2020-02-07

Resolution of 5 February 2020 updating Annex 1 on maximum financing costs for autonomous communities and local entities

The Secretary General of the Treasury and International Financing issued a resolution updating Annex 1 to define the maximum total cost of borrowing and derivatives for autonomous communities and local entities. The update establishes fixed interest rates and maximum differentials over Euribor benchmarks based on market prices from 3 February 2020 to ensure compliance with financial prudency principles. Additionally, the resolution permits loans to be formalized at a 0% interest rate if the calculated maximum total cost of financing is negative.

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I. GENERAL PROVISIONS MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION 1847 Resolution of 5 February 2020, from the Secretary General of the Treasury and International Financing, updating Annex 1 included in the Resolution of 4 July 2017, from the Secretary General of the Treasury and Financial Policy, which defines the financial prudency principle applicable to borrowing and derivative operations of autonomous communities and local entities.

The Resolution of 4 July 2017, from the Secretary General of the Treasury and Financial Policy, which defines the financial prudency principle applicable to borrowing and derivative operations of 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 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 to each reference that the General Directorate of the 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, from the Secretary General of the Treasury and Financial Policy, were negative, loans may be formalized at a rate of 0%.

Madrid, 5 February 2020.–The Secretary General of the Treasury and International Financing, Carlos San Basilio Pardo.

OFFICIAL STATE GAZETTE No. 33 Friday, 7 February 2020 Sec. I. Page 11821 cve: BOE-A-2020-1847 Verifiable at https://www.boe.es

ANNEX 1 Fixed interest rates and differentials of the State's financing cost for the purpose of compliance with the third section of the Resolution of 4 July 2017, from the Secretary General of the Treasury and Financial Policy Prices taken on 3 February 2020 at market close

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 -0.51 -5 2 -0.49 -3 3 -0.50 -9 -4 4 -0.47 -7 -1 5 -0.46 -6 0 6 -0.46 -12 -5 1 7 -0.45 -10 -3 2 8 -0.46 -10 -3 2 9 -0.46 -9 -3 3 10 -0.46 -9 -3 3 11 -0.45 -9 -2 3 12 -0.48 -19 -12 -5 0 13 -0.48 -18 -11 -4 1 14 -0.47 -17 -10 -3 2 15 -0.46 -16 -9 -2 3 16 -0.47 -17 -10 -3 2 17 -0.48 -18 -11 -4 2 18 -0.48 -18 -11 -4 1 19 -0.47 -17 -9 -3 3 20 -0.45 -15 -8 -1 4 21 -0.44 -14 -7 0 6 22 -0.44 -14 -6 0 6 23 -0.44 -13 -6 0 6 24 -0.43 -13 -6 0 6 36 -0.36 -7 0 7 13 48 -0.25 1 8 15 21 60 -0.19 4 11 18 24 72 -0.08 11 18 25 31 84 0.00 14 22 28 34 96 0.09 19 26 32 38 108 0.17 21 28 34 39

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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 120 0.26 25 32 38 44 132 0.32 26 33 39 44 144 0.36 25 32 38 43 156 0.45 29 36 42 47 168 0.55 35 42 47 52 180 0.62 38 45 50 55 192 0.66 39 46 50 55 204 0.67 38 45 49 53 216 0.72 40 47 51 55 228 0.76 42 49 53 58 240 0.81 45 52 55 60 252 0.86 48 55 59 63 264 0.90 52 59 62 66 276 0.94 55 61 64 69 288 0.97 57 64 67 71 300 1.01 61 67 70 74 312 1.06 66 72 75 79 324 1.10 70 76 79 83 336 1.13 73 79 82 86 348 1.15 75 82 84 88

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 rates or differentials closest 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, from the Secretary General of the Treasury and Financial Policy, which defines the financial prudency principle applicable to borrowing and derivative operations of 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. 33 Friday, 7 February 2020 Sec. I. Page 11823 cve: BOE-A-2020-1847 Verifiable at https://www.boe.es https://www.boe.es OFFICIAL STATE GAZETTE D. L.: M-1/1958 - ISSN: 0212-033X