Proposal to give the public sector a bigger role in savings banks

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1. The bill would provide that, when the FROBFROB Fondo de Reestructuración Ordenada Bancaria: a public fund that can contribute money to recapitalize banks and savings banks. enters the capital of an entity, its representation on the management body is proportional to the money it contributed. In entities with savings banks in their capital, those representatives would be appointed by the Autonomous Communities.
2. It would give public administrations and institutions in the savings bank's area of influence a preferential right to buy the shares the FROB sells off, with no additional financing costs and within a ten-year period. For other entities, the divestment period would be five years.
3. The FROB's appointed representatives in entities with savings banks would have to be replaced within one month of the law taking effect. The FROB's governing commission could also modify the recapitalizationRecapitalization Adding new money to an entity's capital so it can keep operating. plans of entities that choose the public purchase of shares.
4. The law would take effect the day after its publication in the Official State Gazette.

Who it affects

• Savings banks or entities with savings banks in their capital: It would change who represents them on the management body and the options for divesting FROB stakes.
• Autonomous Communities: They would appoint the FROB's representatives in entities with savings banks and hold a preferential purchase right.
• FROB: Its representation would be proportional to its capital contribution, and it could modify recapitalization plans.
• Public administrations and institutions in the savings bank's area: They could buy the divested shares with no additional financing costs within ten years.

Words worth knowing

FROB

Fondo de Reestructuración Ordenada Bancaria: a public fund that can contribute money to recapitalize banks and savings banks.

Recapitalization

Adding new money to an entity's capital so it can keep operating.

Desinversión

Divestment: selling the stakes the FROB holds in an entity.

Proposición de ley

A bill introduced by members of parliament; while it is being processed, it is not in force.

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