GUIDELINE (EU) 2016/256 OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
of 5 February 2016
concerning the extension of common rules and minimum standards to protect the confidentiality of the statistical information collected by the European Central Bank assisted by the national central banks to national competent authorities of participating Member States and to the European Central Bank in its supervisory functions (ECB/2016/1)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in particular Article 127(6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions 1, and in particular Article 6(1) in conjunction with Article 6(7) thereof,
Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS GUIDELINE: