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Legal framework

As an EU institution, the ƱAPP (ƱAPP) operates under clearly defined rules which can be found in primary and secondary European Union law. The ƱAPP’s objectives and tasks are set out in the and in the .

In carrying out its tasks within its fields of competence, the ƱAPP can adopt legal acts and also provides and publishes opinions on proposed legislation as part of its advisory function.

ƱAPP Legal Framework on EUR-Lex

All ƱAPP legal acts are available in all relevant official EU languages and are accessible on EUR-Lex, the online gateway to EU Law providing the official access to EU legal documents.

What can be found in the ƱAPP section on EUR-Lex?

All ƱAPP legal acts can be found on EUR-Lex. This includes all legal acts published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) as well as those previously only published on the ƱAPP website, including:

  • Regulations
  • Decisions
  • Guidelines
  • Recommendations
  • EU and national opinions and letters related to the ƱAPP’s advisory function
  • Memoranda of Understanding
  • Agreements

The legal acts available also include amendments, corrigenda and consolidated versions. In addition to the legal acts, you will also find all case law of relevance to the ƱAPP.

Finding your way around EUR-Lex

From the on EUR-Lex, you can browse ƱAPP legal acts by the following topics:

  • Legal framework of the ESCB
  • ƱAPP institutional provisions
  • Monetary policy and operations
  • Payment and settlement systems
  • Banknotes and coins, means of payment and currency matters
  • Foreign exchange and foreign reserves
  • Statistics  
  • Financial market stability
  • Banking supervision

You can also use the various search functionalities available to search for legal acts or court cases by key word, document number, year or other criteria.

An overview window displays the most recently published legal acts. You can also find a complete list of legal acts sorted by date.

For statistics on the number of ƱAPP legal acts and easy access to compilations by types of acts, topics or over time, you can navigate through interactive infographics.

Entries in EUR-Lex

Entries in EUR-Lex provide links to the different language versions available in HTML and PDF and the publication of the act in the Official Journal of the European Union, as well as to all consolidated versions available. You can choose to display a text in up to three languages at any one time.

FAQs on using EUR-Lex

These FAQs contain more detailed information which will help you find your way around the ƱAPP section on EUR-Lex.

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