Recital 5

(5)Competent authorities that use the ESCB services when carrying out their tasks under Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 should comply with the legal framework governing each ESCB service, taking into account that competent authorities are not part of the governance framework of the ESCB. In particular, such competent authorities should contribute to the costs of developing and operating the ESCB services concerned according to a defined reimbursement framework, which should be based on a cost allocation key. Competent authorities should not have to submit a declaration of participation in respect of ESCB services that they are required to use, but should comply with the requirements regarding such services as set out in this Decision,