Decisions adopted by the Governing Board on the occasion of its 260th regular meeting on 20 December 2002

12/20/2002 / Press release

Decisions adopted by the Governing Board on the occasion of it´s 260th regular meeting:
As of February 1, 2003 natural persons - residents of the Republic of Slovenia shall be allowed to open and hold bank accounts abroad.

The Bank of Slovenia hereby removed the last remaining capital account restriction in the scope of its authority. The respective decision still in force until the end of this year (Official Gazette of RS No. 41/01) allows legal persons to open and hold accounts abroad and obliges other residents (with a few exceptions) to obtain prior approval of the Bank of Slovenia.