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Copyright & Disclaimer
Use of the name and logo of the European Central Bank

Disclaimer

The European Central Bank maintains this website to enhance public access to information about its activities and the activities of the European System of Central Banks. Our goal is to keep this information timely and accurate. However the European Central Bank accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the material on this site. This material:

• is information of a general nature and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity;
• is sometimes linked to external sites over which the European Central Bank has no control and for which the European Central Bank assumes no responsibility;
• does not constitute professional or legal advice.

While the euro foreign exchange reference rates, or any other price information such as interest rates and price indices, published on this website are based on sources which the ECB considers to be reliable, the ECB shall not have any liability for any losses incurred in connection with any decision made or action or inaction taken by any party in reliance upon the reference rates.

Please note that it cannot be guaranteed that documents or other ECB information available on this website exactly reproduce an officially adopted text. Only legal instruments of the European Central Bank as published in the paper editions of the Official Journal of the European Union and other European Central Bank documentation and/or data published in the paper version are deemed to be authentic.

It is our goal to minimise disruption caused by technical errors. However, the European Central Bank cannot guarantee that its service will not be interrupted or otherwise affected by such problems. The European Central Bank accepts no responsibility with regard to such problems incurred as a result of using this site or any linked external sites.

This disclaimer is not intended to limit the liability of the European Central Bank in contravention of any requirements laid down in applicable national law nor to exclude its liability for matters which may not be excluded under that law.

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Copyright

Copyright © for the entire content of this website: European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Users of the ECB's website may make free use of the information obtained direct from it subject to the following conditions:

1. Distribution or reproduction of the information must be done accurately and when doing so the ECB must be cited as the source.
2. Where the information is incorporated in documents that are sold (regardless of the medium), the natural or legal person publishing the information must inform buyers, both before they pay any subscription or fee and each time they access the information taken from the ECB's website, that the information may be obtained free of charge through the ECB's website.
3. If the information is transformed by the user (e.g. by seasonal adjustment of statistical data, calculation of growth rates) this must be stated explicitly.
4. When linking to the ECB's website from business sites or for promotional purposes, the ECB's website must be the sole element of the browser's window (i.e. must not appear within another website's frame).

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Use of the name and logo of the European Central Bank

The European Central Bank (ECB) has observed that its name and logo has been used and is being used in connection with activities that do not form part of the responsibilities of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). The ECB wishes to point out that it does not collect cross-border transfer fees, nor issue certificates for the release of funds.

The main objective of the ECB and the ESCB is to guarantee price stability in the euro area. For this purpose, a mandate with clearly defined tasks and responsibilities has been laid down in a Protocol annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community  more.

If members of the public see or receive documentation of questionable origin that refers to, or allegedly stems from, the European Central Bank, they are advised to  contact the ECB or  their national central bank, or to seek advice from the relevant national authorities.

The ECB further wishes to point out that it cannot be held responsible if its name, logo and address are misused in schemes intended to defraud the public.

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