5.1.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 2/3 REGULATION (EC) No 4/2007 OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK of 14 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 24232001 (ECB/2001/13) concerning the consolidated balance sheet of the monetary financial institutions sector (ECB/2006/20) THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2533/98 of 23 November 1998 concerning the collection of statistical infor- mation by the European Central Bank (1), and in particular Articles 5(1) and 6(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 of the European Central Bank of 22 November 2001 concerning the consolidated balance sheet of the monetary financial institutions sector (ECB/2001/13) (3 requires monetary financial institutions to report quarterly statistical data broken down by country and by currency. Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) has to be amended to extend the reporting requirements to data in respect of Bulgaria and Romania, which will accede to the European Union on 1 January 2007. Pursuant to  Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13), the reporting of quarterly data on positions vis-a-vis counterparties resident in the terri- tories of Member States that have adopted the euro is  mandatory. Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) therefore has to be amended to take into account Slovenia’s adoption of the euro, () O] L 318, 27.11.1998, p. 8. (®» OJ L 333, 17.12.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 2181/2004 (ECB[2004/21) (O] L 371, 18.12.2004, p. 42). HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 2423/2001 (ECB/2001/13) is amended as follows: 1. In Article 4(2), the words ‘with the “#” symbol’ are replaced with the words ‘with the “#” or “*” symbol’. 2. Annexes [ and V are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Frankfurt am Main, 14 December 2006. For the Governing Council of the ECB The President of the ECB Jean-Claude TRICHET