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Financial Markets and Services . (FMS) 2007

THE INTRODUCTION OF THE INTRODUCTION OF

THE EURO :THE EURO :

PUBLIC DEBT RELATED ISSUESPUBLIC DEBT RELATED ISSUES



PUBLIC DEBT REDENOMINATION :PUBLIC DEBT REDENOMINATION :

Overview relevant entitiesOverview relevant entities

A.A. FIN EUROFIN EURO

B.B. TREASURY – NBB WORKING GROUPTREASURY – NBB WORKING GROUP

C.C. TREASURYTREASURY

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General Commission for the Euro : Structure

FINFINEUROEURO

FinancialSector (+

debt relatedissues)

General Commission for the euroGeneral Commission for the euro

ADMIADMIEUROEURO

ECOECOEUROEURO

COMCOMEUROEURO

Publicsector

Companies andconsumers

Communication

A. FIN EURO (1) : situationA. FIN EURO (1) : situation



A. FIN EURO (2)A. FIN EURO (2)1. TASK

Its task consists of

Analysing the impact of the single currency on the financial markets and

Drawing up recommendations for the various players in these markets.

2. ORGANISATION

To this end the group divided its working to four internal cells responsible for an in-depth study of the following subjects :

a.Conversion of the debt

b.Quotation

c.Settlement

d.Relations with issuers


A. FIN EURO (3) : working group debt (1)A. FIN EURO (3) : working group debt (1)


1. Composition

- All relevant organisations : financial institutions, National Bank, Stock Exchange, Clearing organisations,…

- Chaired by Treasury.

2. Working method

- Meetings on a regular basis with a reporting to the Fin Euro sub-group.



A. FIN EURO (4) : working group debt (2)A. FIN EURO (4) : working group debt (2)

FOCUS ON

- types of products : dematerialised debt, materialised debt, futures and options

- types of issuers : public, private

- calendar

- consequences for data – processing systems (tests)

- conversion techniques, roundings etc.



B. TREASURY – NBB working groupB. TREASURY – NBB working group

Composition : two co-chairs + collaborators involved depending on the subject

Rationale : discuss and solve common problems : NBB is paying agent !


I. Link with Admi Euro group within Treasury

II. Link with working group on regulation

III. Internal approval of proposals Fin Euro working group, Treasury -National Bank working group and regulation working group

IV. Creation of a new debt management entity: debt agency


C. TREASURY ( 1)C. TREASURY ( 1)


I. Link with Admi Euro group within Treasury


C. TREASURY (2)C. TREASURY (2)

Meetings on a regular basis together with representatives of all the Treasury divisions

Overall progress control.




II. Link with working group on regulation

Organised and chaired by a civil servant of the Ministry of Justice

Co-ordination relevant legislation, regulation.




III. Internal approval of proposals Fin Euro working group,

Treasury-National Bank Working group and regulation

working group

Debt Committee: precursor of the current Strategic Committee for the Debt

Composition: chaired by the Head of the Treasury (see further).




IV. THE CREATION OF THE DEBT AGENCY

A. RATIONALE : allow the public debt management to :

Answer to the competitive pressure existing between large issuers of the euro zone;

Adjust its modes of intervention on the debt securities market, not only as to the organisation and management of the primary market, but especially as regards its strategy and operations on the secondary markets – a new activity possible since the appearance of the large euro market;

Adapt to the formidable changes seen by the finance management sector since the beginning of the nineties;

Obtain more flexibility in the management of human resources since the agency’s staff comprises both civil servants pertaining tot the Treasury affected tot the agency, and employees under contract recruited to face the specific needs described above.




IV. THE CREATION OF THE DEBT AGENCY

B. ORGANISATION

Establishment of the agency in october 1998, integrated to the Ministry of Finance as a specialised department of the Treasury;

Responsible for formulating strategy and all operational aspects of public debt management;

It comprises three departments, working in close co-operation :

front office, which acts as a trading room and supervises the PD & RD activity ;

middle office, which develops the management strategy, controls risks, develops the marketing activity and takes care of the budget;

back-office, which confirms, processes and records the transactions initiated by the trading room while providing it support.

An Executive Committee does preparatory work for decisions made by the Strategic Committee, chaired by the Administrator General of the Treasury and which includes, a.o., a person representing the Minister of Finance.


C. CONTROL

Parliamentary control : the agency remains under the general control exerted by the Court of Audit. The parliamentary sub-commission of finance is being kept abreast of important evolutions either on its request or by initiative taken by the minister;

Political control : exerted by the Minister of Finance when adopting the “General guidelines”, which contain the strategy and the framework governing the debt management operations. Moreover, a representative of the minister is member of the Strategic Committee (cf above);

Internal control : the afore mentioned Strategic Committee takes the important decisions within the framework of the General Guidelines. As such it is in charge with the supervision of the day-to-day management of the agency. In addition, a specific internal auditor has been appointed.


C. TREASURY (7)C. TREASURY (7)IV. THE CREATION OF THE DEBT AGENCY



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