European Parliament decision of 9 October 2013 on the conclusion of an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament and the European Central Bank on the practical modalities of the exercise of democratic accountability and oversight over the exercise of the tasks conferred on the ECB within the framework of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (2013/2198(ACI))
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the letter from its President of 12 September 2013,
– having regard to the draft Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament and the European Central Bank on the practical modalities of the exercise of democratic accountability and oversight over the exercise of the tasks conferred on the ECB within the framework of the Single Supervisory Mechanism,
– having regard to the Treaty on European Union,
– having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in particular Article 127(6), the second paragraph of Article 284(3) and Article 295 thereof,
– having regard to its position, adopted on 12 September 2013, with a view to the adoption of a Council regulation conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions(1) and to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs on a proposal for such regulation(2),
– having regard to the declaration of the President of the European Parliament and of the President of the European Central Bank of 12 September 2013, on the occasion of Parliament’s vote for the adoption of a Council regulation conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions(3),
– having regard to Rule 127(1) and Rule 46(1) of its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A7-0302/2013),
1. Approves conclusion of the agreement below and, taking into account the substance of the agreement, decides to annex it to its Rules of Procedure;
2. Instructs its President to sign the agreement with the President of the European Central Bank and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;
3. Instructs its President to forward this decision, including its annex, to the Council, the Commission, the European Central Bank and the national parliaments.
See the Annex to Parliament's legislative resolution of 12 September 2013 on a proposal for such regulation (Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0372).
ANNEX
Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament and the European Central Bank on the practical modalities of the exercise of democratic accountability and oversight over the exercise of the tasks conferred on the ECB within the framework of the Single Supervisory Mechanism
(The text of this annex is not reproduced here since it corresponds to the interinstitutional agreement as published in OJ L 320 of 30 November 2013, p. 1.)