Despite their inclusion in the tier one list, National Central Banks shall not accept as underlying assets debt instruments issued or guaranteed by the counterparty, or by any other entity with which the counterparty has close links, as defined according to Directive 2000/12/EC relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions(45)(46).
Kljub temu, da so uvrščeni na listo 1, nacionalne centralne banke kot finančno premoženje za zavarovanje terjatev ne smejo sprejeti dolžniških instrumentov, ki jih je izdala ali za katere jamči nasprotna stranka sama ali katera koli druga oseba, s katero je nasprotna stranka tesno povezana, kot je opredeljeno v skladu z Direktivo 2000/12/ES o začetku delovanja in opravljanju dejavnosti kreditnih institucij(45)(46).