Instituto de Crédito Oficial

Definition

The "Instituto de Crédito Oficial" (or Official Credit Institute) is a public business entity as provided for in Law 40/2015, on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector, attached to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, through the Secretary of State for Economy and Business Support.

Further information

This entity is included in the institutional sector of deposit-taking corporations, except the central bank, sector S.122 according to the European System of Accounts 2010, within other monetary financial institutions (S.122/3). On the other hand, in the sectorisation scheme used for supervisory statements, it is within the credit system.

The entity has the legal nature of a credit institution and the status of a financial agency of the State, with legal personality, its own assets and treasury, as well as management autonomy to fulfill its purposes.

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Update date: January 2025

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