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Official Registers. Registrations and official forms

Supervised institutions

All the institutions supervised by the Banco de España, after having been authorised or approved to carry out their activity by the competent authority, must register with the Official Registers of the Banco de España.

Once the institution, its bylaws, senior officers (following the form provided in the processes listed below) and the associated professionals (in the case of valuation companies) have been registered, the institution is notified and its registration in the Registry of Institutions is published on the Banco de España's website.

• Inscripción (alta) de entidades supervisadas
• Comunicación de modificaciones o bajas de entidades supervisadas

Owners of currency exchange bureaux

Natural or legals persons other than credit institutions, which intend to purchase foreign bank notes and traveller cheques with payments in euros in establishments open to the public must be authorised by the Banco de España to be able to operate. Applications should be made using the form provided in the first process indicated below.

• Autorización y registro de titulares de establecimientos de cambio de moneda
• Modificaciones o renuncia de autorización de titulares de establecimientos de cambio de moneda