European Central Bank 4 April 2011, Opinion of the European Central Bank of 4 April 2011 on a special tax on banks and on the setting up of an independent financial stability fund (CON/2011/29)

EN OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK of 4 April 2011 on a special tax on banks and on the setting up of an independent financial stability fund (CON/2011/29) Introduction and legal basis On 11 March 2011, the Cypriot Ministry of Finance forwarded to the European Central Bank (ECB), for information, two draft laws under consideration by the House of Representatives, one relating to the