2018-12-08

Resolution of 4 December 2018 by the Directorate General for Treasury and Financial Policy updating Annex 1 to the 4 July 2017 Resolution on financial prudence for autonomous communities and local entities

The Directorate General for Treasury and Financial Policy issued this resolution to update Annex 1 of the 4 July 2017 Resolution, which establishes the financial prudence principle for debt and derivative operations of autonomous communities and local entities. The update provides the maximum fixed interest rates and maximum differentials over Euribor benchmarks applicable as of 3 December 2018 to ensure total financing costs do not exceed state financing costs plus applicable margins. These updated tables serve as the mandatory reference for administrations without independent valuation tools to calculate the maximum allowable cost of financing for various operational maturities.

Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores logo

Spain

Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores

Click to view thumbnail

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND ENTERPRISE 16794 Resolution of 4 December 2018, by the Directorate General for Treasury and Financial Policy, updating Annex 1 included in the Resolution of 4 July 2017, by the General Secretariat for Treasury and Financial Policy, which defines the principle of financial prudence applicable to debt and derivative operations of autonomous communities and local entities.

The Resolution of 4 July 2017, by the General Secretariat for Treasury and Financial Policy, which defines the principle of financial prudence applicable to debt and derivative operations of autonomous communities and local entities, establishes in its third section that "the maximum total cost of debt operations, including commissions and other expenses, except for those commissions cited in Annex 3, may not exceed the State's financing cost at the average term of the operation, increased by the corresponding differential 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 remaining Administrations, to know the State's financing cost at each average term, will use the fixed rates table or the maximum differentials applicable to each reference that the Directorate General for Treasury and Financial Policy publishes monthly via Resolution. The published maximum costs will remain in force until new costs are published."

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

Madrid, 4 December 2018.–The Director General for Treasury and Financial Policy, Elena Aparici Vázquez de Parga.

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 4 July 2017, by the General Secretariat for Treasury and Financial Policy

Prices taken on 3 December 2018 at market close

Average life of the operation (Months)Maximum annual fixed rate (Percentage points)Maximum differential over Euribor 12 months (Basis points)Maximum differential over Euribor 6 months (Basis points)Maximum differential over Euribor 3 months (Basis points)Maximum differential over Euribor 1 month (Basis points)
1-0.49-12
3-0.49-18-12
4-0.44-13-7
5-0.42-11-5
6-0.40-15-9-3
7-0.37-13-60
8-0.35-10-42
9-0.33-9-33
10-0.33-8-24
16-0.33-21-12-61
17-0.32-20-11-52
18-0.30-19-10-33
19-0.28-17-8-24
20-0.26-16-7-15
21-0.23-14-517
22-0.20-12-439
23-0.18-11-2411
24-0.15-90612
360.05-271320
480.231101724
600.5417263340
720.7626354149
840.9936455259
961.1944535967
1081.3650596573
1201.4851616774
1321.6256657178
1441.7460697582
1561.7959687481
1681.8963727784
1802.0372808692
1922.0772818693
2042.1072818693
2162.1473818693
2282.1975848995
2402.2479879298
2522.29829094101
2642.34859398104
2762.398996101107
2882.4392100104110
3002.4796103107113
3122.5199106111117
3242.56104111115121
3362.60108115119125
3482.64112119123128
3602.67115122126131

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 different basis 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 Euribor, the maximum differentials contained in Annex 3 of the Resolution of 4 July 2017, by the General Secretariat for Treasury and Financial Policy, which defines the principle of financial prudence applicable to debt and derivative operations of autonomous communities and local entities, may be applied.