ECB archives documents concerning the performance of the tasks of the ESCB and the Eurosystem held by third parties
Article 7
Where an NCB has transferred ECB archives documents to a third party, that NCB shall ensure that: (a) where the ECB holds the same documents as those transferred to that third party and that third party carries out an appraisal of those documents, the appraisal of that third party shall be aligned with the outcome of the appraisal carried out by the ECB under Article 3; (b) where the ECB holds the same documents as those transferred to that third party and that third party examines the security classifications of those documents, a decision on declassification of that third party shall be aligned with the outcome of the decision on declassification taken by the ECB in compliance with Article 4(1); and (c) the third party shall not make declassified documents available to the public before the expiry of the 30-year period starting from the date of the creation of the documents.