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In forceSupervised entities: capital structure and branch offices (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

Branch offices: openings, closures and changes (Annex IV)

A regulatory return listed by the Banco de España (BdE), Spain.

Information on the branch offices of supervised entities, for the Bank's register of branches; the Bank's page lists the Annex IV form under the non-periodic information of rule 3 of Circular 1/2009. Source

Official title: Oficinas. Información al Banco de España (Circular 1/2009): Anejo IV

The facts

Who files
Credit institutions and other supervised entities (Circular 1/2009 is addressed to credit institutions and other supervised entities, according to the Bank's index of circulars). Source
How often
Non-periodic ('No periódico', rule 3 of Circular 1/2009, on the Bank's page). Source
Deadline
Not stated on the Banco de España page. Source
Format
Web form, PDF. The Bank publishes the Annex IV form as a PDF and links the Virtual Office procedure for declaring the branch offices of supervised entities; the EXB application (register of branch offices of supervised entities) needs an electronic certificate. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the BdE: SIF (Sistema de Intercambio de Información Financiera); Banco de España Virtual Office (Sede Electrónica): 'Envío de documentación financiera' (procedure ES_BDE_C164_P90); Editran and ITW file transfer (Central Credit Register and its complementary statements); CRGWWW; EXB: register of branch offices of supervised entities. See how firms file with the BdE.
Status
In force
Group
Supervised entities: capital structure and branch offices (national)

Templates (1)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the BdE's code in brackets.

  • Branch offices form (Annex IV)

Where the list was read: Source

Validation rules

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Public data

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Official documents (4)

The BdE's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

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Last checked 11 November 2026.