Article 3, Paragraph 2. · ECB/2023/17

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2.The policy objectives of the appraisal carried out by the ECB are to identify and preserve document classes that:

(a)provide evidence of the source of authority, foundation, organisation and functioning of the ECB and its predecessors, the ESCB, the Eurosystem, as well as any relevant Committees, Working Groups and Task Forces;

(b)provide evidence of the activities of the ECB and its predecessors, the ESCB, the Eurosystem, as well as any relevant Committees, Working Groups and Task Forces relating to key functions and significant programmes and issues;

(c)substantially contribute to the knowledge and understanding of the Member States whose currency is the euro and/or their institutions and their citizens; of the impact of the activities of the ECB and its predecessors and/or the ESCB and the Eurosystem on the external environment; and/or of the interaction of people and organisations with the Union institutions and bodies;

(d)substantially contribute to the knowledge and understanding of aspects of the ECB’s and its predecessors’ corporate culture.

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appraisal
means an ongoing sorting process of ECB archives to identify documents that should be preserved for historical archiving purposes;
classified document
means an ECB historical archives document that has been assigned one of the four following security classifications under the ECB’s confidentiality regime that does not authorise its release to the public, namely: ‘ECB-SECRET’, ‘ECB-CONFIDENTIAL’, ‘ECB-RESTRICTED’ and ‘ECB-UNRESTRICTED’;
controller
means controller within the meaning of Article 2, point (1), of Decision (EU) 2020/655 of the European Central Bank (ECB/2020/28).
date of creation
means:
declassified document
means an ECB historical archives document that has been assigned the security classification of ‘ECB-PUBLIC’ under the ECB’s confidentiality regime;
NCB
means a central bank of a Member State;
personal data
means personal data within the meaning of Article 3, point (1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725;
preservation
means the set of activities necessary to ensure continued access to, and to minimise the loss of information content in, documents selected to be part of the ECB historical archives;
sensitive personal data
means special categories of personal data referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and children’s personal data;
third party
means any natural or legal person or any entity outside the ESCB;