When exercising the powers and carrying out the tasks and duties conferred 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 gcúraimíagus na ndualgas a chuirtear orthu sa Chonradh seo agus i Reacht CEBC, ní fhéadfaidh BCE, banc ceannais Ballstáit ná aon chomhaltadá gcomhlachtaí cinnteoireachta teagaisc a iarraidh ná a ghlacadhó institiúidí ná comhlachtaí Comhphobail, ó aon Rialtas Ballstáit náó aon chomhlacht eile.