the relevant legal acts for the reporting of money and banking statistics are council regulation ( ec ) no 2533/98 of 23 november 1998 concerning the collection of statistical information by the ecb and regulation ( ec ) no 2819/98 of the european central bank of 1 december 1998 concerning the consolidated balance sheet of the monetary financial institutions sector ( ecb / 1998/16 ) ( replaced by regulation ( ec ) no 2423/2001 of the european central bank of 22 november 2001 concerning the consolidated balance sheet of the monetary financial institutions sector ( ecb / 2001/13 )) 