sulting the
European Parliament and the Commission, shall adopt the provisions
referred to in Articles 4, 5.4, 19.2, 20, 28.1, 29.2, 30.4, and 34.3. of this
Statute.

CHAPTER IX
TRANSITIONAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS
FOR THE ESCB
ARTICLE 43
General Provisions
43.1. A derogation as referred to in Article 109k(1) of this Treaty shall
entail that the following Articles of this Statue shall not confer any
rights or impose any obligations on the Member State concerned: 3, 6,
9.2, 12.1, 14.3, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26.2, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 50
and 52.
43.2. The central banks of Member States with derogation as specified
in Article 109k(1) of this Treaty shall retain their powers in the field of
monetary policy according to national law.
43.3. In accordance with Article 109k(4) of this Treaty, "Member States"
shall be read as "Member States without derogation" in the following
Articles of this Statute: 3, 11.2, 19, 34.2 and 50.
43.4 "National central banks" shall be read as central banks of
Member States without a derogation" in the following Articles of this
Statute: 9.2, 10.1, 10.3, 12.1, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33.2
and 52.
43.5. "Shareholders" shall be read as "central banks of Member
States without a derogation" in Articles 10.3 and 33.1.
43.6. "Subscribed capital of the ECB" shall be read as "capital of the
ECB subscribed by the central banks of Member States without a
derogation" in Articles 10.3 and 30.2.
ARTICLE 44
Transitional tasks of the ECB
The ECB shall take over those tasks of the EMI which, because of the
derogations of one or more Member States, still have to be performed
in the third stage.
The ECB shall give advice in the preparations for the abrogation of the
derogations specified in Article 109k of this Treaty.
ARTICLE 45
The General Council of the ECB
45.1. Without prejudice to Article 106(3) of this Treaty, the General
Council shall be constituted as a third decision-making body of the
ECB.
45.2. The General Council shall compromise the President and Vice-
President of the ECB and the Governors of the national central banks.
The others members of the Executive Board may participate, without
having the right to vote, in meetings of the General Council.
45.3. The responsibilities of the General Council are listed in full in
Article 47 of this Statute.
ARTICLE 46
Rules of procedure of the General Council
46.1. The President or, in his absence, the Vice-President of the ECB
shall ch