2022-01-06

Resolution of 4 January 2022 updating Annex 1 on financial prudence principles for autonomous communities and local entities

The Secretary General of the Treasury and International Financing issued this resolution to update Annex 1 with the maximum fixed interest rates and Euribor differentials applicable to debt operations by autonomous communities and local entities as of January 3, 2022. These updated rates serve as the benchmark for calculating the maximum total cost of financing, ensuring compliance with the financial prudence principle established in the Resolution of 4 July 2017. The document also specifies that if the calculated maximum cost is negative, loans may be formalized at a 0% interest rate, and provides instructions for linear interpolation for maturities not explicitly listed.

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I. GENERAL PROVISIONS MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION 262 Resolution of 4 January 2022, of the Secretary General of the Treasury and International Financing, updating Annex 1 included in the Resolution of 4 July 2017, of the Secretary General of the Treasury and Financial Policy, which defines the principle of financial prudence applicable to borrowing and derivative operations of the autonomous communities and local entities.

The Resolution of 4 July 2017 of the Secretary General of the Treasury and Financial Policy, which defines the principle of financial prudence applicable to borrowing and derivative operations of the autonomous communities and local entities, 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, shall 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."

The 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 General Directorate of Treasury and Financial Policy 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.

Considering the current State financing costs, in the case of loan operations, if the maximum total cost referred to in the third section of the Resolution of 4 July 2017 of the Secretary General of the Treasury and Financial Policy were negative, loans may be formalized at a rate of 0%.

Madrid, 4 January 2022.–The Secretary General of the Treasury and International Financing, Carlos Cuerpo Caballero. OFFICIAL STATE GAZETTE No. 5 Thursday 6 January 2022 Sec. I. Page 1214 cve: BOE-A-2022-262 Verifiable at https://www.boe.es

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 of the Secretary General of the Treasury and Financial Policy Data collected on 3 January 2022 at market close

Average life of the operation (Months)Maximum annual fixed rate (Percentage points)Maximum differential on 12-month euribor (Basis points)Maximum differential on 6-month euribor (Basis points)Maximum differential on 3-month euribor (Basis points)Maximum differential on 1-month euribor (Basis points)
1-0.76-18
2-0.71-13
3-0.66-9-8
4-0.64-8-7
5-0.64-7-6
6-0.62-7-5-4
7-0.61-8-6-5
8-0.61-9-7-6
9-0.61-10-8-7
10-0.60-10-8-7
11-0.60-11-9-8
12-0.59-9-11-9-8
13-0.59-11-13-11-10
14-0.59-12-15-12-11
15-0.59-14-16-14-13
16-0.59-16-18-15-14
17-0.58-17-18-16-15
18-0.58-18-19-17-15
19-0.57-19-20-17-16
20-0.54-18-19-16-15
21-0.52-18-18-16-14
22-0.50-18-18-15-13
23-0.52-21-21-18-16
24-0.53-24-24-21-19
36-0.39-27-26-23-20
48-0.18-16-15-11-8
60-0.05-11-9-5-2
720.11-1158
840.14-5-235
960.316101416
1080.4615192325

OFFICIAL STATE GAZETTE No. 5 Thursday 6 January 2022 Sec. I. Page 1215 cve: BOE-A-2022-262 Verifiable at https://www.boe.es

Average life of the operation (Months)Maximum annual fixed rate (Percentage points)Maximum differential on 12-month euribor (Basis points)Maximum differential on 6-month euribor (Basis points)Maximum differential on 3-month euribor (Basis points)Maximum differential on 1-month euribor (Basis points)
1200.5720242830
1320.6119232627
1440.7326313334
1560.8232363839
1680.8734384041
1800.8832373838
1921.0446515252
2041.0344495050
2161.024247
2281.1553585958
2401.125055
2521.175560
2641.1756616060
2761.1857626261
2881.2363686766
3001.2868737271
3121.3172777675
3241.3476818079
3361.3981868584
3481.4285918988
3601.4589949391

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 on euribor, the maximum differentials contained in Annex 3 of the Resolution of 4 July 2017 of the Secretary General of the Treasury and Financial Policy, which defines the principle of financial prudence applicable to borrowing and derivative operations of the autonomous communities and local entities, may be applied.

Given the current levels of State financing cost, in the case of loan operations, if the maximum total cost referred to in the third section of the aforementioned Resolution were negative, loans may be formalized at a rate of 0%.

OFFICIAL STATE GAZETTE No. 5 Thursday 6 January 2022 Sec. I. Page 1216 cve: BOE-A-2022-262 Verifiable at https://www.boe.es https://www.boe.es OFFICIAL STATE GAZETTE D. L.: M-1/1958 - ISSN: 0212-033X