5/6  BIS central bankers' speeches  27. With this, I conclude and wish you all a very fulfilling career in the Indian Audit and Accounts Service.
There are two important institutional features which ensure that price stability will be maintained in the euro area on a lasting basis: First, the Eurosystem is granted institutional, functional, personal and financial independence in the design and conduct of its monetary policy. Second, the Maastricht Treaty unambiguously enshrines price stability as the Eurosystem’s primary objective.