Regulatory Alerts2000-01-26
COBAC Instruction I-99/03 Implementing the Collection, Processing and Reporting System for Banks and Financial Institutions in Regulatory States
The Central African Banking Commission (COBAC) issued Instruction I-99/03 to mandate credit institutions and financial entities in regulatory states to submit monthly or quarterly regulatory statements using the newly established CERBER collection, processing, and reporting system. The instruction defines the required accounting correspondence, file specifications with consistency checks, and standardized templates prepared by COBAC’s General Secretariat. It supersedes thirteen prior directives (I-93/01 to I-93/13, I-99/01, and I-99/02) and took effect on April 1, 2000.
CENTRAL AFRICAN BANKING COMMISSION
COBAC INSTRUCTION I-99/03 Implementing the Collection, Processing and Reporting System for Banks and Financial Institutions of the Regulatory States
The President of the Central African Banking Commission,
Having regard to COBAC Regulation R-93/01, Having regard to COBAC Regulation R-93/02, Having regard to COBAC Regulation R-93/03, Having regard to COBAC Regulation R-93/04, Having regard to COBAC Regulation R-93/05, Having regard to COBAC Regulation R-93/06, Having regard to COBAC Regulation R-93/07, Having regard to COBAC Regulation R-93/10, Having regard to COBAC Regulation R-93/11, Having regard to COBAC Regulation R-93/13, Having regard to COBAC Regulation R-96/01, Having regard to COBAC Regulation R-98/01, Having regard to COBAC Regulation R-98/03,
HEREBY DECIDES:
Article 1..- Credit institutions must transmit to the Central African Banking Commission the information necessary for the preparation of regulatory statements with monthly or quarterly periodicity, in accordance with the provisions set out in the manual attached to this instruction and forming an integral part thereof.
Article 2..- The collection, processing and reporting manual for Banks and financial institutions of the regulatory states (CERBER) includes:
- general provisions;
- the general list of items providing the correspondence between the accounting plan of credit institutions and the regulatory statements;
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- specifications for the files transmitted by credit institutions to the COBAC General Secretariat, with indication of consistency checks on the information provided;
- templates for regulatory statements with monthly or quarterly periodicity (balance sheet, supplementary statements to the balance sheet and prudential documents) which must be prepared by the COBAC General Secretariat and communicated to the reporting institutions.
Article 3..- This instruction shall enter into force on April 1, 2000.
Article 4..- COBAC Instructions I-93/01 to I-93/13, I-99/01 and I-99/02 are hereby repealed as of the date of entry into force of this instruction.
Done at Yaoundé, on December 22, 1999
[Signature and seal] Jean-Félix MAMALEPOT