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Document 32016D0009

Deċiżjoni (UE) 2016/821 tal-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew tas-26 ta' April 2016 li temenda d-Deċiżjoni BĊE/2007/7 dwar it-termini u l-kundizzjonijiet ta' TARGET2-BĊE (BĊE/2016/9)

OJ L 136, 25.5.2016, p. 12–18 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 19/03/2023; Impliċitament imħassar minn 32022D0911

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2016/821/oj

25.5.2016   

MT

Il-Ġurnal Uffiċjali tal-Unjoni Ewropea

L 136/12

DEĊIŻJONI (UE) 2016/821 TAL-BANK ĊENTRALI EWROPEW

tas-26 ta' April 2016

li temenda d-Deċiżjoni BĊE/2007/7 dwar it-termini u l-kundizzjonijiet ta' TARGET2-BĊE (BĊE/2016/9)

Il-BORD EŻEKUTTIV TAL-BANK ĊENTRALI EWROPEW,

Wara li kkunsidra t-Trattat dwar il-Funzjonament tal-Unjoni Ewropea, u b'mod partikolari l-ewwel u r-raba' inċiżi tal-Artikolu 127(2) tiegħu,

Wara li kkunsidra l-Istatut tas-Sistema Ewropea tal-Banek Ċentrali u tal-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew, u b'mod partikolari l-Artikolu 3.1 u l-Artikoli 17, 18 u 22 tiegħu,

Billi:

(1)

Il-Linja Gwida (UE) 2016/579 tal-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew (BĊE/2016/6) (1) emendat il-Linja Gwida BĊE/2012/27 (2) bil-għan li tikkjarifika l-iskema li permezz tagħha l-banek ċentrali nazzjonali (BĊNi) jipprovdu servizzi ta' awtokollateralizzazzjoni u saldu fi flus tal-bank ċentrali. Dawn il-kjarifiki jsegwu mill-emendi li ddaħħlu bil-Linja Gwida (UE) 2015/930 tal-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew (BĊE/2015/15) (3), li emendat il-Linja Gwida BĊE/2012/27 sabiex tintroduċi Kontijiet Apposta ta' Flus Kontanti u servizzi ta' awtokollateralizzazzjoni fir-rigward tat-tħaddim ta' TARGET2-Securities (T2S).

(2)

Il-Linja Gwida (UE) 2016/579 (BĊE/2016/6) introduċiet ukoll emendi għal-Linja Gwida BĊE/2012/27 fuq għadd ta' kwistjonijiet ta' politika, inkluż it-trattament ta' parteċipanti f'TARGET2 soġġetti għal proċeduri ta' riżoluzzjoni, mill-perspettiva tal-parteċipazzjoni tagħhom f'TARGET2.

(3)

Sabiex tirrifletti l-emendi preċedenti għal-Linja Gwida BĊE/2012/27, id-Deċiżjoni BĊE/2007/7 (4), li tikkonċerna t-termini u l-kundizzjonijiet ta' TARGET2-ECB, għandha tiġi emendata kif meħtieġ,

ADOTTA DIN ID-DEĊIŻJONI:

Artikolu 1

Emendi

L-Annessi I u II tad-Deċiżjoni BĊE/2007/7 huma emendati skont l-Anness ta' din il-Linja Gwida.

Artikolu 2

Dħul fis-seħħ

Din id-Deċiżjoni għandha tidħol fis-seħħ fis-16 ta' Mejju 2016.

Magħmul fi Frankfurt am Main, 26 ta' April 2016.

Il-President tal-BĊE

Mario DRAGHI

(1)  Linja gwida (UE) 2016/579 tal-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew tas-16 ta' Marzu 2016 li temenda l-Linja gwida BĊE/2012/27 dwar sistema Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) (BĊE/2016/6) (ĠU L 99, 15.4.2016, p. 21).

(2)  Linja Gwida BĊE/2012/27 tal-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew tal-5 ta' Diċembru 2012 dwar sistema Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) (ĠU L 30, 30.1.2013, p. 1).

(3)  Linja gwida (UE) 2015/930 tal-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew tat-2 ta' April 2015 li temenda l-Linja gwida BĊE/2012/27 dwar sistema Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) (BĊE/2015/15) (ĠU L 155, 19.6.2015, p. 38).

(4)  Id-Deċiżjoni BĊE 2007/7 tal-24 ta' Lulju 2007 dwar it-termini u l-kundizzjonijiet ta' TARGET2-BĊE (ĠU L 237, 8.9.2007, p. 71).

ANNESS

1.

L-Anness I tad-Deċiżjoni BĊE/2007/7 huwa emendat kif gej:

(a)

fl-Artikolu 1 qed tiżdied id-definizzjoni li ġejja:

“—

‘direct debit authorisation’ means a general instruction by a payer to its CB entitling and obliging that CB to debit the payer's account upon receipt of a valid direct debit instruction from a payee,”;

(b)

L-Artikolu 28 huwa emendat kif gej:

(i)

is-sentenza li ġejja għandha tiżdied fl-aħħar tal-paragrafu 1:

“For the purposes of this paragraph, the taking of resolution action within the meaning of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (*) against a PM account holder shall not automatically qualify as the opening of insolvency proceedings.

(*)  Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Council Directive 82/891/KEE, and Directives 2001/24/KE, 2002/47/KE, 2004/25/KE, 2005/56/KE, 2007/36/KE, 2011/35/EU, 2012/30/EU and 2013/36/EU, and Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010 and (EU) No 648/2012, of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 190).”;"

(ii)

il-paragrafu 4(a) huwa ssostitwit b'li ġej:

“(a)

In the event that the ECB suspends or terminates a PM account holder's participation in TARGET2-ECB under paragraph 1 or 2, the ECB shall immediately inform, by means of an ICM broadcast message or a T2S broadcast message, that PM account holder, other CBs and PM account holders and DCA holders in all of the TARGET2 component systems of such suspension or termination. Such message shall be deemed to have been issued by the home CB of the PM account holder and DCA holder that receives the message.”;

(iii)

il-paragrafu 4 hu mħassar;

(c)

fl-Artikolu 32, il-paragrafu 1 huwa ssostitwit b'li ġej:

“1.   The ECB shall keep confidential all sensitive or secret information, including when such information relates to payment, technical or organisational information belonging to the participant, participants from the same group or the participant's customers, unless the participant or its customer has given its written consent to disclose.”;

(d)

fl-Appendiċi II, il-punt 3(a)(ii) huwa ssostitwit b'li ġej:

“(ii)

interest compensation shall be determined by applying a reference rate to be fixed from day to day. This reference rate shall be the lower of the euro overnight index average (EONIA) rate and the marginal lending rate. The reference rate shall be applied to the amount of the payment order not settled as a result of the technical malfunction of TARGET2 for each day in the period from the date of the actual or, in relation to payment orders referred to in paragraph 2(b)(ii), intended submission of the payment order until the date on which the payment order was or could have been successfully settled. Any interest or charges resulting from the placing of any non-settled payment orders on deposit with the Eurosystem shall be deducted from, or charged to, the amount of any compensation, as the case may be; and”;

(e)

fl-Appendiċi IV, il-paragrafu 4 hu emendat kif ġej:

(i)

il-punt (b) huwa ssostitwit b'dan li ġej:

“(b)

In the event that the operation of the SSP or the T2S Platform, as referred to in Annex II, is relocated from one region (Region 1) to another region (Region 2), the participants shall endeavour to reconcile their positions up to the point of the failure or the occurrence of the abnormal external events and provide to the ECB all relevant information in this respect.”;

(ii)

jiddaħħal il-punt (c) li ġej:

“(c)

Where a PM to DCA liquidity transfer order is debited on the participant's PM account on the SSP in Region 1, but, after reconciliation, is not shown as debited on the SSP in Region 2, the CB responsible for the participant shall debit the participant's PM account in Region 2 to return the participant's PM account balance to the level it had prior to the relocation.”;

(f)

fl-Appendiċi IV, il-paragrafu 8(c) huwa ssostitwit b'dan li ġej:

“(c)

The ECB may require that the participants participate in regular or ad hoc testing of business continuity and contingency processing measures, training or any other preventative arrangements, as deemed necessary by the ECB. Any costs incurred by the participants as a result of such testing or other arrangements shall be borne solely by the participants.”;

(g)

fl-Appendiċi VI jiddaħħal it-test li ġej:

“15.

An ancillary system using the ASI or the Participant Interface, irrespective of the number of any accounts it may hold with the ASCB and/or the SCB, shall be subject to a fee schedule consisting of the following elements:

(a)

A fixed monthly fee of EUR 1 000 to be charged to each ancillary system (Fixed Fee I).

(b)

A second monthly fixed fee of between EUR 417 and EUR 8 334, in proportion to the underlying gross value of the ancillary system's euro cash settlement transactions (Fixed Fee II):

Band

From (EUR million/day)

To (EUR million/day)

Annual fee

Monthly fee

1

0

below 1 000

EUR 5 000

EUR 417

2

1 000

below 2 500

EUR 10 000

EUR 833

3

2 500

below 5 000

EUR 20 000

EUR 1 667

4

5 000

below 10 000

EUR 30 000

EUR 2 500

5

10 000

below 50 000

EUR 40 000

EUR 3 333

6

50 000

below 500 000

EUR 50 000

EUR 4 167

7

Above 500 000

—

EUR 100 000

EUR 8 334

The gross value of the ancillary system's euro cash settlement transactions shall be calculated by the ASCB once a year on the basis of such gross value during the previous year and the calculated gross value shall be applied for calculating the fee from 1 January of each calendar year. The gross value shall exclude transactions settled on DCAs.

(c)

A transaction fee calculated on the same basis as the schedule established for PM account holders, in line with paragraph 1(b). The ancillary system may choose one of the two options: either to pay a flat EUR 0,80 fee per payment instruction (Option A) or to pay a fee calculated on a degressive basis (Option B), subject to the following modifications:

(i)

for Option B, the limits of the bands relating to volume of payment instructions are divided by two, and

(ii)

a monthly fixed fee of EUR 150 (under Option A) or EUR 1 875 (under Option B) shall be charged in addition to Fixed Fee I and Fixed Fee II.

(d)

In addition to the fees set out in points (a) to (c), an ancillary system using the ASI or the Participant Interface shall also be subject to the following fees:

(i)

If the ancillary system makes use of the TARGET2 value-added services for T2S, the monthly fee for the use of the value added services shall be EUR 50 for those systems that have chosen option A and EUR 625 for those systems that have chosen option B. This fee shall be charged for each account held by the ancillary system that uses the services;

(ii)

If the ancillary system holds a Main PM account linked to one or more DCAs, the monthly fee shall be EUR 250 for each linked DCA; and

(iii)

The ancillary system as Main PM account holder shall be charged the following fees for T2S services connected with the linked DCA(s). These items shall be billed separately:

Tariff items

Price

Explanation

Settlement services

DCA to DCA liquidity transfer orders

9 euro cent

per transfer

Intra-balance movement (i.e. blocking, unblocking, reservation of liquidity eċċ)

6 euro cent

per transaction

Information services

A2 A reports

0,4 euro cent

Per business item in any A2 A report generated

A2 A queries

0,7 euro cent

Per queried business item in any A2 A query generated

U2 A queries

10 euro cent

Per executed search function

U2 A queries downloaded

0,7 euro cent

Per queried business item in any U2 A query generated and downloaded

Messages bundled into a file

0,4 euro cent

Per message in a file

Transmissions

1,2 euro cent

Per transmission.”;

2.

L-Anness II tad-Deċiżjoni BĊE/2007/7 huwa emendat skont kif ġej:

(a)

fl-Artikolu 1, id-definizzjonijiet li ġejjin huma ssostitwiti:

“—

‘auto-collateralisation’ means intraday credit granted by the euro area national central bank (NCB) in central bank money triggered when a DCA holder has insufficient funds to settle securities transactions, whereby such intraday credit is collateralised either with the securities being purchased (collateral on flow), or with securities already held by the DCA holder (collateral on stock). An auto collateralisation transaction consists of two distinct transactions, one for the granting of auto-collateralisation and one for its reimbursement. It may also include a third transaction for any eventual relocation of collateral. For the purposes of Article 16, all three transactions are deemed to have been entered into the system and deemed to be irrevocable at the same time as the transaction for the granting of the auto-collateralisation,”;

“—

‘Main PM account’ means the PM account to which a DCA is linked and to which any remaining balance will be automatically repatriated at the end of the day,”;

(b)

Il-paragrafu introduttorju tal-Artikolu 16(3) huwa ssostitwit b'dan li ġej:

“An agreement is to be signed between the Eurosystem CBs and the connected NCBs, on the one hand, and all CSDs participating in T2S, on the other hand, on the exchange of information in the event of the insolvency of a participant, and the liability of each of the signatories to the agreement. Two weeks after the ECB has confirmed to all of the agreement's signatories that procedures for the exchange of the abovementioned information have been established and approved by all parties thereto, the rules provided for in paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:”;

(c)

L-Artikolu 24 huwa emendat skont kif ġej:

(i)

is-sentenza li ġejja għandha tiżdied fl-aħħar tal-paragrafu 1:

“For the purposes of this paragraph, the taking of resolution action within the meaning of Directive 2014/59/EU against a DCA holder shall not automatically qualify as the opening of insolvency proceedings.”;

(ii)

il-paragrafu 4(a) huwa ssostitwit b'dan li ġej:

“(a)

In the event that the ECB suspends or terminates a DCA holder's participation in TARGET2-ECB under paragraph 1 or 2, the ECB shall immediately inform, by means of an ICM broadcast message or a T2S broadcast message, that DCA holder, other CBs and DCA holders and PM account holders in all of the TARGET2 component systems of such suspension or termination. Such a message shall be deemed to have been issued by the home CB of the DCA holder and PM account holder that receives the message.”;

(iii)

il-paragrafu 4(b) huwa mħassar;

(d)

fl-Appendiċi II, il-paragrafu 3(a)(ii) huwa ssostitwit b'dan li ġej:

“(ii)

interest compensation shall be determined by applying a reference rate to be fixed from day to day. This reference rate shall be the lower of the euro overnight index average (EONIA) rate and the marginal lending rate. The reference rate shall be applied to the amount of the payment order not settled as a result of the technical malfunction of TARGET2 for each day in the period from the date of the actual or, in relation to payment orders referred to in paragraph 2(b)(ii), intended submission of the payment order until the date on which the payment order was or could have been successfully settled. Any interest or charges resulting from the placing of any non-settled payment orders on deposit with the Eurosystem shall be deducted from, or charged to, the amount of any compensation, as the case may be; and”;

(e)

fl-Appendiċi IV, il-paragrafu 7(b) huwa ssostitwit b'dan li ġej:

“(b)

The ECB may require that the DCA holders participate in regular or ad hoc testing of business continuity and contingency processing measures, training or any other preventative arrangements, as deemed necessary by the ECB. Any costs incurred by the DCA holders as a result of such testing or other arrangements shall be borne solely by the DCA holders.”;

(f)

L-Appendiċi VI huwa ssostitwit b'dan li ġej:

“APPENDIX VI

FEE SCHEDULE

Fees for T2S services

The following fees for T2S services connected with DCAs shall be charged to the Main PM account holders:

Tariff items

Price

Explanation

Settlement services

DCA to DCA liquidity transfer orders

9 euro cent

per transfer

Intra-balance movement (i.e. blocking, unblocking, reservation of liquidity eċċ)

6 euro cent

per transaction

Information services

A2 A reports

0,4 euro cent

Per business item in any A2 A report generated

A2 A queries

0,7 euro cent

Per queried business item in any A2 A query generated

U2 A queries

10 euro cent

Per executed search function

U2 A queries downloaded

0,7 euro cent

Per queried business item in any U2 A query generated and downloaded

Messages bundled into a file

0,4 euro cent

Per message in a file

Transmissions

1,2 euro cent

Per transmission”.
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