EMI går minsandten så vidt som at tillade sig at acceptere, at nationale særegenheder fortsat kan bestå..., såfremt de ikke er til hinder for, som det siges i traktaten, at hver medlemsstat » senest på tidspunktet for oprettelsen af ESCB sørger (...) for, at dens nationale lovgivning, herunder statutterne for dens nationale centralbank, er forenelig med denne traktat og ESCB-statutten «.
It even goes so far as to acknowledge that specific national features may continue to exist, provided that, as stipulated in the Treaty, each Member States must ensures that, at the latest, by the date of the establishment of the ESCB, its national legislation including the statutes of its national central bank is compatible with this Treaty and the statute of the ESCB.