 1, I, point 7	Annex 1, Part 1, Section 2, point 2.2
Annex I, Part 1, I, point 8	Article 1 first indent
Annex I, Part 1, I, point 9	Article 8(3)(a)
Annex I, Part 1, II	Article 7
Annex I, Part 1, III, point 1	Recital 2, recital 10, Annex III, Part 1, point 1
Annex I, Part 1, III, point 2	Annex I, Introduction; Annex I, Part 2
Annex I, Part 1, III, point 3	Annex I, Part 2
Annex I, Part 1, III, (i), (a), point 4	Annex I, Part 2, point 1(a)
Annex I, Part 1, III, (i), (a), point 5	Annex I, Part 2, point 2
Annex I, Part 1, III, (i), (b), point 6	Annex I, Part 2, point 1(b)
Annex I, Part 1, III, (ii), point 7	Annex I, Part 2, point 4
Annex I, Part 1, III, (iii), point 8	Annex I, Part 2, point 5.1
Annex I, Part 1, III, (iii), point 9	Annex I, Part 2, point 5.1
Annex I, Part 1, III, (iv), point 10	Annex I, Part 2, point 3
Annex I, Part 1, III, (v), point 11	—
Annex I, Part 1, III, (v), point 12	Recital 8
Annex I, Part 1, III, point 13	Recital 8
Annex I, Part 1, III, (vi), point 13a	Annex I, Part 2, point 5.5
Annex I, Part 1, III, (vi), point 13b	—
Annex I, Part 1, III, (vi), point 13c	Annex I, Part 2, point 5.5
Annex I, Part 1, III, (vi), point 13d	Annex I, Part 2, point 5.5
Annex I, Part 1, III, (vi), point 13e	Article 8(3)(b)
Annex I, Part 1, III, (vi), point 14	Article 6
Annex I, Part 1, III, (vi), point 15	Article 7(2)
Annex I, Part 1, III, (vi), point 16	Article 7(4)
Annex I, Part 1, IV, point 1	Annex I, Part 3
Annex I, Part 1, IV, point 2	Annex I, Part 3
Annex I, Part 1, IV, (a), point 3	Annex I, Part 3, point 1
Annex I, Part 1, IV, (a), point 4	—
Annex I, Part 1, IV, (b), point 5	Annex I, Part 3, point 2
Annex I, Part 1, IV, (c), point 6	Annex I, Part 3, point 4
Annex I, Part 1, IV, (c), point 6a	Article 8(6)
Annex I, Part 1, IV, (d), point 7	Annex I, Part 3, point 5
Annex I, Part 1, IV, (d), point 7a	Article 8(6)
Annex I, Part 1, IV, (e), point 8	Annex I, Part 3, point 3
Annex I, Part 1, IV, (e), point 9	Article 6
Annex I, Part 1, IV, (e), point 9a	—
Annex I, Part 1, IV, point 10	Article 7
Annex I, Part 1, V, point 1	Recital 9
Annex I, Part 1, V, point 2	Recital 9; Article 4
Annex I, Part 1, V, point 3	Article 4(1)
Annex I, Part 1, V, point 4	Article 4(2)
Annex I, Part 1, V, point 5	Recital 9
Annex I, Part 1, V, point 6	Annex I, Part 5, point 1
Annex I, Part 1, V, (i), point 7	Annex I, Part 5, Table 1A
Annex I, Part 1, V, (ii), point 8	Annex I, Part 5, Table 1A
Annex I, Part 1, V, (iii), point 9	Annex I, Part 5, Table 1A
Annex I, Part 1, V, (iv), point 10	Article 6
Annex I, Part 1, V, point 11	Annex I, Part 4, point 2
Annex I, Part 1, V, (i), point 12	Annex I, Part 5, Table 1A
Annex I, Part 1, V, point 13	Annex I, Part 5, Table 1A
Annex I, Part 1, V, (ii), point 14	Annex I, Part 5, Table 1A
Annex I, Part 1, V, (iii), point 15	Annex I, Part 5, Table 1A
Annex I, Part 1, V, point 16	Annex I, Part 5, Table 1A
Annex I, Part 1, V, (iv), point 17	Article 6
Annex I, Part 2, Table A	Annex I, Part 8
Annex I, Part 2, Table 1	Annex I, Part 2
Annex I, Part 2, Table 1, footnote 5	Annex III, Part 1, point 3
Annex I, Part 2, Table 2	Annex I, Part 3
Annex I, Part 2, Table 3	Annex I, Part 3
Annex I, Part 2, Table 4	Annex I, Part 3
Annex I, Part 2, Table 1A	Annex I, Part 5
Annex I, Part 3, General definitions	Annex II, Part 1
Annex I, Part 3, Definitions of sectors	Annex II, Part 3
Annex I, Part 3, Definitions of instrument categories	Annex II, Part 2
Annex I, Part 3, Table	Annex II, Part 2
Annex II, Part 1, I, point 1	Article 2(2); Annex III, Part 1, point 3
Annex II, Part 1, II, point 2	Annex III, Part 1, point 4
Annex II, Part 1, III, point 3	Annex III, Part 2, Section 1, point 1.1
Annex II, Part 1, III, point 4	Annex III, Part 2, Section 1, point 1.2
Annex II, Part 1, IV, point 5	Annex III, Part 1, point 2
Annex II, Part 1, IV, point 6	Annex III, Part 1, point 2
Annex II, Part 2, point 7	Annex III, Part 1, Table, footnote
Annex II, Part 3, point 8	Annex III, Part 2, Section 2, point 2.1
Annex II, Part 3, point 9	Annex III, Part 2, Section 2, point 2.2
Annex II, Part 3, point 10	Annex III, Part 2, Section 2, point 2.3
Annex II, Part 3, point 11	Annex III, Part 2, Section 2, point 2.4
Annex II, Part 3, Table	Annex III, Part 1, Table
Annex II, Appendix, Table	Annex II, Part 2, Table
Annex III	Article 8
Annex IV	Annex IV
Annex V	Article 13