De Nederlandsche Bank

Coordinates: 52°21′31.40″N 4°54′0.0″E / 52.3587222°N 4.900000°E / 52.3587222; 4.900000

De Nederlandsche Bank
Headquarters Amsterdam
Established 25 March 1814 (1814-03-25)
President Klaas Knot
Central bank of The Netherlands
Succeeded by European Central Bank (1999)1
Website www.dnb.nl
1 De Nederlandsche Bank still exists but many functions have been taken over by the ECB.
Headquarters in Amsterdam

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB, The Dutch Bank) is the central bank of the Netherlands. It is part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB).

History

On 2 May 1998, the European heads of state or government decided that Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) would begin on 1 January 1999 with eleven Member States of the European Union (EU), the Netherlands included. As from 1 June 1998, the Dutch central bank, De Nederlandsche Bank N.V., forms part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). On the same day, the new Bank Act (of 1998) came into force. Nearly 185 years into its existence, the Nederlandsche Bank has entered a new phase.

Tasks of De Nederlandsche Bank

Under the 1998 Bank Act – replacing that of 1948 – the Bank has the following tasks:

The first two tasks – also known as the ESCB tasks – ensue entirely from the Maastricht Treaty. Decisions in these areas are taken at the European level by the ECB Governing Council, on which the President of the Nederlandsche Bank has a seat. Promoting the smooth operation of payment systems has both a European and a national dimension. The statistical task is also partly ESCB-related and partly a national concern. These two tasks will not be transferred to ESCB level at the start of EMU. Here the Nederlandsche Bank remains fully in control. However, in a Europe where economies are becoming increasingly interlocked, many banking supervisory rules are drawn up at the international level. DNB serves as the banker's bank to general Dutch banks.

One of the government appointed members of the Social-Economic Council is always a representative of DNB.

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