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Eurosystem

Monetary authority of the eurozone

The Eurosystem is the monetary authority of the eurozone, the collective of European Union member states that have adopted the euro as their sole official currency. The European Central Bank (ECB) has, under Article 16 of its Statute, the exclusive right to authorise the issuance of euro banknotes. Member states can issue euro coins, but the amount must be authorised by the ECB beforehand.

The Eurosystem consists of the ECB and the national central banks (NCB) of the 21 member states that are part of the eurozone. The national central banks apply the monetary policy of the ECB. The primary objective of the Eurosystem is price stability. Secondary objectives are financial stability and financial integration. The mission statement of the Eurosystem says that the ECB and the national central banks jointly contribute to achieving the objectives.

The Eurosystem is independent. When performing Eurosystem-related tasks, neither the ECB, nor an NCB, nor any member of their decision-making bodies may seek or take instructions from any external body. The Community institutions and bodies and the governments of the member states may not seek to influence the members of the decision-making bodies of the ECB or of the NCBs in the performance of their tasks.

The Eurosystem is distinct from the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), which comprises the ECB and the central banks of all European Union member states, including those that are not part of the eurozone.

Functions

In accordance with the treaty establishing the European Community and the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, the primary objective of the Eurosystem is to maintain price stability. Without prejudice to this objective, the Eurosystem supports the general economic policies in the Community and acts in accordance with the principles of an open market economy.

The basic tasks carried out by the Eurosystem are (art. 127 TFEU):

to define and implement the common monetary policy of the eurozone
to conduct foreign exchange operations
to hold and manage the official foreign reserves of the euro zone Member States, and
to promote the smooth operation of payment systems.

In addition, the Eurosystem contributes to the smooth conduct of policies pursued by the competent authorities relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions and the stability of the financial system.

The ECB has an advisory role vis-à-vis the Community and national authorities on matters within its field of competence, particularly where Community or national legislation is concerned. The ECB, assisted by the NCBs, has the task of collecting the necessary statistical information either from the competent national authorities or directly from economic agents to enable the ESCB to perform its tasks.

Members

State	Central Bank	Governor	Website
EU Eurozone	European Central Bank	Christine Lagarde	https://ecb.europa.eu
Austria	Austrian National Bank	Robert Holzmann	https://www.oenb.at
Belgium	National Bank of Belgium		http://www.nbb.be
Bulgaria	Bulgarian National Bank	Dimitar Radev	http://www.bnb.bg
Croatia	Croatian National Bank	Boris Vujčić	http://www.hnb.hr
Cyprus	Central Bank of Cyprus	Christodoulos Patsalides	http://www.centralbank.cy
Estonia	Bank of Estonia	Madis Müller	http://www.eestipank.ee
Finland	Bank of Finland	Olli Rehn	http://www.bof.fi
France	Bank of France	François Villeroy de Galhau	http://www.banque-france.fr
Germany	Deutsche Bundesbank	Joachim Nagel	http://www.bundesbank.de
Greece	Bank of Greece	Yannis Stournaras	http://www.bankofgreece.gr
Ireland	Central Bank of Ireland	Gabriel Makhlouf	http://www.centralbank.ie
Italy	Bank of Italy	Fabio Panetta	http://www.bancaditalia.it
Latvia	Bank of Latvia	Mārtiņš Kazāks	http://www.bank.lv
Lithuania	Bank of Lithuania	Gediminas Šimkus	http://www.lb.lt
Luxembourg	Central Bank of Luxembourg	Gaston Reinesch	http://www.bcl.lu
Malta	Central Bank of Malta	Edward Scicluna	http://centralbankmalta.org
Netherlands	De Nederlandsche Bank	Klaas Knot	http://www.dnb.nl
Portugal	Bank of Portugal	Mário Centeno	http://www.bportugal.pt
Slovakia	National Bank of Slovakia	Peter Kažimír	http://www.nbs.sk
Slovenia	Bank of Slovenia	Boštjan Vasle	http://www.bsi.si
Spain	Bank of Spain	José Luis Escrivá	http://www.bde.es

Consolidated balance sheet of the Eurosystem

Assets	Liabilities	(EUR millions)	31 December	31 December	(EUR millions)	31 December
1 Gold and gold receivables	649,110	592,898	1 Banknotes in circulation	1,567,711	1,572,033
2 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency	499,583	523,240	2 Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro	3,508,865	3,998,940
3 Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency{{efn	(a) Security investments inside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’	13,876	20,417	3 Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions denominated in euro	58,873	78,335
4 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro{{efn	(a) Balances with banks outside the euro area other than those under asset item 11.3 ‘Other financial assets’	20,097	14,224	4 Debt certificates issued	0	0
5 Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro	410,290	1,324,347	5 Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro	303,864	564,582
6 Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro	28,707	31,035	6 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro	281,940	540,725
7 Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro	4,898,966	5,102,068	7 Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency	16,382	11,683
8 General government debt denominated in euro	20,917	21,589	8 Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency	4,474	4,753
9 Other assets	393,943	321,222	9 Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF	177,116	181,121
			10 Other liabilities	260,877	290,578
			11 Revaluation accounts	635,144	588,053
			12 Capital and reserves	120,242	120,237
Total assets	6,935,489	7,951,039		6,935,489	7,951,039

Notes

References

[http://www.ecb.int/ecb/legal/pdf/en_statute_from_c_11520080509en02010328.pdf Statute of the ECB] (PDF) {{webarchive. link. (15 April 2010)
"European Central Bank/Eurosystem, Organisation".
"Price stability: Year-on-year increase in the [[HICP. Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices]] for the euro area of below 2%." Source: [http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/educational/facts/html/index.en.html FACTS presentation: Monetary policy] {{Webarchive. link. (20 May 2017)
"The mission of the Eurosystem".
"FACTS presentation: Organisation".
Statistics service. (2024). "Consolidated balance sheet of the Eurosystem as at 31 December 2023".
"Decision - 2016/2247 - EN - EUR-Lex".

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