ECB Annual Report on supervisory activities

6 Legal instruments adopted by the <strong>ECB</strong>
concerning banking supervision
The following table lists the legal instruments concerning banking supervision that
were adopted in 2016 by the <strong>ECB</strong> and published in the Official Journal of the
European Union and/or on the <strong>ECB</strong>’s website. It covers legal instruments adopted
pursuant to Article 4(3) of the SSM Regulation and other relevant legal instruments.
<strong>ECB</strong> regulations
• <strong>ECB</strong>/2016/4
Regulation (EU) 2016/445 of the European Central Bank of 14 March 2016 on
the exercise of options and discretions available in Union law
(OJ L 78, 24.3.2016, p. 60)
<strong>ECB</strong> legal instruments other than regulations
• <strong>ECB</strong>/2016/1
Guideline (EU) 2016/256 of the European Central Bank of 5 February 2016
concerning the extension of common rules and minimum standards to protect
the confidentiality of the statistical information collected by the <strong>ECB</strong> assisted by
the national central banks to national competent authorities of participating
Member States and to the <strong>ECB</strong> in its supervisory functions
(OJ L 47, 25.2.2016, p. 16)
• <strong>ECB</strong>/2016/7
Decision (EU) 2016/661 of the European Central Bank of 15 April 2016 on the
total amount of annual supervisory fees for 2016 (OJ L 114, 28.4.2016, p. 14)
• <strong>ECB</strong>/2016/19
Decision (EU) 2016/1162 of the European Central Bank of 30 June 2016 on
disclosure of confidential information in the context of criminal investigations
(OJ L 192, 16.7.2016, p. 73)
• <strong>ECB</strong>/2016/37
Guideline (EU) 2016/1993 of the European Central Bank of 4 November 2016
laying down the principles for the coordination of the assessment pursuant to
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council
and the monitoring of institutional protection schemes including significant and
less significant institutions (OJ L 306, 15.11.2016, p. 32)
• <strong>ECB</strong>/2016/38
Guideline (EU) 2016/1994 of the European Central Bank of 4 November 2016
on the approach for the recognition of institutional protection schemes for
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