2026-01-01
The Council of the Central Bank of Montenegro issued this Decision to regulate the maintenance, data submission, and usage of the national Credit Registry. It mandates that banks and supervised financial institutions submit detailed debtor data using specific forms within strict deadlines to ensure accurate and timely record-keeping. The document further establishes confidentiality rules, access rights for reporting entities and debtors, and imposes fines for non-compliance with reporting obligations.
Pursuant to Article 44 paragraph 2 point 3 and in conjunction with Article 37 paragraphs 3 and 5 of the Central Bank of Montenegro Law (OGM 40/10, 46/10, 06/13, 70/17), the Council of the Central Bank of Montenegro, at its meeting held on 6 June 2018, passed the following DECISION ON CREDIT REGISTRY I. BASIC PROVISIONS Subject matter Article 1 This decision shall regulate all types of data and information (hereinafter: the data) to be submitted to the Central Bank of Montenegro for the purposes of maintaining the Credit Registry, the manner and deadlines for their submission, and terms and conditions and the manner of using the data from the Credit Registry. Credit Registry Article 2 Credit Registry is a uniform and standardised electronic database of debts to reporting entities referred to in Article 3 herein (hereinafter: the debts) maintained by the Central Bank of Montenegro (hereinafter: the Central Bank). Data in the Credit Registry shall be maintained by types of debts. Data referred to in Credit Registry shall be confidential and may be delivered for use only under the conditions and in the manner specified herein. II. REPORTING ENTITIES Reporting entities Article 3 The following entities (hereinafter: the reporting entities) shall submit data for the purpose of maintaining Credit Registry:
Leasing companies,
Factoring companies,
Companies for purchase of receivables,
Micro-credit financial institutions,
Credit and guarantee funds, ‐ Investment and Development Fund of Montenegro, ‐ Payment institutions. The reporting entities shall also be companies and other entities which sign with the Central Bank a separate contract on the submission of data for the purposes of Credit Registry, which shall regulate the following:
By way of derogation from paragraph 1 above, the reporting entities shall also submit to the Central Bank data on debts classified into classification category E in accordance with the regulations of the Central Bank after the termination of receivable and until the expiry of period of three years following the day when the repayment of such a debt has been terminated. Manner and deadlines for data submission Article 6 The reporting entities shall submit to the Central Bank data for maintaining Credit Registry using the following forms:
The Central Bank shall be responsible for the compatibility of data in the Credit Registry with those submitted by the reporting entities. IV. CREDIT REGISTRY CONTENT Database Article 10 The Credit Registry shall establish database on debts of individual persons based on data submitted in accordance with the decision, which contains the following:
identifying data about debtors, including data on guarantors/warrants/co-debtors (identity number/personal identity number, title / name and last name, address of registered office / residence, municipality, country, activity);
data on the balance at the end of the month per individual type of debt under all bases set forth in Article 4 herein (number of contract and/or other legal activity, number of subaccount, type of debt, account number of debt, date of the contract and/or other legal activity, industry, purpose of debt, the agreed amount, currency, disbursement date, disbursed amount, outstanding principal, manner of repayment, agreed instalment, maturity date of the first instalment, maturity date of the last instalment, nominal interest rate, effective interest rate, type of interest rate, interest rate index, lease fee, consent of co-debtor, and other);
data on the timeliness of debt repayment (status, date of the dispute occurrence, past due days, outstanding principal, outstanding interest, principal paid, interest paid, the amount of provisions, debt classification);
data on collateral provided by the debtor (cash deposit, pledge on securities, other pledges, fiduciary, mortgage, bill of exchange, administrative ban, etc.) and data on collateral provided by third parties (guarantors/warrants/co-debtors, and the like);
data on new debts in the current month;
data on payments executed on debts in the current month;
other data obtained by breakdown of individual positions from the Form KR in accordance with the technical specifications referred to in Article 6 paragraph 4 herein. V. USE OF DATA FROM THE CREDIT REGISTRY Data beneficiaries from the Credit Registry Article 11 Data from the Credit Registry may be made available to:
the reporting entities referred to in Article 3 paragraph 1 herein provided that they meet the conditions set forth in Article 12 herein and they have written consent of the debtor to access the data from the Credit Registry on such a debtor that is provided on the Form KR-SK, which is enclosed herein and makes an integral part thereof;
the reporting entities referred to in Article 3 paragraph 2 herein under the conditions specified by the contract;
the persons whose data on debts are kept with the Credit Registry, including persons who are guarantors/warrants/co-debtors under those debts, pursuant to the conditions specified in Article 1 herein. Obligation of data beneficiary Article 12 The reporting entities that access the information system of the Central Bank for the use of data from the Credit Registry shall:
establish rules and procedures necessary to maintain the security of the system and confidentiality of data from the Credit Registry;
comply with the requirements of extracts from the documents of the Central Bank's policy on information system safety related to access to the information system of the Central Bank, which shall be supplied to them by the Central Bank, and which they undertake to respect;
submit the registration of a person responsible for the implementation of security and safety measures with regard to access to the information system of the Central Bank - Credit Registry, using the form KR-MB, which is enclosed herein and makes an integral part thereof, and
submit the registration of a person authorised to submit requests to the Central Bank for granting access to Credit Registry for certain employees of this reporting entity, using the form KR-OP, which is enclosed herein and makes an integral part thereof. Data available for the reporting entities Article 13 The reporting entity referred to in Article 3 paragraph 1 herein shall be made available the following data from the Credit Registry:
identification data on debtors (identity number/personal identity number, title / name and last name, address of registered office / residence, municipality, country, activity);
data on legal activity with the debtor (number of contract and/or other legal activity, number of sub-account);
data on the balance at the end of each month per individual debt under all bases referred to in Article 4 herein: ‐ type of debt, ‐ account of debt, ‐ date of conclusion of contract and/or other legal activity, ‐ industry of debtor, ‐ purpose of debt, ‐ agreed amount, currency, disbursement date, disbursed amount, outstanding principal, the manner of repayment, ‐ agreed instalment;
data on debt maturity (maturity date of the first instalment, maturity date of the last instalment);
data on interest rates (nominal interest rate, effective interest rate, type of interest rate – fixed or variable, interest rate index);
data on the timeliness of debt repayment (status, date of the dispute occurrence, past due days, outstanding principal, outstanding interest, principal paid, interest paid, the amount of provisions, debt classification in accordance with the Central Bank regulations and IFRS 9);
data on collateral provided by the debtor and its value (cash deposit, pledge on securities, other pledges, fiduciary, mortgage, guarantee, bill of exchange, administrative ban, etc.),
data on collateral provided by third parties (guarantors/warrants/co-debtors, and the like);
data on new debts in the current month;
data on payments executed on debts in the current month;
data on number of inquiries in the Credit Registry for debtor executed in the last year;
other data obtained by breakdown of individual positions from the Form KR in accordance with the technical specifications referred to in Article 6 paragraph 4 herein. The reporting entity shall not be made available identification data on other reporting entity where the debtor has debts, data on the number of contract and number of sub-account for debts with other reporting entities, and identification data for guarantors/warrants/co-debtors per debt with other reporting entities. The reporting entity referred to in Article 3 paragraph 2 herein may be made available data specified by the agreement. In addition to data referred to in paragraph 1 above, the reporting entities may also use aggregate data from the Credit Registry designed on the basis of available data on individual debts, in particular:
data on history of debtor's debts;
loan migration matrices (for the reporting entity and the entire system);
tables of indebtedness structure at the system level;
weighted average lending interest rates (nominal and effective) for companies and entrepreneurs by purpose, industries and maturity;
other aggregate data designed by the Central Bank on the basis of available data from the Credit Registry. The reporting entities may use data from the Credit Registry only for the purposes for which they have been provided. Data available to debtors and guarantors/warrants/co-debtors Article 14 Data on debts of persons with all reporting entities may be made available to persons whose data on debts are maintained with the Credit Registry, including also data on debts regarding backing a bill/backing guarantee/co-indebtedness of such persons.
Access to data by reporting entities Article 15 The Central Bank shall provide access to data from the Credit Registry to reporting entities, electronically every day except State holidays, in period from 10.00 to 22.00 hours. Denying right to access data Article 16 The Central Bank may deny right to a reporting entity to use information from the Credit Registry, temporarily or permanently, if:
The reporting entities shall pay the fee referred to in paragraph 1 above on quarterly basis, within eight days following that of the receipt of invoices delivered by the Central Bank. Persons referred to in Article 17 paragraph 1 herein shall submit to the Central Bank the evidence of the payment of the prescribed fee for the use of data from the Credit Registry with the request for obtaining those data. If a reporting entity charges, during the process of granting loan subject to reporting referred to herein, to another participant in the activity a fee for using data from the Credit Registry, such a fee may not be higher than the fee referred to in paragraph 1 above. VI. OFFENCES Article 19 A fine ranging from 5,000 euro to 10,000 euro shall be imposed against a company – reporting entity referred to in Articles 3 and 20 if:
Submission of technical documentation Article 21 The Central Bank shall submit to the reporting entities referred to in Article 3 paragraph 1 and Article 20 herein technical specifications referred to in Article 6 paragraph 4 herein and instructions for submitting reports in the corresponding format within the following deadlines:
Entry into force Article 24 This Decision shall enter into force on the eighth day following that of its publication in the Official Gazette of Montenegro, and it shall apply from 1 January 2019. COUNCIL OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF MONTENEGRO CHAIRMAN Decision number: 0101- 4576-5/2018 G O V E R N O R, Podgorica, 6 June 2018 Radoje Žugić m.p.
Name of reporting entity/ identity number Form - KR REPORT ON DEBTS Identification data Data on receivables of the reporting entity on debtor Sub-account Debtor’s ID numbe r Title or name of debto r Debtor’s address Basis of receivable Code of activity Number of contract and/or other legal activity Approved amount of receivable Value date Approval date I instalment maturity Amount of principal paid in the reporting month Amount of interest paid in the reporting month Date of last instalment maturity Date of last instalment payment Remaining portion of receivable based on principal Outstanding principal Outstanding interest Purpose of debt Repayment method Number of past due days Provisions allocated Classification of receivable Type of collateral Value of collateral (actual and appraised) Guarantors (Name and personal identity or identity number) Guarantors/warrants/co-debtors (name and ID number) Security instruments of guarantor/ warrant/co-debto r Status of receivable Nominal interest rate (annual) Interest rate variability Interest rate index Effective interest rate (annual) Debtor’s authorisation for data use Other 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NOTE: The Form is joint for all reporting entities and it is completed electronically. Data are entered based on balance at the end of month for each individual receivable. Corresponding basis from Article 4 of the Decision is entered in the column 4 (loans, finance lease, factoring, etc.). Reporting entities complete columns from the Form which are relevant for them, in accordance with the technical specification referred to in Article 6 paragraph 4 herein. Name and last name of the authorised person Electronic signature of authorised person
Name of reporting entity/ identity number Form - KRN REPORT ON NEW DEBTS Identification data Data on receivables of the reporting entity on debtor Sub-account Debtor’s ID numbe r Title or name of debto r Debtor’s address Basis of receivable Code of activity Number of contract and/or other legal activity Approved amount of receivable Value date Approval date I instalment maturity Amount of principal paid in the reporting month I Amount of interest paid in the reporting month Date of last instalment maturity Date of last instalment payment Remaining portion of receivable based on principal Outstanding principal Outstanding interest Purpose of debt Repayment method Number of past due days Provisions allocated Classification of receivable Type of collateral Value of collateral (actual and appraised) Guarantors (Name and personal identity or identity number) Guarantors/warrants/co-debtors (name and ID number) Security instruments of guarantor/ warrant/co-debto r Status of receivable Nominal interest rate (annual) Interest rate variability Interest rate index Effective interest rate (annual) Debtor’s authorisation for data use Othe r 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NOTE: The Form is joint for all reporting entities and it is completed electronically. Data are entered based on balance at the end of month for each individual receivable. Corresponding basis from Article 4 of the Decision is entered in the column 4 (loans, finance lease, factoring, etc.). Reporting entities complete columns from the Form which are relevant for them, in accordance with the technical specification referred to in Article 6 paragraph 4 herein. Name and last name of the authorised person Electronic signature of authorised person
Name of reporting entity/ identity number Form - KRP REPORT ON DEBT PAYMENTS Identification data Data on receivables of the reporting entity on debtor Sub-account Debtor’s ID numbe r Title or name of debto r Debtor’s address Basis of receivable Code of activity Number of contract and/or other legal activity Approved amount of receivable Value date Approval date I instalment maturity Amount of principal paid in the reporting month Amount of interest paid in the reporting month Date of last instalment maturity Date of last instalment payment Remaining portion of receivable based on principal Outstanding principal Outstanding interest Purpose of debt Repayment method Number of past due days Provisions allocated Classification of receivable Type of collateral Value of collateral (actual and appraised) Guarantors (Name and personal identity or identity number) Guarantors/warrants/co-debtors (name and ID number) Security instruments of guarantor/ warrant/co-debto r Status of receivable Nominal interest rate (annual) Interest rate variability Interest rate index Effective interest rate (annual) Debtor’s authorisation for data use Othe r 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NOTE: The Form is joint for all reporting entities and it is completed electronically. Data are entered based on balance at the end of month for each individual receivable. Corresponding basis from Article 4 of the Decision is entered in the column 4 (loans, finance lease, factoring, etc.). Reporting entities complete columns from the Form which are relevant for them, in accordance with the technical specification referred to in Article 6 paragraph 4 herein. Name and last name of the authorised person Electronic signature of authorised person
Form KR-PL
Stamp of the reporting entity REGISTRATION OF PERSONS AUTHORISED TO SUBMIT DATA AND INFORMATION INTO CREDIT REGISTRY
(Full name of the reporting entity from the statement on registration into CRCC) Identity number of the reporting entity: ___________________ The following persons are authorised by the reporting entity for the submission of data to the Credit Registry:
Seal and signature of authorised person
Form KR-SK
Stamp of the reporting entity
Number of approval APPROVAL OF THE DEBTOR TO ACCESS DATA FROM CREDIT REGISTRY ______________________________________________ hereby approves that (Name and identity number, or name and last name and personal identity number) ______________________________________________ may access the data that are (full name of the reporting entity from the statement on registration into CRCC) maintained with the Credit Registry of the Central Bank of Montenegro on the name __________________________________________ . (name and identity number, or name and last name and personal identity number) Access to data subject to this approval may be obtained by the reporting entity:
Note: Check selected option Place and date: __________________________ APPROVED BY
Form KR-MB
Stamp of the reporting entity REGISTRATION OF PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY AND SAFETY MEASURES WITH REGARD TO ACCESS TO INFORMATION SYSTEM OF THE CENTRAL BANK – CREDIT REGISTRY
(full name of the reporting entity from the statement on registration into CRCC) Identity number of the reporting entity: _______________________ Person responsible for implementation of security and protection measures with regard to access to information system of the Central Bank – Credit Registry is: Name and family name: ________________________________________ Phone and fax numbers: _______________________________ E-mail address: _____________________________ Signature of authorised person: ______________________ Place and date: __________________________
Seal and signature of authorised person
Form KR-OP _____________________________ Stamp of the reporting entity REGISTRATION OF PERSON AUTHORISED TO SUBMIT TO THE CENTRAL BANK REQUESTS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO CREDIT REGISTRY FOR INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES OF THE REPORTING ENTITY
(full name of the reporting entity from the statement on registration into CRCC) Identity number of the reporting entity: _______________________ Person authorised to submit to the Central Bank requests for approving access to Credit Registry for individual employees of reporting entity is: Name and family name: ________________________________________ Phone and fax numbers: _______________________________ E-mail address: _____________________________ Signature of authorised person: ______________________ Place and date: __________________________
Seal and signature of authorised person