Institutional framework

Legal framework of the ESCB

• Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union
• Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
• The Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank
• Protocol (No 7) on the privileges and immunities of the European Union

ECB institutional provisions

• Decision of the European Central Bank of 12 October 1999 concerning the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB/1999/7)
• Decision of the European Central Bank of 17 June 2004 adopting the Rules of Procedure of the General Council of the European Central Bank (ECB/2004/12)
• Consolidated version of the Decision of the European Central Bank of 19 February 2004 adopting the Rules of Procedure of the European Central Bank (ECB/2004/2) (2004/257/EC)
• Consolidated version of the Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank

Most recently consolidated version of the legal acts on the allocation of monetary income

• Consolidated version of the Decision (EU) 2015/298 of the European Central Bank of 15 December 2014 on the interim distribution of the income of the European Central Bank (ECB/2014/57) (recast)
• Decision (EU) 2016/2248 of the European Central Bank of 3 November 2016 on the allocation of monetary income of the national central banks of Member States whose currency is the euro (ECB/2016/36)

Most recently consolidated version of the Conditions of employment

Consolidated Conditions of Employment and Staff Rules

Monetary policy and Operations

• Guideline (EU) 2015/510 of the European Central Bank of 19 December 2014 on the implementation of the Eurosystem monetary policy framework (General Documentation Guideline) (ECB/2014/60)
• Consolidated version of the Decision (EU) 2019/1311 of the European Central Bank of 22 July 2019 on a third series of targeted longer-term refinancing operations (ECB/2019/21) (TLTRO3)
• Consolidated version of the Decision (EU) 2020/440 of the European Central Bank of 24 March 2020 on a temporary pandemic emergency purchase programme (ECB/2020/17) (PEPP)
• Decision (EU) 2020/188 of the European Central Bank of 3 February 2020 on a secondary markets public sector asset purchase programme (ECB/2020/9) (PSPP)
• Consolidated version of the Decision (EU) 2016/948 of the European Central Bank of 1 June 2016 on the implementation of the corporate sector purchase programme (ECB/2016/16) (CSPP)
• Decision (EU) 2020/187 of the European Central Bank of 3 February 2020 on the implementation of the third covered bond purchase programme (ECB/2020/8) (recast) (CBPP3)
• Consolidated version of the Decision (EU) 2015/5 of the European Central Bank of 19 November 2014 on the implementation of the asset-backed securities purchase programme (ECB/2014/45) (ABSPP)
• Consolidated version of the Regulation (EU) 2021/378 of the European Central Bank of 22 January 2021 on the application of minimum reserve requirements (recast) (ECB/2021/1)

Foreign exchange and Foreign reserves

Collection of agreements in force concerning the Exchange rate mechanism (ERM II)