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FED ER A L R ESER V E BANK
O F NEW YORK
f Circular No. 0 5 0 f 5 'l
L March 11, 1970
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Amendment to Regulation K

To All Member Banks, and Others Concerned,
in the Second Federal Eeserve District:

Enclosed is a copy of an amendment, effective March 3, 1970, to section
211.9 of Regulation K, “ C orporations Engaged in Foreign Banking and
Financing U nder the Federal Reserve A ct,” of the B oard of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System. The amendment makes it clear th at obligations, to the
extent insured against foreign political and credit risk by the E xport-Im port
Bank and the Foreign Credit Insurance Association, are exempt from the lim ita­
tions on total liabilities of one borrow er to an “ Edge corporation” set fo rth in
section 211.9(b).
Additional copies of the amendment will be furnished upon request.




A lfred H

ayes,

President.




CORPORATIONS ENGAGED IN FO R EIG N BANKING AND
FINAN CING UNDER T H E FED ER A L RESERVE ACT
AM END M ENT TO R EG U LA T IO N K
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Effective M arch 3, 1970, section 211.9(b) (4) (i)
is amended to read as follows:
§ 211.9—L IM IT A T IO N S AND R E S T R IC T IO N S
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(b) Liabilities of one borrow er. * * * The
lim itations of this p a ra g ra p h shall not ap p ly to
* * * (4) obligations to the extent supported by the
full faith and credit of the follow ing:
(i)
The U nited States or any departm ent,
agency, or establishm ent thereof or corporation
wholly owned thereby (including obligations to the
extent insured against foreign political and credit
risks by the E x p o rt-Im p o rt Bank and the Foreign
C redit Insurance A ssociation), the In tern atio n al
B ank fo r Reconstruction and Development, the
Intern atio n al F inance C orporation, the In te rn a ­
tional Development Association, or the In terA m erican Development B ank;

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