In accordance with Article III-188 of the Constitution, when exercising the powers and carrying out the tasks and duties conferred upon them by the Constitution and this Statute, neither the European Central Bank, nor a national central bank, nor any member of their decision-making bodies shall seek or take instructions from Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, from any government of a Member State or from any other body.
V skladu s III-188. členom Ustave ne smejo niti Evropska centralna banka niti nacionalne centralne banke, pa tudi noben član njihovih organov odločanja pri izvajanju pooblastil ter opravljanju nalog in dolžnosti po Ustavi in tem statutu zahtevati ali sprejemati navodil od institucij, organov, uradov ali agencij Unije, vlad držav članic ali katerih koli drugih organov.