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  • 150th Anniversary (1856-2006)
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    • From the Banco de San Carlos to the Banco de España
    • Brochure " Banco de España de 1782-2002" (in Spanish only) (1,41 MB)
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• The Eurosystem
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    • BANCO DE ESPAÑA COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT
      E-mail: comunicacion@bde.es
      Telephone numbers: 34/91/338 50 44, 34/91/338 60 97, 34/91/338 53 18 y 34/91/338 43 97
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• Legislation
  • Law 13/1994. Law of Autonomy of the Banco de España (609 KB)
  • Law 26/1988, of 29 July. Discipline and Intervention of Credit Institution. (Official State Gazette, of 30 July). Correction of errors of 4 August 1989 (102 KB)
  • Royal Decree 1245/1995. of 14 July. The formation of Banks, cross-border activity and other issues relating to the legal regime for Credit Institutions. (Official State Gazette, of 31 July) (88,2 KB)
  • Law 31/1985, of 2 August. Regulation of basic rules on Governing Bodies of Savings Banks. (Official State Gazette, of 2 August). Correction of errors of 27 March 1986 (184 KB)
  • Royal Decree 692/1996, of 26 April. Legal framework for Financial Credit Entities. (Official State Gazette, of 24 May) (37,5 KB)
  • Law 13/1989, of 26 May. Credit Co-operatives. (Official State Gazette, of 31 May) (28,6 KB)
• Reports and publications
  • Banco de España
    • Speeches
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      • Annual Report
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    • Quaterly publications
      • Economic Bulletin
        • Latest Quarterly report on the Spanish Economy
        • Latest Quarterly report of the Central Balance Sheet Office (94,1 KB)
        • A more recent report in Spanish, pending translation into English, may already have been released. See Spanish page
    • Montly publications
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      • Financial Stability Report (half-yearly)
      • French and Spanish industrial corporations over the period 1991-1999
  • Banco Central Europeo
    • Annual Report
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• Statistics
  • Banco de España
    • Release calendar for Banco de España (BE) statistics
      • Statistics within the framework of the National Statistical Plan
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      • Boletín estadístico
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    • Interest and exchange rates
      • Interest rates
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    • Financial accounts of the Spanish economy
      • ESA95 - quarterly and annual series (containing a summary of the Spanish National Accounts)
    • Central balance sheet data office
      • The Central Balance Sheet Office Reports
      • Latest Quarterly report of the Central Balance Sheet Office
    • Balance of payments, international investment position and reserves
      • Latest monthly press release (in Spanish only) (159 KB)
      • Press release: "The Spanish Balance of Payments 2002" (in Spanish only) (146 KB)
      • Other information
        • Changes to the tables presenting the Balance of Payments (14,9 KB)
        • Banco de España claims on the Eurosystem in the Balance of Payments (27,1 KB)
      • Statistical data
      • The Spanish Balance of Payments: annual publication
    • Payment systems statistics
      • Blue Book: Comparative tables and Statistical data for Spain (666 KB)
      • Banco de España Settlement Service - SLBE
      • National Electronic Clearing System - SNCE (107 KB)
      • Spanish Interbank Payment Service - SPI (www.sepi.net)
      • Bank Payment Cards (106 KB)
    • Survey of household finances (EFF)
      • EFF 2002
    • Sectorisation of the Spanish Economy
      • Sectorisation of the Spanish Economy
    • Other statistical information
      • Public Debt Market Bulletin (in Spanish only)
      • Operations Bulletin (in Spanish only)
      • Triennial survey of the Spanish foreign exchange market in 2004
  • Banco Central Europeo
    • List of Monetary Financial Institutions
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• Payment Systems
  • Payment Systems
    • Overview
    • "Blue Book" chapter with information on Spanish payment systems (357 KB)
    • Statistical tables (666 KB)
    • Payment systems regulation
    • Banco de España Settlement Service - SLBE (Servicio de Liquidación del Banco de España)
    • National Electronic Clearing System - SNCE (Sistema Nacional de Compensación Electrónica)
    • Spanish Interbank Payment Service - SPI (Servicio Español de Pagos Interbancarios)
    • Other documents of interest
  • Book-entry system
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    • Book-Entry System-IBERCLEAR(in Spanish only)
• Central Balance Sheet Data Office
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    • What is the Central Balance Sheet Office?
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  • Benefits for reporting corporations (only if registered in spain)
    • Annual electronic publication
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  • Co-operation with other institutions
    • European Commitee of Central Balance Sheet Offices
    • Spanish Registries
• Balance of Payments
  • Balance of payments, international investment position and reserves
    • Last monthly press release (in Spanish only) (159 KB)
    • Press release: "The Spanish Balance of Payments 2002" (in Spanish only) (146 KB)
    • Other information
      • Changes to the tables presenting the Balance of Payments (666 KB)
      • Banco de España claims on the Eurosystem in the Balance of Payments (27,1 KB)
    • Statistical data
    • The Spanish Balance of Payments: Annual publication
• Supervision
  • Supervisory Functions and Policy
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• Banknotes and coins
  • Euro banknotes and coins
    • Banknotes
      • Design and technical features
      • Security measures
        • Security measures
        • Low-value banknotes (231 KB)
        • High-value banknotes (228 KB)
      • Reproduction rules
      • Defective and mutilated banknote
      • Bancknotes in euros documentation
      • Statistics. Boletín Estadístico, table 16 chapter 7
      • Basic guidelines
    • Coins
      • Design and technical features
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      • Mutilated and defective coins
      • Euro coins of Non-Euro Area Countries
      • Commemorative coins and collectors coins
      • Legal tender status of coins
      • Documentation
      • Statistics. Boletín Estadístico, table 17 chapter 7
      • Basic guidelines
    • Cash cycle
      • Production and issue of euro banknotes and coins
      • Cash handling. Counting, clasification and destruction
      • The Banco de España's role in the cash cycle
      • Outline of the cash cycle (595 KB)
    • Basic Guidelines
      • Extracts from the Treaty establishing the European Community. Title VII (ex Title VI) - Economic and monetary policy (103 KB)
      • Ley Orgánica 10/1998, de 17 de diciembre, complementaria de la Ley sobre introducción del euro (17,1 KB)
      • Ley 46/1998, de 17 de diciembre, sobre introducción del euro (81,5 KB)
      • Council Regulation (EC) No 974/98 of 3 may 1998 on the introduction of the euro (49,6 KB)
    • The fight against counterfeiting
      • Overview
      • The National Analysis Centre (NAC) and the Coin National Analysis Centre (CNAC)
      • Basic guidelines
  • Pesetas banknotes and coins
    • Exchange transaction of euros
      • Irrevocable conversion rates
      • Branches on Banco de España
      • Opening hours, identification and exchage period
      • Banknotes and coins eligible for exchange
      • Exchange transaction of euros for pesetas from abroad
    • Reproduction rules
    • The final issues
    • The Royal Mint Musseum
    • Statistics
      • Notes statistics (39,5 KB)
      • Coins statistics (39,8 KB)
  • Additional information
    • What's new
      • Children´s corner
      • From 1 January 2007 the Republic of Slovenia will issue euro coins (7,58 MB)
    • The euro...banknotes, coins and more....
    • BE and ECB Press Releases
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    • Recycling of euro banknotes (70,4 KB)