Circular Letter ST.22-0372 — Number of Establishment Locations

BANQUE CENTRALE DU LUXEMBOURG
EUROSYSTÈME

Ref.: ST.22-0372

Luxembourg, 13 May 2022

To all credit institutions and electronic money institutions / payment institutions and to the financial services of the Post and Telecommunications company

Subject: Number of Establishment Locations

Dear Madam, Dear Sir,

Within the framework of European Central Bank (ECB) Orientation (EU) 2021/832 concerning statistical reporting obligations in the field of payments (ECB/2021/13), the Banque Centrale du Luxembourg (BCL) must transmit semi-annual information to the European Central Bank (ECB) on the number of offices established in the reporting country.

Furthermore, the BCL must also provide the ECB with information on the number of branches as part of the structural statistics on the Luxembourg financial system, as well as information on points of access to financial services to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the statistics on access to financial services.

In order to satisfy these various requests, whether annual or semi-annual, we wish to ask you to provide us, on a semi-annual basis, with a list of branches and offices.

In this context, the following definitions apply:

1. Branches
   The term "branch" refers to an establishment location that offers payment services with clearing and settlement in book money. A branch is characterized by counters equipped with staff, open to the public and allowing customers to

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BANQUE CENTRALE DU LUXEMBOURG
EUROSYSTÈME

perform banking operations; thus, automated teller machines and/or various types of "self-bank" without staff are not to be considered as bank branches within the meaning of this request. To the extent that the head office has counters open to customers, it should also be reported as a branch.

2. Offices
   The term "office" refers to an establishment location that offers payment services with clearing and settlement in book money.
   Unlike "branches", offices also include automated teller machines and various types of "self-bank" without staff.
   The registered office of the institution is recorded as an office if it offers payment services with clearing and settlement in book money.
   It is important to specify that automated teller machines whose sole purpose is the withdrawal / deposit of banknotes are not to be reported.

For the preparation of this list, the following clarifications apply:

• Mobile branches and offices are not taken into account.
• To the extent that the two definitions are not mutually exclusive, an establishment location reported under "branches" is not to be reported under "offices". Thus, when a branch and an office are located at the same establishment location, only the branch should be reported to avoid double counting.
• This concerns only the number of branches and offices in Luxembourg.
• Each of the establishment locations created is recorded separately.
• To the extent that this is a purely statistical census, we wish to clarify that it is not necessary to provide a precise address for each branch and/or office and that it is sufficient to provide the name of the city in which the office is established.
  For cities in which the bank has several branches and/or offices, we ask you to distinguish them by a brief identification.
  Thus for example:

• Branch Dudelange
• Branch Luxembourg - Centre

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BANQUE CENTRALE DU LUXEMBOURG
EUROSYSTÈME

• Branch Luxembourg - Gare
• Branch Luxembourg - Head Office
• Office - Gasperich-Cloche d'or

Regarding the submission of the aforementioned information, please note that for the period from January to June, the information must be transmitted before the closing of offices on the last working day of July. The information for the period from July to December must be transmitted before the closing of offices on the last working day of January.

We wish to ask you to provide us with this list by the end of July 2022, as well as by the end of January 2023 by responding to the survey via the Epsilon application, which is a secure survey service of the Eurosystem. A link to this survey will be sent to your email address on 1 July 2022 and on 2 January 2023.

Finally, we remain at your entire disposal for any additional questions at reporting.banques@bcl.lu.

Please accept, Madam, Sir, the assurance of our perfect consideration.

BANQUE CENTRALE DU LUXEMBOURG

[Signature]
Germain Stammet

[Signature]
Roland Nockels

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