In accordance with Article III-181 of the Constitution, overdrafts or any other type of credit facility with the European Central Bank or with the 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) V skladu s III-181. členom Ustave so prepovedane prekoračitve pozitivnega stanja na računu ali druge oblike kreditov pri Evropski centralni banki ali pri nacionalnih centralnih bankah 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 je prepovedano, da bi Evropska centralna banka ali nacionalne centralne banke neposredno od njih kupovale dolžniške instrumente.