I am also glad that our business partners from Arcline Ltd., which has run the Records & Archives unit since 2011, are also able to join us tonight to mark this milestone. The Bank’s archives have up until now principally been for limited internal use and have not been formally open to the public.
What the ECB can (and cannot) do to fight money laundering Now what is the role of the ECB? It is important to clarify that our mandate is purely prudential. In 2013, supervisory tasks were conferred on the ECB on the basis of Article 127(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).