Overdraft facilities or any other type of credit facility with the European Central Bank or with the central banks of the Member States (hereinafter referred to as "national central banks") in favour of Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, central governments, regional, local or other public authorities, other bodies governed by public law, or public undertakings of Member States shall be prohibited, as shall the purchase directly from them by the European Central Bank or national central banks of debt instruments.
(1) Prepovedane so prekoračitve pozitivnega stanja na računu ali druge oblike kreditov pri Evropski centralni banki ali pri centralnih bankah držav članic (v nadaljnjem besedilu »nacionalne centralne banke«) v korist institucij, organov, uradov ali agencij Unije, institucionalnih enot centralne, regionalne ali lokalne ravni države ter drugih oseb javnega prava ali v korist javnih podjetij držav članic, prav tako pa je prepovedano, da bi Evropska centralna banka ali nacionalne centralne banke neposredno od njih kupovale dolžniške instrumente.