When exercising the powers and carrying out the tasks and duties conferred upon them by the Treaties and the Statute of the ESCB and of the ECB, neither the European Central Bank, nor a national central bank, nor any member of their decisionmaking bodies shall seek or take instructions from Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, 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 sna Conarthaí agus i Reacht an CEBC agus an BCE, ní fhéadfaidh an Banc Ceannais Eorpach, banc ceannais Ballstáit ná aon chomhalta dá gcomhlachtaí cinnteoireachta teagaisc a iarraidh ná a ghlacadh ó institiúidí, ó chomhlachtaí, ó oifigí nó ó ghníomhaireachtaí Aontais, ó aon Rialtas Ballstáit ná ó aon chomhlacht eile.