Date: 2023-12-14Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2023/2796 of the European Central Bank of 4 December 2023 amending Decision (EU) 2022/1981 on the use of services of the European System of Central Banks by competent authorities (ECB/2022/33) (ECB/2023/30)
**Executive Summary:**
This decision amends Decision EU 2022/1981, modifying the use of European System of Central Banks (ESCB) services by competent authorities within the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM). It expands the list of mandatory ESCB services and further specifies financial arrangements, including cost contributions for the Centralised Securities Database (CSDB) and the Securities Holdings Statistics Database (SHSDB) from specific dates. The decision also addresses personal data processing considerations.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Mandatory ESCB Services:**
* The list of ESCB services that competent authorities are required to use is extended to include:
* AnaCredit
* Centralised Securities Database (CSDB)
* Register of Institutions and Affiliates Database (RIAD)
* Securities Holdings Statistics Database (SHSDB)
* **Financial Arrangements:**
* Competent authorities using ESCB services must contribute to development and operating costs based on a cost allocation key.
* Exemption from cost contribution for:
* SHSDB costs incurred before 1 July 2023.
* CSDB costs incurred before 1 January 2024.
* **Data Protection:**
* Competent authorities must comply with applicable data protection legislation when using ESCB services involving personal data processing.
* **Amendments to Decision EU 2022/1981:**
* Article 3 regarding financial arrangements is replaced.
* Annex I, listing mandatory ESCB services, is replaced.
* Annex III is amended regarding personal data processing.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The decision takes effect on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Impact Analysis:**
**European Central Bank (ECB):**
* *Impact:* Must implement the changes to Decision EU 2022/1981, including updating Annexes and managing the financial reimbursement framework.
* *Action Required:* Update relevant documentation, systems, and procedures to reflect the changes in mandatory ESCB services and financial arrangements.
**National Competent Authorities (NCAs) within the SSM:**
* *Impact:* Required to use the newly added ESCB services (AnaCredit, CSDB, RIAD, SHSDB) and contribute to the associated costs from specified dates.
* *Action Required:* Implement the use of the new mandatory ESCB services, adjust budgets to account for cost contributions (excluding costs before 1 July 2023 for SHSDB and before 1 January 2024 for CSDB), and ensure compliance with data protection legislation.
**ESCB Central Banks:**
* *Impact:* Continued provision and maintenance of statistical ESCB services, with potential increase in usage by NCAs.
* *Action Required:* Ensure the capacity and functionality of the statistical ESCB services to accommodate increased usage and provide support to NCAs in their implementation.
Key Entities Referenced
European Central Bank: The central bank of the European Union countries that have adopted the euro.
European System of Central Banks: The central banking system of the European Union.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties governing the European Union.
Council Regulation EU No 1024/2013: A regulation conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions.
Single Supervisory Mechanism: A system for banking supervision in the Eurozone.
AnaCredit: A dataset with detailed information on individual bank loans in the Eurozone.
Centralised Securities Database: A database maintained by the ESCB containing detailed information on securities.
Securities Holdings Statistics Database: A database maintained by the ESCB containing statistical information on securities holdings.
Official Journal EN
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2023/2796 14.12.2023
DECISION (EU) 2023/2796 OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 4 December 2023
amending Decision (EU) 2022/1981 on the use of services of the European System of Central Banks
by competent authorities (ECB/2022/33) (ECB/2023/30)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 127(6) and Article 132
thereof,
Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular
Article 34 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013conferring specific tasks on the European
Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions(1), and in particular
Article 6(1) in conjunction with Article 6(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Decision (EU) 2022/1982 of the European Central Bank (ECB/2022/34)(2), competent authorities may
use services of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) for the purpose of cooperating with the ESCB and
with each other in order to carry out their tasks within the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), established
pursuant to Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013(3).
(2) Pursuant to Decision (EU) 2022/1981 of the European Central Bank (ECB/2022/33)(4), competent authorities must
or may use ESCB services under the conditions provided therein.
(3) Decision (EU) 2022/1981 (ECB/2022/33) applies to the ESCB services that are contained in the exhaustive lists
either of Annex I, which covers ESCB services that all competent authorities should be required to use in carrying
out their tasks within the SSM, or Annex II, which covers ESCB services that competent authorities may, on a
voluntary basis, decide to use in carrying out their tasks within the SSM.
(4) ESCB services are provided to ESCB central banks to indirectly support the performance of their tasks. Statistical
ESCB services are developed, run and maintained by one or more ESCB central banks and steered by the ESCB’s
Statistics Committee. To ensure the smooth, effective and consistent functioning of the SSM the practical
arrangements for the cooperation between the European Central Bank and the national competent authorities
(NCAs) within the SSM should include arrangements for the use by those NCAs of certain statistical ESCB services
in order to carry out their tasks under Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013. Therefore, the list of ESCB services that
competent authorities are required to use should be extended to include AnaCredit, the Centralised Securities
Database (CSDB), the Register of Institutions and Affiliates Database (RIAD) and the Securities Holdings Statistics
Database (SHSDB).
(5) Competent authorities that use ESCB services are to contribute to the costs of developing and operating the ESCB
services according to a defined reimbursement framework based on a cost allocation key. In the light of the
significant administrative burden of calculating the reimbursement by competent authorities for past costs in
particular, competent authorities that use the SHSDB or the CSDB should only be required to contribute to the
costs of developing and operating the respective ESCB service arisen on or after 1 July 2023for the SHSDB and on
or after 1 January 2024for the CSDB. The existing financial arrangements should therefore be specified further.
(1) OJ L 287, 29.10.2013, p. 63.
(2) Decision (EU) 2022/1982 of the European Central Bank of 10 October 2022 on the use of services of the European System of Central
Banks by competent authorities and by cooperating authorities, and amending Decision ECB/2013/1 (ECB/2022/34) (OJ L 272,
20.10.2022, p. 29).
(3) Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning
policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions (OJ L 287, 29.10.2013, p. 63).
(4) Decision (EU) 2022/1981 of the European Central Bank of 10 October 2022 on the use of services of the European System of Central
Banks by competent authorities (ECB/2022/33) (OJ L 272, 20.10.2022, p. 22).
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(6) The use of ESCB services may involve the processing of personal data. The data processing operations related to the
different ESCB services may vary and may therefore require different qualifications of the entities involved in such
processing. Decision (EU) 2022/1981 (ECB/2022/33) should be amended to allow for the different possible
qualifications of controllership from a data protection perspective.
(7) Therefore, Decision (EU) 2022/1981 (ECB/2022/33) should be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Amendments
Decision (EU) 2022/1981(ECB/2022/33) is amended as follows:
1) Article 3 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 3
Financial arrangements
1. Competent authorities that use ESCB services shall contribute to the costs of developing and operating the
respective ESCB service in accordance with a defined reimbursement framework, which is based on a cost allocation
key, as further specified in the respective financial envelopes following the applicable reimbursement rules.
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, competent authorities that use the Centralised Securities Database
(CSDB) and/or the Securities Holdings Statistics Database (SHSDB) shall not be required to contribute to the costs of
developing and operating the CSDB and/or the SHSDB, as applicable, where those costs are incurred before 1 July
2023for the SHSDB and before 1 January 2024for the CSDB, respectively.’;
2) Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Decision;
3) Annex III is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Decision.
Article 2
Entry into force
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
Done at Frankfurt am Main, 4 December 2023.
The President of the ECB
Christine LAGARDE
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ANNEX I
Annex I to Decision (EU) 2022/1981 (ECB/2022/33) is replaced by the following:
‘ANNEX I
ESCB services that competent authorities are required to use
— AnaCredit (Anacredit)
— Centralised Securities Database (CSDB)
— CoreNet
— Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
— Identity and Access Management Service (IAM)
— Register of Institutions and Affiliates Database (RIAD)
— Securities Holdings Statistics Database (SHSDB).’.
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ANNEX II
In Annex III to Decision (EU) 2022/1981 (ECB/2022/33), point (10) is replaced by the following:
‘(10) In the case that the usage of the ESCB service involves the processing of personal data by the competent authority, the
competent authority must comply with the applicable data protection legislation.’.
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