Banknotes and coins

Information required from entities and professionals

Pursuant to European Central Bank Decision of 16 September 2010 on checking the authenticity and fitness of euro banknotes and their recirculation, amended by European Central Bank Decision of 7 September 2012, credit institutions and other professional cash handlers must provide information to the national central bank on the activity of fitness checking of euro banknotes. The Eurosystem therefore supervises the recycling of banknotes and contributes towards maintaining the quality of the banknotes in circulation.

The Banco de España has also established in the Technical Cash Applications, the quarterly statistical information to be produced by entities subscribing to the General Conditions and the banknote fitness checking centres.

Procedures for sending

The required information must be sent through the MRB computer application. Entities may choose between keying in the information on the terminal (NSLBE or SWIFT) or by sending an EDITRAN file (this method is mandatory for fitness checking centres).

For sending data from a terminal, you will need to request a user name, by sending a letter as per the sample provided, designating the persons authorised to use the application.

• Modelo de carta de alta de usuario  (36 KB)

Furthermore, when using an EDITRAN file, you must identify the machinery used, by means of the coding system that the Banco de España has prepared for this purpose and which it will update at the start of each reporting period to include newly approved machinery and to remove any that are no longer current.

• Listado de máquinas EDITRAN  (122 KB)

This communication system has been mandatory since 1 April 2008, with the exception of municipalities with a population of 5,000 inhabitants or fewer, for which the system will remain unchanged until 1 January 2011.

• Listado de municipios con población menor o igual a 5.000 habitantes  (949 KB)