account numbers of depository institutions
Payment System

Account Numbers of Depository Institution


accounts of the Republic of Croatia with the CNB
Regulations:

The Act on the Croatian National Bank

Article 36

(1) The Croatian National Bank shall keep the accounts of the Republic of Croatia and execute payment transactions across these accounts.

(2) The Croatian National Bank shall make payments from an account by order of the depositor referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, up to the amount of available funds in the account.

(3) The Croatian National Bank shall determine and pay interest on the funds deposited in the account to the depositor referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article.

(4) The Croatian National Bank shall calculate and charge fees for the execution of transactions and provision of services to the depositor referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article.

(5) The interest rate and fees referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Article shall be agreed between the Croatian National Bank and the Ministry of Finance, subject to market terms.

(6) The Croatian National Bank may authorise another legal person to execute payment transactions across the accounts referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by the Croatian National Bank, subject to approval of the Ministry of Finance.

 


National Payment System Act

see  payment system

 

allocation of reserve requirement
Monetary Policy:

Survey Instruments and Measures of Monetary and Foreign Exchange Policy 

Regulations:
The Act on the Croatian National Bank

Article 9
(1) The Croatian National Bank shall define and implement the monetary and foreign exchange policies in the Republic of Croatia.

(2) Pursuant to the powers referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, the Croatian National Bank may, for the purpose of implementing the defined monetary and foreign exchange policies, lay down measures and instruments necessary to regulate credit institutions' credit activities and liquidity, as well as money supply, and take measures regarding interest rates and the domestic currency exchange rate.

(3) The Croatian National Bank shall be authorised to adopt subordinate legislation and other enactments regulating the foreign exchange operations of legal and natural persons.

(4) The Croatian National Bank shall exercise control over foreign exchange operations in the Republic of Croatia in accordance with law.

(5) The Croatian National Bank shall be authorised to establish a method for setting the value of the kuna against other currencies.


Regulations Concering Banking Supervision

Publications:

Bulletin:
   Information on Economic Trends  PDF

   Quarterly Report 
PDF

   Deposit Rates of the Croatian National Bank
 Banks' Reserve Requirements 

Methodology  PDF

Annual Report

 

appointment of chairman and members of bank management board
Supervision

List of Banks
Source Banks Bulletin

Regulations:

The Act on the Croatian National Bank
The Banking Law

 

appreciation

Publications:

Bulletin
Annual Report
Exchange Rate List - Occasional Publications

 

approval for the acqusition of a qualifying holding
Regulations:

The Banking Law:
Article 20
(1) In order to acquire shares of a bank on the basis of which a person directly or indirectly acquires a qualifying holding in a bank (hereinafter: qualified owner), it shall be necessary to obtain a prior approval from the Croatian National Bank (hereinafter: approval for the acquisition of a qualifying holding).

(2) A qualified owner shall obtain a prior approval from the Croatian National Bank for each further acquisition of the shares of a bank on the basis of which it acquires the participation of 20 percent, 33 percent, 50 percent or 75 percent in the voting rights or capital of the bank, or on the basis of which it controls a bank.

(3) The Croatian National Bank may, in the approval referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, determine conditions and set time limits in which they have to be fulfilled by a qualified owner in order for the approval referred to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article to be valid.

(4) If the person that has obtained the approval referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article intends to sell or dispose of its shares so that its participation would be reduced below the limit for which it obtained the approval, it shall notify in advance the Croatian National Bank of such.

(5) Before deciding to issue an approval for the acquisition of a qualifying holding or participation referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, the Croatian National Bank shall notify the competent supervisory authority of the individual Member State if the request for issuing the approval for the acquisition of a qualifying holding has been submitted by any of the following persons:
 

  • a bank entitled to provide banking services in that Member State;

  • a controlling or dependent company of the bank referred to in item 1 of this paragraph;

  • a person controlled by the same person or persons that control(s) the bank referred to in item 1 of this paragraph.
     

(6) If the request for issuing the approval for the acquisition of a qualified holding has been filed by a bank of a Member State or a foreign bank, an approval or opinion from the competent supervisory authority of that Member State or the competent supervisory body of the foreign bank shall be enclosed with the request for issuing the approval for the acquisition of a qualifying holding.

 

approval of the Croatian National Bank for individual investments
Regulations:

The Banking Law:
Article 84
(1) Prior to concluding a legal arrangement on the basis of which a bank acquires, gradually or at once, a participation in another financial institution or another company to the amount exceeding 10 percent of the bank's regulatory capital, the bank shall apply for a prior approval to the Croatian National Bank.

(2) Prior to concluding a legal arrangement, which enables it to acquire a majority participation or a majority of voting rights in another company, the bank shall obtain a prior approval therefor from the Croatian National Bank.

(3) A bank may neither be enrolled in the book of shares as a shareholder, nor exercise the right to vote at the general meeting or at the meeting of a company on the basis of a participation acquired contrary to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, until it is granted an approval by the Croatian National Bank.

(4) In the case referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, a share acquirer is required to enclose the prior approval of the Croatian National Bank with the application for the subscription of shares.

(5) A bank is obliged to apply to the Croatian National Bank for an approval for the establishment of any juridical person.

(6) The enrollment of a juridical person referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article in an appropriate register without the approval of the Croatian National Bank shall be invalid.


Article IV Consultation
Republic of Croatia and the International Monetary Fund

Article IV Consultation

 

assessment of bank risks
Regulations:

The Act on the Croatian National Bank
The Banking Law

Publications:

Banks Bulletin 5  PDF

 

assessment of the special administration's results
Regulations:

The Act on the Croatian National Bank
The Banking Law

Publications:

Banks Bulletin 5  PDF

 

assets
Monetary Policy:

About the Monetary Policy

Publications:

Standard  presentation  format:
Assets of the CNB
       Assets of the banking sector


Bulletin:
  Banks' Foreign Assets
Methodoloy  PDF

Annual Report

Banks Bulletin No. 6   PDF

Banking System in 1998
March 2000

Regulations:

The Banking Law
Regulations Concering Banking Supervision

see:

 

association of banks
Regulations:

The Banking Law:
Article 181
(1) Banks may join the association of banks established as a trade association or some other association of economic subjects pursuant to a special law.
(2) Apart from the tasks defined in its Statute, the association of banks may:

  • organize a deposit insurance scheme, guaranteeing for the amounts above those defined by the Deposit Insurance Law;

  • organize the exchange of information on creditworthiness for the purpose of protection against credit risk;

  • provide advanced training for bank employees and issue certificates on the completed advanced training.

(3) Banks may not enter into any written or verbal agreements with other banks or banking associations, which may restrict free market competition in banking.
(4) For the purposes of implementing paragraph 3 of this Article, the association of banks shall provide the Croatian National Bank with its Statute, as well as with all agreements, understandings and other arrangements.
(5) For the purposes of implementing paragraph 3 of this Article, the bank shall provide the Croatian National Bank with all agreements, understandings and other arrangements concluded with other banks.

see:

bank merger

 

auctions - foreign currency denominated CNB bills
Monetary Policy:

Survey Instruments and Measures of Monetary and Foreign Exchange Policy 
Monetary Policy Operations - Archive

Publications:

Bulletin
Annual Report

Regulations:

Decisions Related to Central Banking Operations

 

auctions - kuna denominated CNB bills
Monetary Policy:

Survey Instruments and Measures of Monetary and Foreign Exchange Policy 
Monetary Policy Operations - Archive

Publications:

Bulletin
Annual Report

Regulations:

Decisions Related to Central Banking Operations