From a legal perspective, TARGET2 consists of a number of TARGET2 component systems. Based on the Eurosystem’s approach, and in an attempt to standardise the legal requirements for participation as far as possible, the “Terms and conditions for a PM account” are, however, a literal copy of the “Harmonised conditions for the opening and operation of a PM account in TARGET2”, which were adopted within the framework of the TARGET2 Guideline. The Bundesbank simply made the necessary editorial changes (such as inserting the terms “Bundesbank” and “TARGET2-Bundesbank”, for example) and deleted a minimal amount of provisions which were not relevant to TARGET2-Bundesbank.