The main missions of the Bank shall be:

1°      to ensure and maintain price stability;

2°      to enhance and maintain a stable and competitive financial system without any exclusion;

3°      to support Government’s general economic policies, without prejudice to the two missions referred to in Paragraphs 1° and 2° above.

For the Bank to achieve its missions, it shall perform the following duties:

1°      to define and implement the monetary policy;

2°      to organise, supervise and regulate the foreign exchange market;

3°      to supervise and regulate the activities of financial institutions notably banks, micro finance institutions, insurance companies, social security institutions, collective placement companies and pension funds institutions;

4°      to supervise and regulate payment systems;

5°      to mint and manage money;

6°      to hold and manage official foreign exchange reserves;

7°      to act as State Cashier;

8°      to carry out any other task that this Law or any another Law may assign to it.