6. The Council, acting by a qualified majority either on a proposal from the  Commission and after consulting the European Parliament and the ECB or on a  recommendation from the ECB and after consulting the European Parliament and the  Commission, shall adopt the provisions referred to in Articles 4, 5.4, 19.2, 20, 28.1,  29.2, 30.4 and 34.3 of the Statute of the ESCB.

Article 107

When exercising the powers and carrying out the tasks and duties conferred upon  them by this Treaty and the Statute of the ESCB, neither the ECB, nor a national  central bank, nor any member of their decision making bodies shall seek or take  instructions from Community institutions or bodies, from any government of a Member State or from any other body. The Community institutions and bodies and  the governments of the Member States undertake to respect this principle and not to  seek to influence the members of the decision making bodies of the ECB or of the  national central banks in the performance of their tasks.

Article 108

Each Member State shall ensure, at the latest at the date of the establishment of the  ESCB, that its national legislation including the statutes of its national central bank is  compatible with this Treaty and the Statute of the ESCB.

Article 108a

1. In order to carry out the tasks entrusted to the ESCB, the ECB shall, in accordance  with the provisions of this Treaty and under the conditions laid down in the Statute  of the ESCB:  

make regulations to the extent necessary to implement the tasks defined in  Article 3.1, first indent, Articles 19.1,22 and 25.2 of the Statute of the ESCB  and in cases which shall be laid down in the acts of the Council referred to in  Article 106( 6 );

take decisions necessary for carrying out the tasks entrusted to the ESCB under  this Treaty and the Statute of the ESCB;

make recommendations and deliver opinions.

2. A regulation shall have general application. It shall be binding in its entirety and  directly applicable in all Member States.

Recommendations and opinions shall have no binding force.

A decision shall be binding in its entirety upon those to whom it is addressed.

Articles 190 to 192 shall apply to regulations and decisions adopted by the ECB.

The ECB may decide to publish its decisions, recommendations and opinions.

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