Introducing Changes and Additions to the Republic of Armenia Central Bank Board Resolution No. 242-N of September 18, 2012

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On Introducing Changes and Additions to the Republic of Armenia Central Bank Board Resolution No. 242-N of September 18, 2012

2026-09-08

THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA BOARD RESOLUTION

September 8, 2026; No. 236-N

On Introducing Changes and Additions to the Republic of Armenia Central Bank Board Resolution No. 242-N of September 18, 2012

Date of publication: 29.09.2026

For the purpose of promoting a facilitated access to international financial markets for local legal entities and simplifying the processes through the implementation of effective mechanisms for issuing Legal Entity Identifiers, as well as expanding the scope of unique codes (identifiers) assigned by the Central Depository of Armenia in accordance with international standards; In view of Article 175(3), Article 176(1)(1)(c), and Article 176(2) of the Republic of Armenia Law “On the Securities Market”; and

Pursuant to Article 2(3), Article 20(1)(e) of the Republic of Armenia Law “On the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia”; and Article 33(3), and Article 34 of the Republic of Armenia Law “On Normative-Legal Acts”,

the Board of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia

Enacts:

1․ Introduce changes and additions to Regulation 5/09 “Types of Additional Activities by the Central Depository; Procedure and Conditions for Their Implementation” as approved by Board Resolution No. 242-N, dated September 18, 2012, of the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia on Approving Regulation 5/09 “Types of Additional Activities by the Central Depository; Procedure and Conditions for their Implementation (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation), as follows:

1. In sub-paragraph 6 of paragraph 4 of the Regulation, replace the punctuation mark “:” with the punctuation mark “,”;
2. Supplement paragraph 4 of the Regulation with new sub-paragraphs 7 and 8 reading as follows:
   “7) The Central Depository shall provide agency and other ancillary services related to the assignment, validation, renewal, transfer, termination, verification and maintenance of information for international legal entity identification. The provision of agency or other ancillary services by the Central Depository related to the assignment of an international legal entity identifier shall not be contingent upon the client’s use of any other service provided by the Central Depository;
3. The Central Depository shall assign international identifiers for financial instruments, reference instruments, and indices, and shall provide related services.”;
4. In Paragraph 5(3)(b) in the Regulation, after the words “good reputation”, insert the punctuation mark “,” and the words “information and data security”.

2. This resolution to take effect on the 10th day following its official publication.

Armen Nurbekyan Deputy Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia c. Yerevan

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