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European Central Bank

The European Central Bank (ECB) is one of the world's most important central banks, responsible for monetary policy covering the 15 member countries of the Eurozone. It was established by the European Union (EU) in 1998 with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.

The predecessor to the ECB was the European Monetary Institute (EMI). It was established at the start of the second stage of the EU's Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) to handle the transitional issues of states adopting the euro and prepare for the creation of the ECB and European System of Central Banks (ESCB). The EMI itself took over from the earlier European Monetary Co-operation Fund (EMCF).

The ECB formally replaced the EMI on 1 June of 1998 by virtue of the Maastricht Treaty, however it did not exercise its full powers until the introduction of the euro on 1 January 1999, signalling the third stage of EMU. The bank was the final institution needed for EMU, as outlined by the EMU reports of Pierre Werner and President Jacques Delors. According to the ECB website, it was established on 1 June 1998.

Wim Duisenberg, first President of the ECB

The first President of the Bank was Wim Duisenberg, the former president of De Nederlandsche Bank, who was succeeded in November 2003 by Jean-Claude Trichet, former head of Banque de France. Duisenberg has been the head of the EMI (taking over from Alexandre Lamfalussy of Belgium). However the French government wished Trichet to be the first ECB president, stating that as Germany had the seat of the ECB then the Presidency should fall to France. This was opposed by the German, Dutch and Belgian governments who saw Duisenberg as a guarantor of a strong euro.

Tensions were abated by an unwritten agreement in which Duisenberg would stand down before the end of his mandate and be replaced by Trichet. The remaining members of the executive board also had tension with the United Kingdom, that demanded a seat even though it had not joined the eurozone. Under pressure from France three seats were assigned to the largest members, France, Germany and Italy. Spain demanded and was awarded the same treatment with the final seat going to Finland. Despite such a system of appointment the board asserted its independence early on in resisting calls for interest rates and future candidates to it.

When the ECB was created, it covered a Eurozone of eleven members, since then Greece joined in January 2001, Slovenia in January 2007, and Cyprus and Malta in January 2008, enlarging the bank's scope and the membership of its Governing Council.

Powers and objectives

The ECB has the exclusive right to authorise issuance of banknotes

The ECB has the exclusive right to set interest rates for the Eurozone.The primary objective of the ECB and the ESCB is "to maintain price stability" within the Eurozone, in other words to keep inflation low. The present target is to keep inflation below, but close to, 2%.

Second to this objective, the key tasks of the ECB and ESCB are to define and implement the monetary policy for the eurozone, support the economic policies of the member states, conduct foreign exchange operations (and take care of the foreign reserves of the ESCB) and promote smooth operation of the banking payment system. Finally, the ESCB also acts according to a market economy with free competition, but the objective of price stability prevails over all others.

Further more, in this it has 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 (upon the introduction of the euro, the ECB also had exclusive right to issue coins). The bank must also co-operate within the EU and internationally with third bodies and entities. Finally it is responsible for maintaining a stable financial system and monitoring the banking sector. The latter can be seen, for example, in the banks intervention during the 2007 credit crisis when it injected billions of euros to stabilise the financial system. In December 2007 the ECB decided in conjunction with the Federal Reserve under a program called Term auction facility to improve dollar liquidity in the eurozone and to stabilize the money market.

In particular, the monetary functions involve: the opening of accounts for credit institutions, public entities and other market entities; open market and credit operations; requiring credit institutions to hold minimum reserves, regulating to create an efficient and sound clearing and payments system; and co-operating with third country central banks, credit institutions and international organisations.

Organisation

Jean-Claude Trichet, the current President


The design of the ECB was modelled on the German Bundesbank, in particular on its political independence. It is governed by a Governing Council and the Executive Board. There is also a General Council. The bank has independence from any European or national institution and also holds financial independence by means of a separate budget drawn from national central banks. These bodies also govern the ESCB, which is the ECB plus all the NCBs of the EU (the "Eurosystem" is the ECB plus the NCBs inside the Eurozone).

The Governing Council is the supreme decision making body of the ECB. It is composed of the members of the executive board and the governors of the NCBs which have adopted the euro. The Council is responsible for taking decisions on monetary policy, interest rates and the reserves of the ESCB. It also responsible in other matters, such as authorises the issue of banknotes and in advising other institutions on draft legislation. It meets at least ten times a year and meets can only be attended by members and the Council President and Commission President. In voting each member has one vote (the Council and Commission presidents do not vote) and decisions are taken by a simple majority.

The Executive Board is responsible for the implementation of monetary policy defined by the Governing Council and the day-to-day running of the bank. In this it issues decisions to NCBs and may also exercise powers delegated to it by the Governing Council. It is comprised of the President of the Bank (currently Jean-Claude Trichet), a vice president and four other members. They are all appointed by common accord of the eurozone governments for a non-renewable eight year term.By a tacit understanding arrived at in 2005, four of these six seats are currently reserved for the Eurozone's four big central banks of France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

The General Council is a body dealing with transitional issues of euro adoption, for example fixing the exchange rates of currencies being replaced by the euro, (continuing the tasks of the former EMI). It exists until all states adopt the euro, at which point it would be dissolved. It is composed of the President and vice president together with the governors of all the NCBs of the EU.

Location

Main article: European Central Bank Headquarters

Model of the ECB's new headquarters

building site (April 2007)

The bank is based in Frankfurt, the largest financial centre in the Eurozone. Its location in the city is fixed by the Amsterdam Treaty along with other major institutions. In the city, the bank currently occupies Frankfurt's Eurotower until its purpose-built headquarters are built.

In 1999 an international architectural competition was launched by the bank to design a new building. It was won by a Vienna-based architectural office called Coop Himmelbau. The building will be approximately 180 metres (591 ft) tall (the present building is 148 m/486 ft) and will be accompanied by other secondary buildings on a landscaped site on the site of the former wholesale market (Grossmarkthalle) in the eastern part of Frankfurt am Main. The main construction work will commence in October 2008, with completion scheduled for before the end of 2011. It is expected that the building will become an architectural symbol for Europe and is designed to cope with double the number of staff who operate in the Eurotower.
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