(2) Den Europæiske Centralbank (ECB) anser det for nødvendigt, at ECB og de nationale centralbanker i de deltagende medlemsstater (NCB'erne) anvender minimumsstandarder i forbindelse med: i) udførelse af pengepolitiske operationer, ii) udførelse af valutatransaktioner med ECB's valutareserver, samt iii) forvaltning af ECB's valutareserveaktiver, når NCB'erne handler som befuldmægtigede for ECB i medfør af retningslinje ECB/2000/1 af 3. februar 2000 om de nationale centralbankers forvaltning af Den Europæiske Centralbanks valutareserveaktiver og den juridiske dokumentation for transaktioner vedrørende Den Europæiske Centralbanks valutareserveaktiver(1), senest ændret ved retningslinje ECB/2001/12(2).
(2) The European Central Bank (ECB) considers it necessary for the ECB and each national central bank of a participating Member State (NCB) to apply minimum standards when: (i) conducting monetary policy operations; (ii) conducting foreign exchange operations with the ECBs foreign reserves, and (iii) managing the ECB's foreign reserve assets to the extent that NCBs are acting as an agent for the ECB pursuant to Guideline ECB/2000/1 of 3 February 2000 on the management of the foreign reserve assets of the European Central Bank by the national central banks and the legal documentation for operations involving the foreign reserve assets of the European Central Bank(1), as last amended by Guideline ECB/2001/12(2).