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4.8.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
209/17
DECISIONS
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 17 July 2012
on the sub-delegation of powers to grant, renew or extend accreditations
(ECB/2012/15)
(2012/458/EU)
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Having regard to Decision ECB/2011/8 of 21 June 2011 on the
environmental and health and safety accreditation procedures
Sub-delegation of powers
for the production of euro banknotes ( 1 ) and in particular
The Executive Board shall sub-delegate the powers to carry out
Article 2(3) thereof,
the following tasks to the member of the Executive Board to
whom the Directorate Banknotes reports:
Having regard to Decision ECB/2010/22 of 25 November 2010
(a) to grant or renew full quality accreditation pursuant to
on the quality accreditation procedure for manufacturers of
Article 3(4) and Article 7 of Decision ECB/2010/22;
euro banknotes ( 2 ) and in particular Article 2(4) thereof,
(b) to grant or extend temporary quality accreditation pursuant
to Article 4(3) and Article 10 of Decision ECB/2010/22;
Whereas:
(c) to grant or renew environmental accreditation pursuant to
Article 6 of Decision ECB/2011/8;
(1) The
Executive
Board
is
competent
to
take
all
decisions
relating to a manufacturer’s environmental and health
(d) to grant or renew health and safety accreditation pursuant
and safety accreditation in accordance with Article 2(3)
to Article 8 of Decision ECB/2011/8.
of Decision ECB/2011/8 and quality accreditation in
accordance with Article 2(4) of Decision ECB/2010/22
Article 2
(hereinafter collectively referred to as the ‘accreditations’)
as well as to sub-delegate the powers to grant, renew or
Reporting obligation
extend accreditations to one or more of its members.
The member of the Executive Board to whom the Directorate
Banknotes reports shall submit an annual report to the
Executive Board on the accreditation decisions taken pursuant
(2) There
are
a
large
number
of
individual
accreditations
that to Article 1.
are granted or renewed on an annual basis which are
subject to Decisions ECB/2011/8 and ECB/2010/22.
Article 3
Therefore, to further streamline the accreditation
procedure, the Executive Board considers it necessary
Entry into force
and appropriate to sub-delegate the power to grant,
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of
renew or extend accreditations to the member of the
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Executive Board to whom the Directorate Banknotes
reports.
Done at Frankfurt am Main, 17 July 2012.
(3) To
safeguard
the
Executive
Board’s
collective
responsi
bility, the member of the Executive Board to whom the
sub-delegation is granted should provide an annual
The President of the ECB
report on accreditation decisions to the Executive Board,
Mario DRAGHI
( 1 ) OJ L 176, 5.7.2011, p. 52.
( 2 ) OJ L 330, 15.12.2010, p. 14.

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