Article 1 Scope
1. TARGET2-ECB may only:
a) process the ECB's own payments;
b) process payments of customers of the ECB; and
c) supply settlement services to entities managing ancillary systems, including entities established outside the EEA, provided that they are subject to oversight by a competent authority, they comply with the oversight requirements for the location of infrastructures offering services in euro, as amended from time to time and published on the ECB's website , and their access to TARGET2-ECB has been approved by the Governing Council.
The Eurosystem's current policy for the location of infrastructure is set out in the following statements, which are available on the ECB's website at www.ecb.europa.eu: (a) the policy statement on euro payment and settlement systems located outside the euro area of 3 November 1998 ; (b) the Eurosystem's policy line with regard to consolidation in central counterparty clearing of 27 September 2001 ; (c) the Eurosystem policy principles on the location and operation of infrastructures settling euro-denominated payment transactions of 19 July 2007 ; (d) the Eurosystem policy principles on the location and operation of infrastructures settling euro-denominated payment transactions: specification of ‘ legally and operationally located in the euro area ’ of 20 November 2008 ; (e) the Eurosystem oversight policy framework, revised version of July 2016.
Substituted by Decision (EU) 2018/1625 of the European Central Bank of 8 October 2018 amending Decision ECB/2007/7 concerning the terms and conditions of TARGET2-ECB (ECB/2018/24).
2. The ECB may only accept central banks, European and international organisations, and, pursuant to an ad-hoc decision of the Governing Council, central governments of the European Union Member States or public entities designated by such central governments to act on their behalf as customers.
Substituted by Decision of the European Central Bank of 10 May 2010 concerning the management of pooled bilateral loans for the benefit of the Hellenic Republic and amending Decision ECB/2007/7 (ECB/2010/4) (2010/275/EU).