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Activities and Structure of European Central Banks (2008)

ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ ΚΑΣΚΑΡΕΛΗΣ
Ιούνιος 2008

Preface

A) THE FOUNDATION OF NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS

B) STAFF NUMBER

C) CORE ACTIVITIE

    C1)   Monetary Policy
    C2)   Foreign Exchange Policy
    C3)   Payment Systems      
    C4)   Foreign Exchange and Euro Reserves Management
    C5)   Bank of banks
    C6)   Banking supervision  
    C7)   Issuance and Production of Fiduciary Money

D) OTHER ACTIVITIES

    D1)   Cashier services        
    D2)   Banker to the government                    
    D3)   Services rendered to banks     
    D4)   Services rendered to individuals and commercial activities  
    D5)   Services rendered to enterprises                                                
    D6)   Statistics - Studies - Conjuncture Surveys

E) BRANCHES AND AGENCIES

F) STRUCTURE OF NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS

G) THE NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS OF THE EUROSYSTEM

    1)     Deutsche Bundesbank   
    2)     Bank of Greece  
    3)     Bank of Finland    
    4)     Banco d’ Espaňa        
    5)     Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland    
    6)     Banca d’ Italia     
    7)     Banque centrale du Luxembourg     
    8)     De Nederlandsche Bank             
    9)     Oesterreichische Nationalbank          
    10)    Banco de Portugal  
    11)    Banque Nationale de Belgique    
    12)    Banque de France      
    13)    Bank of Slovenia
    14)    Central Bank of Cyprus
    15)    Central Bank of Malta
    16)    National Bank of Slovakia


H) THE NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS OF THE EUROPEAN SYSTEM OF CENTRAL BANKS NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE EUROSYSTEM

    17)     Bank of England
    18)     Danmarks Nationalbank
    19)     Sveriges Riksbank
    20)     National Bank of Poland   
    21)     National Bank of Hungary
    22)     Czech National Bank
    23)     Bank of Estonia
    24)     Bank of Lithuania
    25)     Bank of Latvia
    26)     National Bank of Romania
    27)     Bulgarian National Bank

I) THE NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS OF THE ACCESSION COUNTRIES

    28)     Croatian National Bank

J) SOME OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONAL CENTRAL BANKS

    29)    Swiss National Bank       
    30)    Bank of Norway      
    31)    Central Bank of Iceland  
    32)    National Bank of Serbia            
    33)    Central Bank of Montenegro