(8)Article 13k of the ECB's Rules of Procedure provides that the ECB must carry out supervisory tasks without prejudice to and separately from its tasks relating to monetary policy and from any other tasks. In this respect, the ECB is required to take all necessary measures to ensure separation between its monetary policy and supervisory functions. At the same time, the separation of the monetary policy and the supervisory functions should not preclude the exchange between these two functional areas of information necessary for the achievement of ECB and European System of Central Banks (ESCB) tasks.