Direct or indirect credit granted to economic interest groups must be computed within the indicated limit. By regulation, the Board of Directors (Junta Directiva) of the Central Bank of Costa Rica shall define what is to be understood as an economic interest group and shall issue its regulations.
Financial companies may not grant loans, credits, or discounts to the members of their board of directors, to their partners, to their managers, or to persons who represent the company with the powers determined for generalísimo legal representatives (apoderados generalísimos) by the Civil Code, nor to relatives up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity.
In the case of discount operations, the limitation indicated shall apply to the individuals or legal entities appearing as debtor-constituents in the documents being discounted.
Loans, credits, or discounts granted by financial companies to the members of their board of directors, to their partners, to their managers, or to persons who represent the company with the powers determined for generalísimo legal representatives (apoderados generalísimos) by the Civil Code, may not exceed, in the aggregate, twenty percent (20%) of the capital and reserves of each financial company.
(Thus amended by Article 8 of Law No. 7107 of November 4, 1988)