Article 3 Transitional provisions for institutions located in other participating Member States

The maintenance period applicable to institutions located in other participating Member States pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 (ECB/2003/9) shall remain unaffected by the existence of a transitional maintenance period for institutions located in Cyprus or Malta.

Institutions located in other participating Member States may decide to deduct from their reserve base for the maintenance periods from 12 December 2007 to 15 January 2008 and from 16 January to 12 February 2008 any liabilities owed to institutions located in Cyprus or Malta, even though at the time the minimum reserves are calculated such institutions will not appear on the list of institutions subject to reserve requirements in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1745/2003 (ECB/2003/9).

Institutions located in other participating Member States that wish to deduct liabilities owed to institutions located in Cyprus or Malta shall, for the maintenance periods from 12 December 2007 to 15 January 2008 and from 16 January to 12 February 2008, calculate their minimum reserves on the basis of their balance sheet at 31 October and 30 November 2007 respectively and report a table in accordance with footnote 5 of Table 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) showing institutions located in Cyprus or Malta as already subject to the ECB’s minimum reserve system.

This shall be without prejudice to the obligation for institutions to report statistical information for the periods concerned in accordance with Table 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13), still showing institutions located in Cyprus or Malta as being banks located in the ‘Rest of the world’.

The tables shall be reported in accordance with the time limits and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13).

For the maintenance periods starting in December 2007, January and February 2008, institutions located in other participating Member States that benefit from the derogation under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) and wish to deduct liabilities owed to institutions located in Cyprus or Malta, shall calculate their minimum reserves on the basis of their balance sheet as at 30 September 2007 and report a table in accordance with footnote 5 of Table 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) showing institutions located in Cyprus or Malta as already subject to the ECB’s minimum reserve system.

This shall be without prejudice to the obligation for institutions to report statistical information for the periods concerned in accordance with Table 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) still showing institutions located in Cyprus or Malta as being banks located in the ‘Rest of the world’.

The tables shall be reported in accordance with the time limits and procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13).