“Approved”
Financial Markets Supervisory Authority of the Republic of Azerbaijan Resolution № 16 07 July 2017

Chairman of the Board of Directors

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Rufat Aslanlı
Regulations on prudential regulation of credit unions

1. General Provisions
   These Regulations have been developed in accordance with Para 10 of Article 5 and Para 2 of Article 18 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Credit Unions (hereinafter – the Law) and determine prudential norms and requirements, as well as reporting on activities of credit unions.
2. Definitions
   2.0. Definitions used herein bear the following meanings:
   2.0.1. fully secured loan - loan whose timely and full repayment is secured by collateral
   with the market value equal to or over the unpaid amount of this loan (pledged movable and immovable property), guarantee, warranty and other means as set under the Civil Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
   2.0.2. partly secured loan – loan secured by collateral, the market value of which is less
   than the unpaid amount of the loan or by other securitization;
   2.0.3. unsecured loan – loan without any security or whose security has no market value
   or not documented under the Civil Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan regardless its value;
   2.0.4. current loan – loan, whose principal amount and interest are repaid as of the
   contractual date;
   2.0.5. overdue loan - loan where payments against the principal amount or interest
   accrued thereupon, or the outstanding portion of either principal amount or accruals, are delinquent for more than 30 calendar days beyond the contractual maturity date;

2.0.6. capital – total of authorized capital and retained earnings (amount after taxes and
obligatory deductions from profit) of a credit union.
3. Prudential norms and requirements
3.1. The following prudential norms and requirements are established on activities of
credit unions:
3.1.1. minimum amount of authorized capital;
3.1.2. minimum amount of capital and its adequacy ratio;
3.1.3. maturity matching of assets and liabilities;
3.1.4. maximum amount of a loan to one member;
3.1.5. maximum amount of an unsecured loan;
3.1.6. requirements on special reserves to be created against expenses to cover possible
losses depending on classification of loans.
3.2. New prudential norms and requirements and changes therein set by the Financial
Markets Supervisory Authority of the Republic of Azerbaijan (hereinafter – the FIMSA) for functional credit unions take effect no earlier than one month, while changes to requirements to minimum amount and adequacy ratio of capital take effect no later than six months upon formal notification of credit unions.
4. Authorized capital
Authorized capital of a credit union should not fall below AZN 4000 (four thousand).
5. Capital and its adequacy ratio
5.1. Capital of a credit union shall not fall below AZN 4000 (four thousand).
5.2. The capital adequacy ratio should not fall below 0.25 within one year upon launch
of a credit union, and no less than 0.20 later.
5.3. The capital adequacy ratio is calculated as the ratio of credit union capital to the
sum of outstanding principal amount of current and overdue loans as of the reported date.
6. Maturity matching of assets and liabilities
6.1. Maturity of loans by a credit union and accrued interest should override maturity
of credit union's liabilities.
6.2. The maturity matching norm of assets and liabilities shall equal minimum 1 or
over.
6.3. The maturity matching norm for assets and liabilities is calculated as the ratio of
total assets (current loans, payable interest and other assets) to total liabilities (externally

attracted loans, interest accruals and other liabilities) as of the reported date at least on liabilities delinquent for 0-30, 31-90, 91-180, 181-365 and over 365 days.
6.4. Overdue loans of credit union members and debt amounts on interest accrued to
them are ignored in total assets when calculating the maturity matching norm for assets and liabilities.
7. Maximum amount of a loan to one member
7.1. Maximum amount of a loan to one member shall not exceed 10 times of the share
of the member in question in authorized capital of a credit union and 10 percent of the mutual loan fund, according to Para 2, Article 20 of the Law.
7.2. When calculating maximum amount of the loan to one member, his/her
outstanding principal debt on credit liabilities to the credit union as of the date shall be taken into account.
8. Maximum amount of an unsecured loan
8.1. Maximum amount of unsecured loans to CU members should equal 0.2 or over.
8.2. Maximum amount of unsecured loans is calculated as the ratio of total unsecured
loans and the unsecured portion of partly secured loans issued by CU to CU capital.
9. Special reserve fund
9.1. The credit union should evaluate all its loans at least once a quarter and create
special reserves against expenses depending on loan classification to cover losses incurred as a result of its activities in order to have a distinct and unbiased view of its financial standing and transaction results.
9.2. The credit union analyzes all loans and relates them to relevant classification
categories pursuant to these Regulations.
9.3. Loans are classified into standard and non-standard loans for classification
purposes. Standard loans include satisfactory, while non-standard loans include non￾satisfactory, doubtful and loss loans.
9.4. Special reserves are created in the following amounts on classifications:
9.4.1. satisfactory loans – 0% of outstanding amount of principal and interest, of which
contractual maturity on principal amount and interest debt is delinquent for 30 days;
9.4.2. non-satisfactory loans - 30% of outstanding amount of principal and interest, of
which contractual maturity on principal amount or interest debt is delinquent for 31-90 days;
9.4.3. doubtful loans - 60% of outstanding amount of principal and interest, of which
contractual maturity on principal amount or interest debt is delinquent for 91-180 days;

9.4.4. loss loans - 100% of outstanding amount of principal and interest, of which
contractual maturity on principal amount or interest debt is delinquent for over 181 days.
9.5. If a credit union identifies improvement of the quality of loans during assessment,
the created reserves are reduced against crediting of a relevant expenses account or the reduced amount of the reserve, previously deducted from income, is recorded in income.
9.6. Loss loans are written off by a credit union from the balance sheet in the amount
of principal and interest at the decision of the general meeting of a credit union, or, if authorized, the Supervisory Board.
9.7. Loans written off from the balance sheet are recorded in the off-balance sheet
account for at least 5 years. Documents on loans written off from the balance sheet are stored within the period established in the Guidelines on maintenance of archivation in the banking system of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
9.8. Funds received by the credit union for repayment of assets previously written off
from the balance sheet as loss loans are channeled to reduce relevant expenses account or reduced amount of the reserve previously deducted from income is included to income.
10. Reporting
10.1. The credit union delivers the following quarterly reports to the FIMSA on its
operations:
10.1.1. general information (Annex 1);
10.1.2. information on managerial bodies and an internal auditor (Annex 2)
10.1.3. balance sheet (Annex 3);
10.1.4. income statement (Annex 4);
10.1.5. other reports on activities (Annex 5 -12).
10.2. Statements are signed by the chairman of the Management Board of the credit
union and the member of the Management Board responsible for development of financial statements and stamped.
10.3. Reports are delivered in hard and soft copy until the 7th day of the month
following the reported quarter.
10.4. Audited annual balance sheet, and income statement are submitted together with
the auditor opinion no later than 31 May of the next year.

Annex 1
Reference form 1
Name of a credit union:
Reported period:
Development date:
General information
Address
Contact number
Fax
E-mail
Name of bank(s), it opened account(s) with
Administrative areas, within the scope of operation

Number of branches
Number of members, including a) as of the early year b) as of the reported date

of loans issued over a year

of loans issued over the reported quarter

of overdue loans as of the reported date

Total number of staff
Who compiled the report
Chairman of the Management Board_____________ (1st, last and middle names) Member of the Management Board________ (1st, last and middle names)

Annex 2
to Regulations on prudential regulation of credit unions Reference form 2 Information on managerial bodies and an internal auditor

1st, last and middle names Position e-mail Contact numbers 1 2 3 4 Supervisory Board

Management Board

Credit Committee

Internal auditor
Name of a credit union:
Reported period :
Date of development:

Chairman of the Management Board_____________ (1st, last and middle names) Member of the Management Board________ (1st, last and middle names)

Annex 3
Reference form 3
Name of a credit union:
Reported period:
Date of development:
BALANCE SHEET
(in AZN)

BALANCE ITEMS AMOUNT
ASSETS

1. Cash

2. Bank accounts
   3 Total loans
   4 Special reserve fund

3. Net loans (loans less “Special reserve fund”)
   6 Government securities

4. Fixed assets
   8 Accrued interest

5. Other assets
   Total assets
   LIABILITIES
   Liabilities

6. Loans taken

7. Payable interest

8. Other liabilities

9. Total liabilities
   Equity

10. Regulatory capital

11. Retained earnings (loss)*
    Net profit from previous years (loss)
    Net profit of current year (loss)

12. Total equity
    Total liabilities

• if the CU operates with loss, it should be stated in brackets.
  Chairman of the Management Board_____________ (1st, last and middle names) Member of the Management Board________ (1st, last and middle names)

Annex 4
Reference form 4
Name of a credit union:
Reported period: Date of development:

Income statement
Items Reported period
From early year, including reported quarter 1.Total interest income including:
a)on issued loans b)on government securities 2.Total interest expenses including:
a)on loans b)other
3.Net interest income (loss)
(row 1 less row 2)
4.Total non-interest income including:
a)extraordinary income b)other income
5.Total non-interest expenses including: a)total salary and similar expenses a1) salary and allowances a2)awards

a3) social security expenses a4)other types of compensation and allowances b) expenses related to fixed assets b1)rent fees b2) amortization b3) other expenses related to fixed assets c)operating and commissioning expenses d)other expenses 6.Gains (losses) from operations (row 3 plus row 4 less row 5)
7. Deductions to creation of special reserve
fund (expenses)
8.Profit (loss) before tax (row 6 less row 7) 9.Profit tax Net retained earnings (losses) after taxes (row 8 less row 9) Note: in case of loss on row 8, the amount is moved to row 10. Chairman of the Management Board_____________ (1st, last and middle names) Member of the Management Board________ (1st, last and middle names)

Annex 5
Reference form 5
Name of a credit union:
Reported period:
Date of development:

Report on regulatory (prudential) ratios
Prudential norms Ratios Actual
Authorized capital 4 thousand at a minimum
Capital 4 thousand at a minimum
Capital adequacy ratio minimum 0.25 within 6 months from the date of launch of operations, later minimum 0.20 Maturity matching of assets and liabilities 0-30 days minimum 1.0 31-90 days minimum 1.0 91-180 days minimum 1.0 181 days – over minimum 1.0 Maximum amount of a loan to one member to his/her share in regulatory capital maximum 10 Total loans of a member to the Mutual Loan Fund ratio maximum 0.1 Maximum amount of unsecured loans maximum 0.2 Chairman of the Management Board_____________ (1st, last and middle names) Member of the Management Board________ (1st, last and middle names)

Annex 6
Reference form 6
Name of a credit union:
Reported period:
Date of development:
Report on members and their loans
Names of members
Legal address
Manager’s
1st, middle and last names
Member’s share in regulatory capital (in
AZN)
Amount of loans the
CU granted to its members
(in
AZN)
Outstanding amount of loans
CU granted to its member / their shares in authorized capital (column 5 divided by column 4) Amount of the CU’s mutual loan fund as of the lending date (in AZN)
I. Legal
persons
Total
X including:
1.
2.
II.Individu al s
Total
X including:
1.
2.
Total X

Note: outstanding amount of all loans obtained by each member shall be indicated in Column 5 irrespective the number of loan agreements. Columns marked with X not to be filled out. Chairman of the Management Board ___________________(1st, middle and last names) Member of the Management Board ________________(1st, middle and last names)

Annex 7
to Regulations on prudential regulation of credit unions Reference form 7 Name of a credit union:
Reported period:
Date of development:
Maturity matching of assets and liabilities (in AZN) Assets Days remaining to beginning of maturity 0-30 31-90 91-180 181-365 over Overdue loans and other debts Total

1. Cash and balance of bank
   accounts
   X
   2.Loans issued
   3.Receipts from investments to government securities X
2. Interest receipts from loans
   issued and investments
   5.Receipts from other assets* X
   6.Total receipts from all sources
   Liabilities
   1.Attracted loans X
   2.Interest accrued on attracted loans
   X
   3.Other liabilities X

4.Total liabilities X
Ratio
Assets to liabilities X X
*Other assets - receipts expected from disposal of repossessed collateral and other assets if the loan is not repaid. Other liabilities - CU’s liabilities on salary payments, budget and similar liabilities. Explanation: - Additional explanation on gains from other assets, and other liabilities shall be provided. Overdue liabilities shall be included in the column (Column 2) indicating 0-30 day maturity. Columns marked with X not to be filled out. Chairman of the Management Board ___________________(1st, middle and last names) Member of the Management Board ________________(1st, middle and last names)

Annex 8
Reference form 8
Name of a credit union:
Reported period: Date of development:
Report on issued loans and their securitization (in AZN)

# of members

who obtained a loan
Loan’s issue and maturity date
Amount of the loan issued
Annual interest rate of the loan issued
Outstanding loan amount
Market value of securitization
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Secured loans
1.
2.
Total: X
Partly secured loans
1.
2.
Total: X
Unsecured loans
1.
2.
Total: X X
Explanation: Loans, members obtained, are included in this table separately on each member and each loan agreement in line with loan agreements. Columns marked with X not to be filled out. Chairman of the Management Board ___________________(1st, middle and last names) Member of the Management Board ________________(1st, middle and last names)

Annex 9
Reference form 9
Name of a credit union:
Reported period:
Date of development:
Report on attracted funds (in AZN)

Name of the organization

which granted a loan to the
CU
Contractual Outstanding amount of date of issue funds and maturity amount annual interest rate 1. 2. . . Total: X X Columns marked with X not to be filled out. Chairman of the Management Board ____________(1st, middle and last names) Responsible member of the Management Board ____________(1st, middle and last names)

Annex 10
Reference form 10
Name of a credit union:
Reported period: Date of development:
Report on classification of the credit portfolio (in AZN) Overdue loans Amount Interest rate Amount of the special reserve fund Non-satisfactory 30 Doubtful 60 Loss 100 Total: X Explanation: Columns marked with X not to be filled out. Chairman of the Management Board ____________(1st, middle and last names) Responsible member of the Management Board ____________(1st, middle and last names)

Annex 11
Reference form 11
Name of a credit union:
Reported period: Date of development:
Report on other assets and liabilities
(in AZN)
Asset name (purpose) Date of creation Amount 1.
2.
3. n.
Total: X
Name of the liability (sources)
1.
2.
3. n.
Total: X
Explanation: Columns marked with X not to be filled out.
Chairman of the Management Board ____________(1st, middle and last names) Responsible member of the Management Board ____________(1st, middle and last names)

Annex 12
Reference form 12
Name of a credit union:
Reported period: Date of development:
Report on off-balance sheet items
LIABILITIES Total

1. Unused credit lines
   2.Other off-balance sheet liabilities
   ADDITIONAL ITEMS Total
   1.Principal amount of loss loans written off from balance sheet
2. Interest debt of loss loans written off from balance sheet
   Explanation: Columns marked with X not to be filled out.
   Chairman of the Management Board ____________(1st, middle and last names) Responsible member of the Management Board ____________(1st, middle and last names)