Press release from the meeting of the Governing Board of the Bank of Slovenia of 21 October 2008

1. At today's meeting the Governing Board of the Bank of Slovenia adopted an amendment to the regulation on the assessment of credit-risk losses of banks and savings banks for the purpose of reducing the original own funds deduction item in the collective assessment of financial assets. 

2. The Governing Board of the Bank of Slovenia adopted a regulation amending the regulation on the books of account and annual reports of banks and savings banks, which prescribes the notes to the balance sheet and incomes statement relating to the provision of investment services and client transactions. The purpose of the amendment is to harmonise the regulation with the provisions of the Market in Financial Instruments Act. 

3. The Governing Board of the Bank of Slovenia was briefed on the implementation of monetary policy in the third quarter of 2008. 

4. The Governing Board was briefed on the review of the financial accounts of Slovenia for the period 2002 to 2007, and approved its inclusion in the publication, Financial Accounts of Slovenia 2002–2007.