NCBs
Examples
Article 28.5 of the ESCB Statute The euro area NCBs were required to pay their respective subscriptions to the ECB's capital in full.
All national central banks (NCBs) that own a share of the ECB capital stock as of 1 January 2015 are listed below.
Article 28.4 of the ESCB Statute The NCBs are the sole subscribers to and holders of the capital of the ECB.
In practice, the ECB's banknotes are put into circulation by the NCBs, thereby incurring matching liabilities vis-à-vis the ECB.
The NCBs of the non-participating countries have had to pay 7% of their respective subscriptions to the ECB's capital as a contribution to the operational costs of the ECB.
Eurosystem NCBs are required to accept euro banknotes put into circulation by other Eurosystem members and these banknotes are not repatriated.