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Banca Naţională a României (National Bank of Romania) BNR

Official site
https://www.bnr.ro
Constituting statute
Legea nr. 312/2004 privind Statutul Băncii Naţionale a României (Law 312/2004 on the Statute of the National Bank of Romania)

Who they are

Romania's central bank. Regulation 2/2021 on its organisation and functioning (version approved 8 April 2026) gives price stability as its fundamental objective (Art. 4(1)), and its website says it ensures price stability and supervises the banking system.

What they do

Its duties include monetary policy, authorisation, regulation and prudential supervision of credit institutions, payment-system oversight, banknote and coin issue, the exchange regime and management of international reserves (Art. 4(2) of Regulation 2/2021). The same Regulation assigns AML/CFT and international-sanctions supervision to its Supervision Directorate and payment and electronic-money authorisation to its Regulation and Authorisation Directorate.

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