For the purposes of this Decision:
‘foreign reserve assets’ means gold or US dollars;
‘gold’ means fine troy ounces of gold in the form of London Good Delivery bars, as specified by the London Bullion Market Association;
‘US dollar’ means the lawful currency of the United States.
Lietuvos bankas shall transfer to the ECB, with effect from 1 January 2015 and in accordance with this Article and the arrangements taken pursuant to it, an amount of foreign reserve assets that is equivalent to EUR 338 656 541,82 as follows:
Euro-equivalent amount of US dollars in the form of cash |
Euro-equivalent amount of gold |
Aggregate euro-equivalent amount |
|---|---|---|
287 858 060,55 |
50 798 481,27 |
338 656 541,82 |
The euro-equivalent amount of foreign reserve assets to be transferred by Lietuvos bankas under paragraph 1 shall be calculated on the basis of the exchange rates between the euro and the US dollar established as a result of the 24-hour written consultation procedure on 31 December 2014 between the Eurosystem and Lietuvos bankas and, in the case of gold, on the basis of the US dollar price of gold per fine troy ounce established in the London gold fixing at 10.30 a.m., London time, on 31 December 2014.
The ECB shall confirm to Lietuvos bankas as soon as possible the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 2.
In accordance with paragraph 1, Lietuvos bankas shall transfer to the ECB an amount of US dollars in the form of cash that is equivalent to the amount of euro laid down in the table in paragraph 1.
The transfer of the amount of US dollars in the form of cash that is equivalent to the amount of euro laid down in the table in paragraph 1 shall take place to such accounts as are specified by the ECB. The settlement date for the amount of US dollars in the form of cash to be transferred to the ECB shall be 5 January 2015. Lietuvos bankas shall give instructions to execute such transfer to the ECB.
The value of the gold which Lietuvos bankas transfers to the ECB in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be as close as possible to, but no more than, EUR 50 798 481,27.
Lietuvos bankas shall transfer the gold referred to in paragraph 1 in uninvested form to such accounts and such locations as are specified by the ECB. The settlement date for the gold to be transferred to the ECB shall be 5 January 2015. Lietuvos bankas shall give instructions to execute such transfer to the ECB.
If Lietuvos bankas transfers gold to the ECB with a value of less than the amount specified in paragraph 1, then on 5 January 2015 it shall transfer an amount of US dollars in the form of cash equivalent to the shortfall to an account of the ECB as specified by the ECB. Any such US dollars in the form of cash shall not form part of the foreign reserve assets which Lietuvos bankas transfers to the ECB in accordance with paragraph 4.
The difference, if any, between the aggregate euro-equivalent amount mentioned in paragraph 1 and the amount mentioned in Article 4(1) shall be settled in accordance with the Agreement of 31 December 2014 between Lietuvos bankas and the European Central Bank regarding the claim credited to Lietuvos bankas by the European Central Bank under Article 30.3 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank(1).
With effect from 1 January 2015, and subject to the specifications in Article 3 regarding the settlement dates of the transfers of foreign reserve assets, the ECB shall credit Lietuvos bankas with a claim denominated in euro, equivalent to the aggregate euro amount of its contribution of foreign reserve assets. This claim corresponds to EUR 239 453 709,58.
The claim credited by the ECB to Lietuvos bankas shall be remunerated from the settlement date. The interest accruing shall be calculated on a daily basis, using the actual-over-360 day-count method of calculation, at a rate equivalent to 85 % of the reference rate as defined in Article 1(j) of Decision (EU) 2016/2248 (ECB/2016/36), as amended by Decision (EU) 2024/2939 of the European Central Bank (ECB/2024/33)(2).
The accrued interest calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be paid to Lietuvos bankas at the end of each financial year. Each quarter the ECB shall inform Lietuvos bankas of the cumulative amount.
The claim shall not be redeemable.
With effect from 1 January 2015, Lietuvos bankas shall contribute to the ECB's reserves, to those provisions equivalent to reserves, and to the amount still to be appropriated to the reserves and provisions corresponding to the balance of the profit and loss account at 31 December 2014.
The amounts to be contributed by Lietuvos bankas shall be determined in accordance with Article 48.2 of the Statute of the ESCB. The references in Article 48.2 to ‘the number of shares subscribed by the central bank concerned’ and ‘the number of shares already paid up by the other central banks’ shall refer to the respective weightings of Lietuvos bankas and the NCBs of the other Member States whose currency is the euro in the ECB's capital key, pursuant to Decision ECB/2013/26.
For the purposes of paragraph 1, ‘the ECB's reserves’ and ‘provisions equivalent to reserves’ shall include the ECB's general reserve fund, balances on revaluation accounts and provisions for foreign exchange rate, interest rate, credit, market price and gold price risks.
At the latest on the first working day following the Governing Council's approval of the ECB's annual accounts for the year 2014, the ECB shall calculate and confirm to Lietuvos bankas the amount to be contributed by Lietuvos bankas under paragraph 1.
On the second working day following the Governing Council's approval of the ECB's annual accounts for the year 2014, Lietuvos bankas shall, via TARGET2, pay to the ECB:
the amount due to the ECB calculated under paragraph 4, less any amount transferred in excess of the claim referred to in Article 4(1) on the settlement dates laid down in Articles 3(5) and 3(7) (an ‘advance contribution’), if any; and
the interest accrued from 1 January 2015 until the payment date on the amount due to the ECB calculated under paragraph 4, less any advance contribution.
Any interest accruing under paragraph 5(b) shall be calculated on a daily basis, using the actual-over-360 day-count method of calculation, at a rate equal to the marginal interest rate used by the Eurosystem in its most recent main refinancing operation.
To the extent necessary, the ECB's Executive Board shall issue instructions to Lietuvos bankas to further specify and give effect to any provision of this Decision and to provide for appropriate remedies to address any problems that may arise.
Any instruction issued by the Executive Board under paragraph 1 shall be promptly notified to the Governing Council, and the Executive Board shall comply with any decision of the Governing Council thereon.