2015-02-03
The Governor of the Central Bank of the Comoros issued Regulation No. 0010/2015 to define and regulate interbank operations conducted by credit institutions under Law 13-003/AU. The regulation mandates that credit institutions declare these operations monthly by the 20th of the following month using a standardized format, while interest rates are freely negotiated with reference to the Central Bank's discount rate. It explicitly excludes deposits with the Central Bank, central bank refinancing, and certain intra-group financing facilities from the definition of interbank operations.
BANQUE CENTRALE DES COMORES
REGULATION No. 0010 /2015/BCC/DSBR
RELATING TO INTERBANK OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY CREDIT INSTITUTIONS, IN APPLICATION OF LAW 13-003/AU
Having regard to Law 80-08 of June 26, 1980, relating to currency and the role of the Central Bank of the Comoros in the control of banks and financial establishments, credit, and foreign exchange, in its Article 7;
Having regard to Law 13-003/AU of June 12, 2013, regulating the activities of financial institutions, in its Article 103;
Having regard to Law 12-011/AU of June 28, 2012, regulating and organizing credit leasing;
THE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE COMOROS
Sets the rules relating to interbank operations conducted by credit institutions, in application of Law 13-003/AU.
Article 1.
This Regulation applies to interbank operations carried out between credit institutions as defined in Article 3 of Law No. 13-003/AU.
Article 2:
For the purposes of this Regulation, an "interbank operation" constitutes the following enumerated operations, among others, of deposits and all forms of financing with or without guarantees carried out between credit institutions authorized in the Union of the Comoros:
a) Interbank Current Account: The ordinary account opened with another credit institution; b) Term Deposit Account (DAT): The remunerated investment account, opened for a fixed duration of one month or more; c) Short-term Financing: Financing operations contracted between credit institutions with a duration of less than or equal to one year; d) Medium-term Financing: Financing operations contracted between credit institutions with a duration between one year and five years; e) Long-term Financing: Financing operations contracted between credit institutions with a duration of more than five years;
Article 3:
The following do not constitute interbank operations and are not taken into account in the declaration statement attached to this Regulation:
a) Deposits of credit institutions with the Central Bank; b) Refinancing by the Central Bank; c) Cash facilities, advances, and other financing granted by the parent company to its subsidiaries or a holding company; d) Cash facilities, advances, and other financing granted by the union of decentralized financial institutions to its affiliated primary caisses;
Article 4:
The interest rates applied to interbank operations are freely determined by negotiation between credit institutions and reference the discount rate of the Central Bank.
Article 5:
The interbank operations defined in Article 2 of this Regulation must be declared monthly, no later than the 20th of the month following the date of the account closing, in accordance with the model attached as an annex.
Article 6:
This Regulation enters into force as of its date of signature.
Moroni, January 28, 2015
Mzé Abdou Mohamed Chanfiou
INTERBANK OPERATIONS (in millions FC) Declaring Institution: Month:
| BIC | EXIM BANK | BFC | BDC | SNPSF | U-MECKS | U-SDK ANJ | UNION SDK MOHELI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTERBANK OPERATIONS OF CREDIT INSTITUTIONS | ||||||||
| INTERBANK DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS | Amount | Interest Rate | Periodicity | Amount | Interest Rate | Periodicity | Amount | Interest Rate |
| CURRENT ACCOUNT | ||||||||
| Balance at start of period | ||||||||
| Total debitor movements | ||||||||
| Total creditor movements | ||||||||
| Balance at end of period | ||||||||
| TERM DEPOSIT ACCOUNT (1 to 12 months) | ||||||||
| Balance at start of period | ||||||||
| Total debitor movements | ||||||||
| Total creditor movements | ||||||||
| Balance at end of period | ||||||||
| TERM DEPOSIT ACCOUNT (greater than 12 months) | ||||||||
| Balance at start of period | ||||||||
| Total debitor movements | ||||||||
| Total creditor movements | ||||||||
| Balance at end of period | ||||||||
| Total Balance (Current Account and DAT at end of period) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| INTERBANK FINANCING | Amount | Interest Rate | Periodicity | Amount | Interest Rate | Periodicity | Amount | Interest Rate |
| Short-term financing (< 1 year) | ||||||||
| Total 1 (short-term financing) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Medium-term financing (1 to 5 years) | ||||||||
| Total 2 (medium-term financing) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Long-term financing (> 5 years) | ||||||||
| Total 3 (long-term financing) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total Balance (1+2+3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Month of Figures in millions FC
| Beneficiaries of deposits and financing | BIC | EXIM | BFC | BDC | SNPSF | U-MECKS | U-SDK ANJ | U-SDK MOHELI | Subtotal Deposits (excl. BCC) | Subtotal Financing (excl. BCC) | Deposits received by BCC | Total Deposits incl. BCC | Total Financing incl. BCC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initiators of deposits and financing | Total Balance Deposits | Financ. | Total Balance Deposits | Financ. | Total Balance Deposits | Financ. | Total Balance Deposits | Financ. | Total Balance Deposits | Financ. | Total Balance Deposits | Financ. | Total Balance Deposits |
| BIC | |||||||||||||
| EXIM | |||||||||||||
| BFC | |||||||||||||
| BDC | |||||||||||||
| SNPSF | |||||||||||||
| U-MECKS | |||||||||||||
| U-SDK ANJ | |||||||||||||
| U-SDK MOHELI | |||||||||||||
| Subtotal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BCC Refinancing | |||||||||||||
| Total incl. BCC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |