Marco legal del Régimen Cambiario
A continuación se listan los artículos de la Constitución Política de Colombia, las leyes, normas, decretos y resoluciones, que definen el marco legal del Régimen Cambiario del Banco de la República.
Constitución Política de Colombia 1991
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Decree 2520 of 1993
Official Journal. Year CXXIX. N. 41142. December 17, 1993. Page. 2 |
Law 31 of 1992
Por la cual se dictan las normas a las que deberá sujetarse el Banco de la República para el ejercicio de sus funciones, el Gobierno para señalar el régimen de cambio internacional, para la expedición de los Estatutos del Banco y para el ejercicio de las funciones de inspección, vigilancia y control del mismo, se determinan las entidades a las cuales pasarán los Fondos de Fomento que administra el Banco y se dictan otras disposiciones. |
Ley 9 de 1991
NUEVO ESTATUTO CAMBIARIO, LEY 9 DE 1991 (Enero 17). Por la cual se dictan normas generales a las que deberá sujetarse el Gobierno Nacional para regular los cambios internacionales y se adoptan medidas complementarias. |
Decreto 2520 de 1993
Por el cual se expiden los Estatutos del Banco de la República. |
Ley 31 de 1992
Por la cual se dictan las normas a las que deberá sujetarse el Banco de la República para el ejercicio de sus funciones, el Gobierno para señalar el régimen de cambio internacional, para la expedición de los Estatutos del Banco y para el ejercicio de las funciones de inspección, vigilancia y control del mismo, se determinan las entidades a las cuales pasarán los Fondos de Fomento que administra el Banco y se dictan otras disposiciones. |
Political Constitution of Colombia 1991
TITLE V - ORGANIZATION OF THE STATECHAPTER 1 - STRUCTURE OF THE STATEARTICLE 113. The branches of the government are the legislative, executive, and judicial. In addition to the organs that constitute these three branches, there are other autonomous and independent organs for the execution of the other functions of the State. The different State organs have separate functions but cooperate harmoniously for the realization of the State's goals. TITLE VI - LEGISLATIVE BRANCHCHAPTER 3 - LAWSARTICLE 150. It is incumbent upon the Congress to enact laws. Through laws, Congress exercises the following functions:
In no case may the category of political offenses or related offenses may be applied to the crime of kidnapping or crimes related to the production, traffic, or transportation of drugs, nor to conducts that seek to promote, facilitate, support, finance, or hide any act that threatens the constitutional and legal regime. Therefore, amnesty and pardon cannot be applied to any of these offenses. Paragraph added by article 1 of the Legislative Act 2 de 2019. The provisions of the second subsection, item 17 of article 150 of the Political Constitution shall, in no case, affect the terms of previous peace agreements nor their respective provisions. Such provisions shall apply to conducts committed after the legislative act comes into force.
TITLE VII - EXECUTIVE BRANCHCHAPTER 1 - PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLICARTICLE 189. As the Head of State, Head of Government, and Supreme Administrative Authority, the President of the Republic shall:
TITLE XII - ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC FINANCE REGIMECHAPTER 6 - CENTRAL BANKARTICLE 371. Banco de la República (the Central Bank) shall exercise the duties of a central bank. It shall be organized as a legal public entity with administrative, patrimonial, and technical autonomy, subject to its own legal regime. Banco de la República (the Central Bank) shall have the following functions: to regulate the currency, international exchanges, and credit; to issue legal tender; to manage international reserves; to be the lender of last resort and banker of credit institutions; and to serve as the Government’s fiscal agent. All these functions shall be carried out in coordination with the general economic policy. The Central Bank shall report to Congress on the execution of the policies for which it is responsible and on other matters as may be requested from it. ARTICLE 372. The Board of Directors of Banco de la República (the Central Bank) shall be the monetary, exchange, and credit authority, in accordance with the functions assigned to it by Law. It shall be responsible for managing and executing the Central Bank’s functions and it shall be made up of seven members, including the Minister of Finance, who shall chair it. The Governor shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall act as one of its members. The other five full-time members shall be appointed by the President of the Republic for renewable terms of four years, replacing two of the members every four years. The members of the Board of Directors shall exclusively represent the interest of the Nation. Congress shall enact the law to which the Central Bank is subject to in order to exercise its functions, and the standards to which the Government must subject itself for issuing the Central Bank’s bylaws. These shall determine, among other things, the Central Bank’s organization, its legal regime, the functioning of its Board of Directors and Administrative Council, the Governor’s period, the rules for the constitution of its reserves, including rules concerning currency and monetary stability, and the destination of the surplus of its profits. The President of the Republic shall exercise inspection, oversight, and control of the Central Bank as provided by Law. ARTICLE 373. The State, through Banco de la República, shall oversee the maintenance of the purchasing power of the currency. The Central Bank may not establish lines of credit nor provide guarantees for the benefit of private parties, except in the case of intermediation of foreign credit for placement through credit institutions or granting temporary liquidity support facilities to credit institutions. The financing operations for the benefit of the State require unanimous approval by the Board of Directors unless they are open market operations. In no case may the legislator order lines of credit for the benefit of the State or private individuals. |
Compendio de la Resolución Externa 1 de 2018
Por la cual se compendia y modifica el régimen de cambios internacionales. La Junta Directiva del Banco de la República, en ejercicio de sus facultades constitucionales y legales, en especial de las que le confieren los artículos 371 y 372 de la Constitución Política, el artículo 16 literales h) e i) de la Ley 31 de 1992, y en concordancia con el Decreto 1068 de 2015, Libro 2, Parte 17, Títulos 1 y 2,Compendio Resolución Externa 1 de 2018. |
Decreto 119 del 26 de enero de 2017
Por el cual se modifica el Decreto 1068 de 2015 en lo relacionado con el régimen general de la inversión de capitales del exterior en Colombia y de las inversiones colombianas en el exterior y se dictan otras disposiciones en materia de cambios internacionales. |