L 301/6 Official Journal of the European Union 12.11.2013 DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK of 26 September 2013 on additional measures relating to Eurosystem refinancing operations and eligibility of collateral (ECB/2013/35) (2013/645[EU) THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first indent of Article 127(2) thereof, Having regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular the first indent of Article 3.1, Article 12.1, Article 14.3 and Article 18.2 thereof, Having regard to Guideline ECB/2011/14 of 20 September 2011 on monetary policy instruments and procedures of the Eurosystem (') and Decision ECB/2013/6 of 20 March 2013 on the rules concerning the use as collateral for Eurosystem monetary  policy  operations of own-use uncovered government-guaranteed bank bonds (), Whereas: (1)  Pursuant to Article 18.1 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the national central banks of Member States whose currency is the euro (hereinafter the ‘NCBs’) may conduct credit operations with credit institutions and other market participants, with lending being based on adequate collateral. The standard conditions under which the ECB and the NCBs stand ready to enter into credit operations, including the criteria determining the eligi- bility of collateral for the purposes of Eurosystem credit operations, are laid down in Annex [ to Guideline ECB[2011/14 and Decision ECB[2013/6. (2)  Guideline ECB/2013/4 of 20 March 2013 on additional temporary measures relating to Eurosystem refinancing operations and eligibility of collateral and amending Guideline ECB/2007/9 (}) and Decision ECB/2013/22 of 5 July 2013 on temporary measures relating to the O] L 331, 14.12.2011, p. 1. OJ L 95, 5.4.2013, p. 22. OJ L 95, 5.4.2013, p. 23. eligibility of marketable debt instruments issued or fully guaranteed by the Republic of Cyprus (%), established additional temporary measures relating to the eligibility of collateral for the Eurosystem credit operations. (3)  Pursuant to Section 1.6 of Annex I to Guideline ECB/2011/14, the Governing Council may, at any time, change the instruments, conditions, criteria and procedures for the execution of Eurosystem monetary policy operations. (4 On 17 July 2013, the Governing Council decided to further strengthen its risk control framework, by adjusting the eligibility criteria and haircuts applied to collateral accepted in Eurosystem monetary policy oper- ations and adopting certain additional measures to improve the overall consistency of the framework and its practical implementation. (5 The decisions mentioned in Recital 4 should be laid down in an ECB Decision, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Changes and additions to certain provisions of Guideline ECB/2011/14 1. The rules for the conduct of Eurosystem monetary policy operations and the eligibility criteria for collateral laid down in this Decision shall apply in conjunction with other Eurosystem legal acts related to the monetary policy instruments and procedures of the Eurosystem and, in particular, Guideline ECB[2011/14. 2. In the event of any discrepancy between this Decision and Guideline ECB[2011/14 andfor any measures implementing them at national level, this Decision shall prevail. The NCBs shall continue to apply all provisions of Guideline ECB/2011/14 unaltered unless otherwise provided for in this Decision. () OJ L 195, 18.7.2013, p. 27.