When exercising the powers and carrying out the tasks and duties con ferred upon them by this Treaty and the Statute of the ESCB, neither the ECB, nor a national central bank, nor any member of their decisionmaking bodies shall seek or take instructions from Community institutions or bodies, from any government of a Member State or from any other body.
I bhfeidhmiú na gcumhachtaí agus i gcomhlíonadh na gcúraimí agus na ndualgas a chuirtear orthu sa Chonradh seo agus i Reacht CEBC, ni fhéadfaidh BCE, banc ceannais Ballstáit ná aon chomhalta dá gcomhlachtaí cinnteoireachta teagaisc a iarraidh ná a ghlacadh ó institiúidi ná comhlachtaí Comhphobail, ó aon Rialtas Ballstáit ná ó aon chomhlacht eile.