Part One : Exchange Rate Policy

First

Decree Of Qatari Riyal Exchange Rate

Second

Relation of the Qatari Riyal to the U.S. Dollar

 
Part Two :Monetary Policy

First

Definitions

Second Monetary Policy Instruments
      1- Qatar Money Market Rates (QMR)
      2- Management of Public Debt Securities Repos
      3- Required Reserve Instrument

Third

Interest or Return Rates on Qatari Riyal

Fourth

Credit Classification By Economic Sectors

Fifth

Statistics of Balance of Payments

 
Part Three : Clearing House, Payment Systems and Money In Circulation Affairs

First

Definitions

Second

Cheques, Clearing House and Payment Systems

 

First :Cheques

 

Second: Clearing House

 

Third: Payment Systems and Spontaneous Settlements

Third

Money in Circulation Affairs

 
Part Four :Public Debt

First

Regulation of Subscription in the Primary Market of Government Bonds

Second

Transferring the Ownership of Public Debt Securities

Third

Circulation of Government Bonds in Secondary Market

 
Part Five :Instructions of Governmental Bodies
First Instructions of Ministry of Finance
Second

Instructions of Ministry of Interior

Third

Instructions of Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Fourth

Doha Securities Market

Fifth

Instructions of Ministry of Civil Services and Housing Affairs

Sixth

Instructions of Ministry of Economy and Trade

Seventh

Qatari Authority of Charity Work

 
Part òSix :Combating of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
Chapter One  
First Definitions
Second Instructions of Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
   
Chapter Two Guidelines for Combating of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
   
 

Part òSeven :Banking Supervision Instructions

 

Definitions

Chapter One Banking Risk

First

Capital Adequacy Ratio

Second

Credit and Financing Risk

 

A- Controls on Classification of Credit Accounts and Determination of Provisions

 

B- Credit Polices and Concentrations

  C- Financing Policies in Islamic Banks
  D- Controls on Financing Customers' Trading in Securities
  E- Instructions on Members of Board of Directors
Third Bank Investments
Fourth Dealing with the Bank's Foreign Exchange and Money Market Instruments
Fifth Concentrations of Deposits and Credits at Banks and Financial Institutions
Sixth Banking Ratios and Indicators
  A- Liquidity Ratio
  B- Credit Ratio
  C- Ratio of Overdraft To Credit Facilities
  D- Ratio of Assets in Foreign Currency To Liabilities in Foreign Currency
  E- Ratio of Fixed Assets For the Bank's Use to Capital and Reserves
Seventh Risk Management
Eighth Offering of Islamic Financial Services by Commercial Banks
Chapter Two Banking Managerial Risk
First Corporate Governance
Second Appointing Senior Staff of Banks
Third Authorized Signatories
Fourth Internal auditing
Chapter Three Relation with Customers
First Customers' Investments
Second Customers' Deposit Accounts
Third Providing Service Counters in Banks for Persons with Special Needs
Chapter Four Dormant Deposits and Unclaimed Funds
First General Instructions
Second How to deal with the accounts of dormant deposits and unclaimed funds
Chapter Five External Auditor
   
Chapter Six Banks' Relation with Qatar Central Bank
First Banking Risk Centralization
Second Banks' Correspondences with Qatar Central Bank
Third License, Registration and Fees - Banks
Fourth Banks' Business Hours and Official Holidays
Fifth Undertakings of the Headquarter
Sixth Classifying Activities of the Headquarters and Branches
Seventh Back Office Activity for Branches of Foreign Banks
Eighth Security and safety instructions (Early Alarm Device System)
Ninth Reporting on Extraordinary Cases to Qatar Central Bank
Tenth Compliance Officer
Chapter Seven Financial Statements and Closing Accounts
First Monthly Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Closing accounts
Second Calculation and Allocation of Profits between The Depositors and Shareholders in Islamic Banks
Third Additional Instructions
Chapter Eight Different Banking Issues
   
 

Part Eight :Other Instructions

   
First Banks' Correspondences with Qatar Central Bank
     1- Approval of Arabic language in correspondences
     2- Regulating the banks' correspondences with Qatar Central Bank
     3- Appointments
Second Banking Electronic Instructions
     1- Link Network Development
     2- Smart cards and EMV standard Approval
     3- Swift net phase 2 migration
 
Part òNine :Financial Fines
Financial Fines
 
 
Part Ten :Periodical Data
   
First Capital Adequacy Ratio
Second Credit and Financing Risk
Third Bank's investments and Credit Concentration for Banks and Financial Institutions
Fourth Banking Ratios and Indicators
   
 
Part Eleven : Tables, Forms and Filling In Instructions
   
Annex No 1: Daily Balance Statement of the Gross And Average Deposits (Required Reserve)
Annex No 2: Classification of Credit Facilities according to the Economic Sectors
Annex No 3: Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing (Financial Information Unit)
Annex No 4: Average of Interest/Return Rates
Annex No 5: Request Form for Foundation of an Investment Mutual Fund - Personal questionnaire for appointing manager of investment mutual fund
Annex No 6: Nostro Reconciliation Report
Annex No 7: Guidance about the sound practices for risk management
Annex No 8: Data Entry of provisions in the computer system
Annex No 9: Capital Adequacy Ratio (Basel II)
Annex No 10: Balance of Payments
Annex No 11: Form of Foreign Investment Operations Accounts Assessment
Annex No 12: Notification about suggested writing-off debt
Annex No 13: Major Shareholders in National Banks in which they own 5% or more of bank's capital
Instructions of filling in the statement of the Major Shareholders in bank continue Annex No. (16)
Annex No 14: Periodical Statement of the Credit Concentrations for the customer & his Credit Group
Annex No 15: Periodical Report of the concentrations For bank's Main Customers
Filling in Instructions of form Ê Ó /1 and the periodic report of credit concentrations for bank's Main Customers continue Annex (14) & Annex (15)
Annex No 16: Periodical Statement of the Credit Concentrations for the customer & his Credit Group
Annex No 17: Periodical Report for the credit facilities to a customer
Filling in Instructions of form no. Ê Ó /1 and form No. Ê Ó /1-1   Annex (16) & Annex (17)
Annex No 18: Total of Overdrafts & Overdrawn Accounts
Annex No 19: Details of Other Overdrafts and Overdrawn Accounts
Annex No 20: Financial Investments Assessment Inside & Outside Qatar
Annex No 21: Details of Balances, Movements & Assessment of Financial Investment
Annex No 22: Details of Balances and Movements of Financial Derivatives held for Trading or Hedging
Annex No 23: Details of Financial Derivatives for Hedging
Annex No 24: Details of Balances, Movements & Assessment of Financial Investment
Annex No 25: Details of Balances and Movements of Financial Derivatives held for Trading or Hedging
Annex No 26: Details of Financial Derivatives for Hedging  Purposes
Annex No 27: Fines Table For Violating Liquidity Ratio
Annex No 28: Calculation Form of Liquidity Ratio
Annex No 29: Calculation Form of Liquidity Ratio
Annex No 30: Recording Fines Form of Violating Liquidity Ratio
Annex No 31: Calculation Form of Liquidity Ratio
Annex No 32: Fines Table of Violating Credit Ratio
Annex No 33: Calculation Form of Credit Ratio
Annex No 34: Recording Fines Form of Violating Credit Ratio
Annex No 35: Fines Table of Violating Ratio of Overdraft To Total Credit Facilities
Annex No 36: Calculation Form of Ratio of Overdraft To Total Credit Facilities
Annex No 37: Recording Fines Form of Violating Ratio of Overdraft To Total Credit Facilities
Annex No 38: Calculation Form of Total International Financing Ratio
Annex No 39: Recording Form of Fines of Violating Total International Financing Ratio
Annex No 40: Calculation Form of Ratio of Investments in Real Estate (Circulated Investments), Other Real Estate and Assets for purposes of (Trading/Leasing), and Real Estate for Bank Use
Annex No 41: Calculation Form of Ratio of Investments in Real Estate (Circulated Investments), Other Real Estate and Assets for purposes of (Trading/Leasing)
Annex No 42: Fines Table of Violating Total International Financing Ratio
Annex No 43: Fines Table of Violating Ration of Investments in Other Real Estate and Assets For Purposes of (Leasing/Trading)
Annex No 44: Recording Form of Fines of Violating Ratio of Assets in Foreign Currencies To Liabilities in Foreign Currencies
Annex No 45: Calculation Form of Ratio of Assets in Foreign Currencies To Liabilities in Foreign Currencies
Annex No 46: Fines Table of Violating Ratio of Assets in Foreign Currencies To Liabilities in Foreign Currencies
Annex No 47: Personal Questionnaire of the Candidate for the Board of Directors
Annex No 48: Scheduling Debt of Member of the Bank's Board Subject to Settlement
Annex No 49: Scheduling the debt of a company owned or by a Member of the Bank’s Board of directors or co-owned  Subject to Settlement
Annex No 50: Undertaking & Acknowledgment (member of the Board of directors)
Annex No 51: Personal Questionnaire of Appointing General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
Annex No 52: Investment Product Summary
Annex No 53: Investment Product Register
Annex No 54: Application Form of Appointing Legal Auditor
Annex No 55: Application of Pin Code for the Ministries and the Governmental Departments
Annex No 56: Technical *Instructions for the Credit Facilities and Guarantees Files (Facilities Flat File Structure – Guarantees Flat File Structures)
Annex No 57: Organization Chart of Banking Supervision Department
Annex No 58: Application Form for Licensing - Bank
Annex No 59: Undertaking (From Headquarter / General Management of foreign bank branch operating in Qatar)
Annex No 60: Qatar Central Bank Notification Form for Starting the Activity of Branch (B) – Branch (C)
Annex No 61: Monthly Statement of Assets & Liabilities / for Islamic Banks
Annex No 62: Instructions of Filling in the Monthly Statement of Assets & Liabilities (For Islamic Banks) Annex No. (62)
Annex No 63: Investments in Circulated Securities for Trading (Islamic Banks)
Annex No 64: Fixed Continuous Investments in the Corporate Capital (Islamic Banks)
Annex No 65: Investments in Portfolios and Mutual Funds (Islamic Banks)
Annex No 66: The Investments in Securities and Companies Capital (Islamic Banks)
Annex No 67: International Murabaha in Commodities & Metals (Islamic Banks)
Annex No 68: Other International Financing Operations (Islamic Banks)
Annex No 69: Investment in Real Estate for purpose of Trading (Islamic Banks)
Annex No 70: Investment in Real Estate & Other Long Term Assets for leasing (Islamic Banks)
Annex No 71: Other Investments / Others (Islamic Banks)
Annex No 72: Other Assets & Liabilities (Islamic Banks)
Annex No 72: Private Investments (Provisioned) & their Sources of Financing (Islamic Banks)
Annex No 73: Monthly Assets and Liabilities Report
Annex No 74: Filling in Instructions for the monthly statement of Assets & Liabilities (continue Annex No. (74)
Income and Expenses Statement of Banks
Annex No 76: (101) Cash and Precious Metals
Annex No 77: (102+104) Breakdown of balances maintained with QCB /banks/Other Financial Institutions According to Maturity
Annex No 78: (103) Break down of securities portfolio by maturity
Annex No 79: (105) Break down of credit facilities by maturity
Annex No 80: (105) Break down of credit facilities by collaterals
Annex No 81: (105) Break down of credit facilities by economic sectors
Annex No 82: (105)  Credit Classification According to Quality
Annex No 83: (105) Break down of direct/indirect credit facilities by amount denominations and number of customers (Non Government)
Annex No 84: (106) Long-term investment
Annex No 85: 107/01 Net fixed assets for bank use
Annex No 86: 107/02 Net fixed assets ( for other purposes)
Annex No 87: 108- Breakdown of other assets
Annex No 88: (201,202) Breakdown of balances due to Q.C.B./Banks and other financial institutions
Annex No 89: (203) Breakdown of deposits as per maturity and according to sectors
Annex No 90: (203) Breakdown of customer deposits by amount denominations and number of customers (Non Government)
Annex No 91: 207- Breakdown of other liabilities
Annex No 92: (3) Details of Contra Items
Annex No 93: (50103) Breakdown of interest received on credit facilities by economics inside Qatar
Annex No 94: Financial Investments / By the Principal Items (Commercial Banks)
Annex No 95: Trading Book in Securities / Item 103
Annex No 96: Investment In Stocks per investment / (103)
Annex No 97: The Fixed Participations in the Capital of the Companies within item 106 (Investment in Stock per investment / Item 106)
Annex No 98: Investment in funds and portfolio dealing with bonds, instructions, and debt securities within items (103+106)
Annex No 99: Investment in funds and portfolios dealing with stocks within items (103+106)
Annex No 100: Investment in funds and portfolios within items (103+106), except for tables (5/1 & 5/2)
Annex No 101: Details of the Non-Financial Investments (in item 106)
Annex No 102: Due from banks and Local Institutions (104\01) and Due To Banks and Local Financial Institutions (202\01)
Annex No 103: Details Of Other Debt Securities (204\04)
Annex No 104: Details Of Other Cash Margins (205\03)
Annex No 105: Details Of Other Provisions (204\06)
Annex No 106: Details Of The Supplementary Capital (20802)
Annex No 107: Direct Credit Facilities outside Qatar (105/02)
Annex No 108: Direct Credit Facilities (105) and Customers' Deposits (203) By bank Branches
Annex No 109: Details Of International Murabaha in Commodities and Metals Within item (104/02)
Annex No 110: Classification of Credit Accounts by Risk and Collectability (Commercial Banks)
Annex No 111: Classification of Financing by Risk and Collectability
Annex No 112: Currency Positions
Annex No 113: Assets and Liabilities Classification by Interest Rate levels
Annex No 114: Profits and Losses Account
Annex No 115: Distribution of a Biannual Payment on Account for Depositors
Annex No 116: Profits and Losses Account
Annex No 117: The Depositors Share of profits
Annex No 118: On-Line Check Clearing
Annex No 119: Main Data for Registration of Banks Operating in Qatar
Annex No 120: Real Estate Financing Ratio
Annex No 121: Calculation Form of Real Estate Financing to Equity or to Customers' Total Deposits Ratio
Annex No 122: Recording Form of fines for violating Percentage of Real Estate Financing
Annex No 123: Fines Table of Violating Real Estate Financing to Equity Ratio
Annex No 124: Exposure Banks, H.Q. and/ or Branches Abroad
Annex No 125: The Periodical Statement Application For Banks and Financial Institutions Credit Concentrations Continue Annex (124)
Annex No 126: Technical Instructions For the Abroad Banks' Balances File - Continue Annex (125)
Annex No 127: Calculation Form of Capital and Reserves to Total Net Assets Ratio
Annex No 128: Violation of Capital and Reserves To Total Net Assets Ratio
Annex No 129: Fines Table of Capital & Reserves to Total Net Assets Ratio
Annex No 130: Violations and Penalties Table
Annex No 131: Consolidated Financial Statements for Islamic Banks
Annex No 132: Consolidated Financial Statements for Commercial Banks
Annex No 133: Qatar Central Bank - Organizational Chart

 

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