La importancia de esas estructuras es la de que protegen la independencia de la política monetaria del banco central contra la corrupción mediante los requisitos en materia de rendición de cuentas que acompañan inevitablemente a la supervisión bancaria.
But it is impossible to create a separate bank-supervision entity within the ECB, as has been done in France, for example, with the Prudential Control Authority, or in the UK with the new Prudential Regulatory Authority, which has its own board and accountability arrangements within the Bank of England.