Collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank
TA-10-2025-0297 · P10_TA(2025)0297 · PE777.060
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Parliament approves the draft Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 on the collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank, as amended.¶ The amended regulation broadens the ECB's right to collect statistical information to better answer acute and upcoming challenges, including in areas such as monetary and financial statistics, banknote statistics, payments, financial stability, balance of payments, macroeconomic indicators, and international investment position statistics.¶
Key points
- Parliament approves the draft regulation as amended and calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the approved text.¶¶
- The ECB, assisted by national central banks, may collect statistical information within the reference reporting population and as necessary for ESCB tasks.¶
- Information may be collected in 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.
- Additional information may be collected in other areas when necessary and duly justified, and the information to be collected is specified in the ESCB's statistical work programme.
Who is affected
- The European Central Bank and national central banks, which gain broader authority to collect statistical information.¶
- Entities within the reference reporting population, which may be subject to additional statistical reporting requirements.
Legal basis: Article 129(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Articles 5.4 and 41 of the Statute of the ESCB and of the ECB.¶