mance of the tasks entrusted
to the ESCB under this Treaty and this Statute. The Governing Council
shall formulate the monetary policy of the Community including, as
appropriate, decisions relating to intermediate monetary objectives,
key interest rates and the supply of reserves in the ESCB and shall
establish the necessary guidelines for their implementation.
The Executive Board shall implement monetary policy in accordance
with the guidelines and decisions laid down by the Governing Council.
In doing so the Executive Board shall give the necessary instructions
to national central banks. In addition the Executive Board may have
certain powers delegated to it where the Governing Council so
decides.
To the extent deemed possible and appropriate and without prejudice
to the provisions of this Article, the ECB shall have recourse to the
national central banks to carry out operations which form part of the
tasks of the ESCB.
12.2. The Executive Board shall have the responsibility for the
preparation of meetings of the Governing Council.
12.3. The Governing Council shall adopt Rules of Procedure which
determine the internal organization of the ECB and its decision-making
bodies.
12.4. The Governing Council shall exercise the advisory functions
referred to Article 4.
12.5. The Governing Council shall take the decisions referred to Article
6.
ARTICLE 13
The President
13.1. The President or, in his absence, the Vice-President shall chair
the governing Council and the Executive Board of the ECB.
13.2. Without prejudice to Article 39, the President or his nominee
shall represent the ECB externally.
ARTICLE 14
National Central Banks
14.1. In accordance with Article 108 of this Treaty, each Member State
shall ensure, at the latest at the date of the establishment of the ESCB,
that its national legislation, including the statues of its national central
bank, is compatible with this Treaty and this Statute.
14.2. The statutes of the national central banks shall, in particular,
provide that the term of office of a Governor of a national central bank
shall be no less than 5 years.
A Governor may be relieved from office only if he no longer fulfils the
conditions required for the performance of his duties or if he has been
guilty of serious misconduct. A decision to this effect may be referred
to the Court of Justice by the Governor concerned or the Governing
Council on grounds of infringement of this Treaty or of any rule of la