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LIST OF MONETARY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS SUBJECT TO MINIMUM RESERVES AND LIST OF MONETARY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE ACCEDING COUNTRIES FEBRUARY 2007 ISSN 1830674-8 9 771830 674006 LIST OF MONETARY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS SUBJECT TO MINIMUM RESERVES AND LIST OF MONETARY In 2007 all ECB publications FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN feature a motif taken from the THE ACCEDING COUNTRIES €20 banknote. FEBRUARY 2007 © European Central Bank, 2007 Address Kaiserstrasse 29 60311 Frankfurt am Main Germany Postal address Postfach 16 03 19 60066 Frankfurt am Main Germany Telephone +49 69 1344 0 Website http://www.ecb.int Fax +49 69 1344 6000 Telex 411 144 ecb d All rights reserved Reproduction for educational and non-commercial purposes is permitted provided that the source is acknowledged. As at 31 December 2006. ISSN 1830-6748 (online) Contents I Section 1 Overview Foreword ......................................................................................................................................... vi Definition of terms ..........................................................................................................................viii MFI sector analyses: as at the end of December 2006 Chart 1: The EU MFI sector by country and by category ......................................................... ix Chart 2: Percentage share of the EU MFI sector by country..................................................... x Chart 3: Percentage share of the EU MFI sector by category................................................... x Chart 4: Foreign branches in the EU by country of residence and head office location .......... xi MFI sector analyses: 1 January 1999 to end-December 2006 Chart 5: Development of the EU MFI sector............................................................................ xii Chart 6: Total net change in the MFI sector by country........................................................... xii Section 2 List of MFIs and institutions subject to minimum reserves Euro area Member States ECB ..........................................................................................................................................1 Belgium .. ……………………………………………………………………………………………...2 Germany...................................................................................................................................5 Greece…………………………………………………………………… .....................................44 Spain ......................................................................................................................................46 France ....................................................................................................................................54 Ireland ....................................................................................................................................88 Italy.........................................................................................................................................99 Luxembourg .........................................................................................................................116 Netherlands ..........................................................................................................................128 Austria ..................................................................................................................................135 Portugal ................................................................................................................................152 Finland..................................................................................................................................157 Non-euro area Member States Czech Republic ....................................................................................................................164 Denmark...............................................................................................................................166 Estonia .................................................................................................................................170 Cyprus ..................................................................................................................................171 Latvia……………………………………………………………………......................................178 Lithuania...............................................................................................................................180 Hungary................................................................................................................................182 Malta.....................................................................................................................................186 Poland ..................................................................................................................................187 Slovenia................................................................................................................................200 Slovakia................................................................................................................................201 Sweden ................................................................................................................................202 United Kingdom....................................................................................................................206 iii Contents II Section 3 List of MFIs in the acceding countries Section 3.1 Overview MFI sector analyses: Chart 1: The AC MFI sector by country and by category ......................................................... ix Chart 2: Percentage share of the AC MFI sector by country..................................................... x Chart 3: Percentage share of the AC MFI sector by category................................................... x Chart 4: Foreign branches by country of residence and head office location .......................... xi Chart 5: Development of the AC MFI sector by country.......................................................... xii Section 3.2 List of MFIs in the acceding countries Bulgaria...............................................................................................................................................215 Romania..............................................................................................................................................216 Abbreviations European Union Countries BE Belgium CZ Czech Republic DE Germany DK Denmark GR Greece EE Estonia ES Spain CY Cyprus FR France LV Latvia IE Ireland LT Lithuania IT Italy HU Hungary LU Luxembourg MT Malta NL Netherlands PL Poland AT Austria SI Slovenia PT Portugal SK Slovakia FI Finland SE Sweden UK United Kingdom Acceding Countries BG Bulgaria RO Romania Others AC Acceding countries ECB European Central Bank EU European Union MFIs Monetary financial institutions NCBs national central banks n/a not applicable ROW Rest of the world Section 1 Overview Foreword the national central banks of the European Background Union and the ECB, the List of MFIs includes credit institutions (as defined in Community The “List of Monetary Financial Institutions law), money market funds and other and institutions subject to minimum reserves” institutions satisfying the definition of an MFI. (“List of MFIs”) is published by the European Central Bank in accordance with Article 3.2 of Moreover, the List of MFIs is based on the Regulation of the European Central Article 19.1 of the Statute of the European Bank of 22 November 2001 concerning the System of Central Banks and of the consolidated balance sheet of the monetary European Central Bank (Statute of the financial institutions sector (ECB/2001/13), as ESCB), which empowers the ECB to require amended, and Article 2.3 of the Regulation of credit institutions established in the euro area the European Central Bank of 12 September to hold minimum reserves in pursuance of 2003 on the application of minimum reserves monetary policy objectives. (ECB/2003/9). Branches located in the euro area of institutions without a registered office in the Aim euro area are also subject to the Eurosystem’s minimum reserve requirements. This publication relates to the Monetary The ECB may exempt a specific institution if Financial Institutions sector (MFI sector) as at it is subject to winding-up proceedings or the end of December 2006. restructuring measures, or if the application of the Eurosystem’s minimum reserve The List of MFIs comprises institutions requirements to the institution concerned resident in the European Union that comply would not serve the intended purpose. Only fully with the definition of an MFI1 and institutions subject to the Eurosystem’s correspond to Sectors 121 and 122 of the minimum reserve requirements are eligible to European System of Accounts 1995 be counterparties to the Eurosystem’s (ESA 95)2 classification. monetary policy operations. The objectives of the List of MFIs include enabling the production of a comprehensive Structure and consistent balance sheet of the money- creating sector of the euro area and ensuring The introductory pages of this publication that the information on the statistical provide definitions of relevant terms and reporting population is as complete, accurate analyses of the MFI sector in the European and homogeneous as possible. In addition to Union as at the end of December 2006, 1 See “Definition of terms and captions”.