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Article (124): Clearing and Settlement Operations

Fed Law 14/2018 Issued on 1/10/2018

1) The Central Bank may:

  1. a. Establish, develop, and/or operate one or more clearing or settlement systems for transfer of funds, and settlement of securities issued by the Central Bank or the Public Sector and other obligations between Participant Persons in such systems, and may conduct such on its own or in partnership with any other party, or by outsourcing to third parties.
  2. b. Link the systems referred to in paragraph (a) of this item, to similar systems inside and outside the State.
  3. c. Establish and/or operate central securities depository for securities issued by the Central Bank or the Public Sector and data repository systems for monetary and financial transactions in the State, and link such systems to similar systems inside and outside the State.

2) The Central Bank shall coordinate with concerned other regulatory authorities and bodies in the State, in relation to the establishment of data repository systems for monetary and financial transactions referred to in paragraph (c) of item (1) of this article.

3) The Board of Directors shall issue the regulations related to the systems referred to in item (1) of this article, the rules of participation in these systems, and the rules to execute related operations.

Articles (124 Bis1) and (124 Bis2) have been added as per the Decretal Federal Law No. (23) of 2022