Subject to the exception below, users of the ECB's website may make free use of the information obtained directly from it subject to the following conditions:

1. When such information is distributed or reproduced, it must appear accurately and the ECB must be cited as the source.
2. Where the information is incorporated in documents that are sold (regardless of the medium), the natural or legal person publishing the information must inform buyers, both before they pay any subscription or fee and each time they access the information taken from the ECB's website, that the information may be obtained free of charge through the ECB's website.
3. If the information is transformed by the user (e.g. by seasonal adjustment of statistical data, calculation of growth rates) this must be stated explicitly.