Statement from the 10th Meeting of the Bank Board of the NBS

The 10th Meeting of the Bank Board of Narodna banka Slovenska was held on 11 March 2008 chaired by Ivan Sramko, Governor.

The Bank Board of the NBS approved the Paper titled “Complex Report on the Implementation of the Investment Policy in the Area of Foreign Exchange Reserves for 2007”.

The Bank Board of the NBS discussed and approved the draft Act amending the Act No. 510/2002 Coll. on the Payment System and on amendments and supplements to certain Laws, as amended (hereinafter “the draft Act”). The draft Act arises from the National Euro Changeover Plan in the Slovak Republic, and relates to the changes in the SIPS domestic payment system and to the connections with the TARGET 2 payment system, which are linked with the changes in the payment system which must be completed at the latest by the euro changeover in the Slovak Republic, planned as of 1 January 2009.

Jana Kováčová
Spokesperson of the NBS

National Bank of Slovakia
Communications Section
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Internet: http://www.nbs.sk

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