Press release from the meeting of the Governing Board of the Bank of Slovenia of 17 March 2009

1. The Governing Board of the Bank of Slovenia confirmed the framework agreement for repos in foreign securities (i.e. issued in countries outside the euro area) that can be used in Eurosystem liquidity operations. 

2. The Governing Board was briefed on the OECD’s main requirements regarding FDI statistics as part of the process of negotiating Slovenia’s membership of the OECD. Slovenia is already pursuing the fulfilment of the requirements. 

3. The Governing Board was briefed on the preliminary report about Article IV consultation by the IMF’s mission.