ogation, and shall transfer to the ECB foreign reserve
assets in accordance with Article 30.1. The sum to be transferred shall
be determined by multiplying the ECU value at current exchange rates
of the foreign reserve assets which have already been transferred to
the ECB in accordance with Article 30.1, by the ratio between the
number of shares subscribed by the national central bank concerned
and the number of shares already paid up by the other national central
banks.
49.2. In addition to the payment to be made in accordance with Article
49.1, the central bank concerned shall contribute to the reserves of the
ECB, to those provisions equivalent to reserves, and to the amount
still to be appropriated to the reserves and provisions corresponding
to the balance of the profit and loss account as at 31 December of the
year prior to the abrogation of the derogation. The sum to be
contributed shall be determined by multiplying the amount of the
reserves, as defined above and as stated in the approved balance
sheet of the ECB, by the ratio between the number of shares
subscribed by the central bank concerned and the number of shares
already paid up the other central banks.
ARTICLE 50
Initial appointment of the members of the Executive Board.
When the Executive Board of the ECB is being established, the
President, the Vice-President and the other members of the Executive
Board shall be appointed by common accord of the governments of the
Member States at the level of Heads of State or of Government, on a
recommendation from the Council and after consulting the European
Parliament and the Council of the EMI. The President of the Executive
Board shall be appointed for 8 years. By way of derogation from
Article 11.2, the Vice-President shall be appointed for 4 years and the
other members of the Executive Board for terms of office of between 5
and 8 years. No term of office shall be renewable. The number of
members of the Executive Board may be smaller than provided for in
Article 11.1, but in no circumstance shall it be less than four.
ARTICLE 51
Derogation from Article 32
51.1. If, after the start of the third stage, the Governing Council decides
that the application of Article 32 results in significant changes in
national central banks' relative income positions, the amount of
income to allocated pursuant to Article 32 shall be reduced by a
uniform percentage which shall not exceed 60% in the first financial
year after the