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Tasks of De Nederlandsche Bank

Under the 1998 Bank Act – replacing that of 1948 – the Bank has the following tasks:

  • Within the framework of the ESCB, the Bank shall contribute to the definition and implementation of monetary policy within the European Community (EC). The Bank has the objective to maintain price stability. Without prejudice to this objective, the Bank shall support the general economic policy in the EC.
  • The Bank shall hold and manage the official foreign reserves, and shall conduct foreign-exchange operations.
  • The Bank shall collect statistical data and produce statistics.
  • The Bank shall promote the smooth operation of payment systems; it shall take care of the banknote circulation.
  • The Bank shall supervise banks, investment institutions and exchange offices.
  • The Bank may, subject to permission by Royal Decree, perform other tasks in the public interest. The European Central Bank (ECB) may also ask the Bank to perform extra tasks.

The first two tasks – also known as the ESCB tasks – ensue entirely from the Maastricht Treaty. Decisions in these areas are taken at the European level by the ECB Governing Council, on which the President of the Nederlandsche Bank has a seat. Promoting the smooth operation of payment systems has both a European and a national dimension. The statistical task is also partly ESCB-related and partly a national concern. These two tasks will not be transferred to ESCB level at the start of EMU. Here the Nederlandsche Bank remains fully in control. However, in a Europe where economies are becoming increasingly interlocked, many banking supervisory rules are drawn up at the international level.

One of the government appointed members of the Social-Economic Council is always a representative of the DNB.

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