There are legal limits placed on the rights of the shareholders of the Bank – for instance a limit of 10,000 shares, a fixed dividend, the election of only some of the non-executive Board members and no role in the appointment of the Governor and deputy governors, among others.
Over the past year, the Eurosystem has continued to provide assistance to central banks of the acceding countries in their technical preparations for a smooth integration into the ESCB, in particular, high-level policy seminars, training courses at expert level and other activities.