2016-12-08

Resolution of 7 December 2016 by the Directorate General of the Treasury updating Annex 1 to the Resolution of 16 September 2016 on financial prudence for autonomous communities and local entities

The Directorate General of the Treasury issued a resolution on 7 December 2016 to update Annex 1 of the Resolution of 16 September 2016, which defines the financial prudence principle applicable to borrowing and derivative operations of autonomous communities and local entities. This update provides the new maximum fixed interest rates and maximum differentials over the Euribor for various operational maturities, serving as the benchmark for calculating the maximum total cost of financing. The document specifies that these rates are calculated using the Actual/Actual day count basis and allows for linear interpolation for maturities not explicitly listed in the table.

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OFFICIAL STATE GAZETTE No. 296 Thursday, 8 December 2016 Sec. I. Page 85790

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, INDUSTRY AND COMPETITIVENESS

11667 Resolution of 7 December 2016, of the Directorate General of the Treasury, updating Annex 1 included in the Resolution of 16 September 2016, by which the principle of financial prudence applicable to borrowing and derivative operations of autonomous communities and local entities is defined.

The Resolution of 16 September 2016, of the General Secretariat of the Treasury and Financial Policy, by which the principle of financial prudence applicable to borrowing and derivative operations of autonomous communities and local entities is defined, establishes in its third section that "the maximum total cost of borrowing operations, including commissions and other expenses, except for the commissions cited in Annex 3, may not exceed the State's financing cost at the average term of the operation, increased by the differential corresponding as established in Annex 3 of this Resolution.

Autonomous Communities and Local Entities that have their own valuation tools or independent external advice may determine the Treasury's financing cost at the time of the operation based on the methodology contained in Annex 2 of this Resolution.

The rest of the Administrations, to know the State's financing cost at each average term, will use the fixed rates table or the maximum differentials applicable on each reference that the Directorate General of the Treasury publishes monthly, by Resolution. The published maximum costs will remain in force until new costs are published."

In accordance with this obligation to update monthly the State's financing cost at each term, a new Annex 1 is published.

Madrid, 7 December 2016.–The Director General of the Treasury, José María Fernández Rodríguez.

ANNEX 1

Fixed interest rates and differentials of the State's financing cost for the purposes of compliance with the third section of the Resolution of 16 September 2016, of the General Secretariat of the Treasury and Financial Policy

Average life of the operation (Months)Maximum annual fixed rate (Percentage points)Maximum differential over 12-month Euribor (Basis points)Maximum differential over 6-month Euribor (Basis points)Maximum differential over 3-month Euribor (Basis points)Maximum differential over 1-month Euribor (Basis points)
1-0.48-9
2-0.42-2
3-0.34-36
4-0.34-26
5-0.33-17
6-0.32-10-18
7-0.30-11-17
8-0.26-7210
9-0.24-4514
10-0.24-5412
11-0.23-4513
12-0.23-15-4614
13-0.20-1201019
14-0.15-931425
15-0.13-761728
16-0.12-661829
17-0.10-571930
18-0.08-492132
19-0.05-1122334
20-0.022142637
21-0.013152738
240.2318314456
360.3622354860
480.5933465971
600.8143556880
721.0553667890
841.32688092104
961.49728496108
1081.61728497108
1201.71748698110
1321.827688100112
1441.917991103115
1562.028396108119
1682.068395107119
1802.118396108119
1922.1988100112124
2042.2693105117129
2162.3497110122133
2282.41102114126138
2402.47106119131142
2522.52110123135146
2642.57115127139151
2762.62119131143155
2882.66122134147158
3002.70125138150161
3122.74129141153165
3242.77132144157168
3362.81135148160171
3482.85138151163174
3602.86141153165177

The basis used for the calculation of the maximum annual fixed rate contained in the table above is the Actual/Actual basis. In the event that a basis other than the aforementioned is used, the appropriate adjustment must be made.

In those fixed-rate operations with an interest accrual period different from one year, the maximum fixed rate must be calculated as the rate equivalent to the annual fixed rate for the considered accrual period.

The maximum fixed interest rates and differentials applicable for operations whose exact average life is not published in this table shall be found by linear interpolation between the two closest rates or differentials to the average term of the operation.

Regarding these fixed interest rates or differentials over the Euribor, the maximum differentials contained in Annex 3 of the Resolution of 16 September 2016 of the General Secretariat of the Treasury and Financial Policy, by which the principle of financial prudence applicable to borrowing and derivative operations of autonomous communities and local entities is defined, may be applied.

cve: BOE-A-2016-11667 Verifiable at http://www.boe.es