L 309/8 Official Journal of the European Union 20.11.2008 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK of 14 November 2008 on the implementation of Regulation ECB/2008/11 of 23 October 2008 on temporary changes to the rules relating to eligibility of collateral (ECB/2008/15) (2008/874/EC) THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular to the first indent of Article 105(2) and to Article 110, Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank and in particular to the second indent of Article 34.1, in conjunction with the first indent of Article 3.1 and Article 18.2, Having regard to Article 8 of Regulation ECB[2008/11 of 23 October 2008 on temporary changes to the rules relating to eligibility of collateral, Whereas: (), On 15 October 2008, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to temporarily admit credit claims arising under syndicated loans governed by the laws of England and Wales as eligible collateral for the purposes of Eurosystem monetary policy operations. On 23 October 2008, the Governing Council gave effect to its decision by adopting Regulation ECB/2008/11 (). (2)  Under Article 3(2) of Regulation ECB/2008/11, for syndicated loans governed by the laws of England and () O] L 282, 25.10.2008, p. 17. Wales, the total number of governing laws applying to the mobilisation of such loans may not exceed three. The legal complexities inherent in the mobilisation of syndicated loans, when up to three different governing laws can apply, require the conduct of legal and risk assessments by the national central banks of the Member States that have adopted the euro (hereinafter ‘the NCBs), when providing liquidity against such collateral. (3)  The legal complexity involved in the mobilisation of the above loans requires the adoption of implementation criteria relating to the acceptance, as eligible collateral, of syndicated loans governed by the laws of England and Wales, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 Definitions For the purposes of this Decision: — ‘General Documentation’ means Annex I to Guideline ECB/2000/7 of 31 August 2000 on monetary policy instruments and procedures of the Eurosystem (3), () 0] L 310, 11.12.2000, p. 1.