What changed

From · report parliamentary committee draft · 23 Sept 2025 ECON-PR-777060 on the draft Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 concerning the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank (ECB/2025/17)

To · Plenary report · 12 Nov 2025 A-10-2025-0222 on the draft Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 concerning the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank (ECB/2025/17)

✦ In short · AI narration of the differences below, generated 4 Sept 2026

The new version adds a provision to Article 2(1) listing specific statistical areas for data collection, expanding the scope beyond the general reference to ESCB tasks. #2 The other changes are formal: repeated headings and document titles are inserted. #1 #3 #4

1 change of substance, plus 3 formal. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.

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Change #2 Substance

Adds a new subparagraph to Article 2(1) specifying areas where statistical information may be collected, including monetary, financial, banknote, payments, financial stability, balance of payments, macroeconomic indicators, and international investment position statistics.

Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point -a (new), Article 2 – paragraph 1: (-a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: / 1. For the fulfilment of the ECB’s statistical reporting requirements, the ECB, assisted by the national central banks in accordance with Article 5.2 of the Statute, shall have the right to collect statistical information within the limits of the reference reporting population and of what is necessary to carry out the tasks of the ESCB. To better answer the acute and upcoming challenges, information may be collected in particular in the area of monetary and financial statistics, banknote statistics, payments and payment systems statistics, financial stability statistics, balance of payments statistics, macroeconomic indicators and international investment position statistics. When necessary to perform the tasks of the ESCB, additional information may be collected also in other areas in duly justified cases. The information that is collected for the fulfilment of the ECB’s statistical reporting requirements shall be further specified in the ESCB’s statistical work programme.

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