The Governing Council of the ECB decided in the Guideline of 3 November 1998, as amended by Guideline ECB/2000/15 of 16 November 2000, on the composition, valuation and modalities for the initial transfer of foreign-reserve assets, and the denomination and remuneration of equivalent claims, attached as Annex to this Decision, that the NCBs of the Member States which adopted the single currency on 1 January 1999 transfer to the ECB foreign-reserve assets equivalent to the aggregate euro amount of EUR 39 468 950 000. It is considered appropriate, for reasons of transparency, to publish Guideline ECB/2000/ 15 as Annex to this Decision on the occasion of the initial transfer of foreign reserve assets to the ECB by the Bank of Greece.
Svet ECB je v Smernici z dne 3. novembra 1998, kakor jo spreminja Smernica ECB/2000/15 z dne 16. novembra 2000 o sestavi, določitvi vrednosti in načinu začetnega prenosa deviznih rezerv ter denominaciji in obrestovanju enakovrednih terjatev iz Priloge k temu sklepu, določil, da NCB držav članic, ki so 1. januarja 1999 uvedle enotno valuto, prenesejo na ECB devizne rezerve v skupni protivrednosti v znesku 39.468.950.000 EUR. Zaradi preglednosti se objavi Smernica ECB/2000/15 kot priloga k temu sklepu pri začetnem prenosu deviznih rezerv Banke Grčije na ECB.