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World Regulatory Agencies and Central Banks

Australian Securities Commission
The Chifley Tower
Level 16, 2 Chifley Square
Sydney  NSW 2001
Australia
Tel: +61-2-9911-2000
Fax: +61-2-9911-2030
E-mail: infoline@asc.gov.au
URL: http://www.asc.gov.au

Bank for International Settlements
Centralbahnplatz 2
CH-4002 Basle
Tel: 41-61-280-80-80
Fax: +41-61-280-91-00
E-mail: webmaster@bis.org
URL: http://www.bis.org

Bank of Canada
234 Wellington
Ottawa  KIA OG9
Canada
Tel: (613) 782-8111
Fax: (613) 782-7713
E-mail: paffairs@bank-banque-canada.ca
URL: http://www.bank-banque-canada.ca

The Bank of England
Threadneedle Street
London EC2R 8AH
England
Tel: +44 020 7601 4444
Fax: +44 020 7601 5460
E-mail: enquiries@bankofengland.co.uk
URL: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/

Bank of Japan
C.P.O. Box 203
Tokyo  100-91
Japan
Tel: +81-3-5203-8703
Fax: +81-3-5203-8703
E-mail: webmaster@info.boj.go.jp
URL: http://www.boj.or.jp/en/

Banking, Insurance and Securities Commission of Norway
P.O. Box 100 Bryn Ostensjoveien 43
N-0611 Oslo 6
Norway
Tel: +47-22-939 800
Fax: +47-22-630 226
URL: http://www.kredittilsynet.no

Belgium Banking and Finance Commission
Louizalaan 99
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32-2-535-2211
Fax: +32-2-535-2323
URL: http://www.cbf.be

Bermuda Monetary Authority
Burnaby House
26 Burnaby Street
Hamilton
Bermuda
Tel: (441) 295-5278
Fax: (441) 292-7471
E-mail: info@bma.bm
URL: http://www.bma.bm

Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission
Rua Sete de Setembro 111/32 andar - Centro
20159-900 Rio de Janeiro - RJ
Brazil
Tel: 55 21 3233 0200
Fax: 55 21 2221 6769
URL: http://www.cvm.gov.br

Canadian Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
255 Albert St.
OttawaSydney  KIA OH2
Ontario
Tel: (613) 990-7788
Fax: (613) 993-6782
URL: http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca

Central Bank of Ireland
P.O. Box 559
Dame Street
Dublin  2
Ireland
Tel: +353 1 434 4000
Fax: +353 1 671 6666
URL: http://www.centralbank.ie

Commission des valeurs mobilieres du Quebec
800 Square Victoria 22nd Floor
P.O. Box 246
Tour de la Bourse  H42163
Quebec
Tel: (514) 940-2150
Fax: (514) 873-3090
URL: whttp://www.cvmq.com

Comision Nacional de Valores
25 de Mayo 175 Capital Federal
Argentina
Tel: +5411 329 4600 -CP 1002
E-mail: cnvadm@mecon.gov.ar

Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores
Paseo de la Castellana, 19
28046 Madrid
Spain
Tel: +3491 585 15 00
Fax: +3491 319 33 73
E-mail: mvera@cnmv.es
URL: http://www.cnmv.es

Commission des Operations de Bourse
17 Place de la Bourse
75082 Paris Cedex 15
France
Tel: +33 1 53 45 6000
Fax: +33 1 53 45 6100
E-mail: lacob@club-internet.fr
URL: http://www.cob.fr

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Three Lafayette Center
1155 21st St, N.W.
Washington, DC  20581
USA
Tel: (202) 418-5000
Fax: (212) 418-5521
E-mail: webmaster@cftc.gov
URL: http://www.cftc.gov

Conseil des Marches Financiers
39 rue Cambon
Paris
France
Tel: +33-1-49-27-11-03
Fax: +33-1-49-27-11-52
URL: http://www.cmf-france.org

Danish Financial Supervisory Authority
Gammel Kongevej 74 A
1850 Frederiksberg C
Denmark
Tel: 33 55 82 82
Fax: 33 55 82 00
E-mail: finanstilsynet@ftnet.dk
URL: http://www.ftnet.dk

Deutsche Bundesbank
Postfach 10 06 02
60006 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel: +49 69 95661
Fax: +49 69 9566 3077
URL: http://www.bundesbank.de

European Monetary Institute
Kaiserstrasse 29
D-60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel: +49 69 13440
Fax: +49 69 1344 6000
URL: http://www.ecb.int

Federal Banking Commission of Switzerland
Schwanengasse 12
3001 Bern
Switzerland
Tel: +41-31-322-6911
Fax: +41-31-322-6926
URL: http://www.ebk.admin.ch/e/index.htm

Federal Reserve Bank of New York
E-mail: webmaster@ny.frb.org
URL: http://www.ny.frb.org/

Federal Reserve Board
20th St. and Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20551
USA
Tel: (202) 452-3000
E-mail: webmaster@bog.frb.fed.us
URL: http://www.federalreserve.gov/

The Financial Services Authority of the United Kingdom
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
UK
Tel: +44 020 7676 1000
Fax: +44 020 7066 1099
URL: http://www.fsa.gov.uk

The Financial Services Board of South Africa
446 Rigel Avenue South
P.O. Box 35655
Menlo Park 0102
Erasmusrand
Pretoria
Tel: +27 12 428 8000
Fax: +27 12 347 0221
E-mail: fsb@solo.pipex.co.za
URL: http://www.fsb.co.za/

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
30th Floor
3 Garden Road, Central
Hong Kong
Tel: +852-2878-8196
Fax: +852-2878-8203
E-mail: gov_hkma@hk.super.net
URL: http://www.info.gov.hk/hkma/

Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission
8th Floor
Charter House, 8 Connaught Road
Hong Kong
Tel: +852-2840-9222
Fax: +852-2521-7836
E-mail: sfc@hk.super.net
URL: http://www.hksfc.org.hk

Institut Monetaire Luxembourgeois
63, avenue de la Libertz
L-2983 Luxembourg
Tel: 352) 402 929
Fax: (352) 492 180

International Monetary Fund
Washington, DC
USA
Tel: (202) 623-7300
Fax: (202) 623-6278
E-mail: webmaster@imf.org
URL: http://www.imf.org

Malaysian Commodities Trading Commission
Fifth Floor City Point, Dayabumi
Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin
50050 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: +6-03-2936644
Fax: +6-03-2748330

International Organization of Securities Commissions
Montreal
Canada
E-mail: mail@oicv.iosco.org
URL: http://www.iosco.org

Ministry of Finance, Japan
3-1 Kasumigaseki, 1-chome
Chiyoda-ku Tokyo  100
Japan
Tel: 81-33-581-4111
E-mail: info@mof.go.jp
URL: http://www.mof.go.jp/english/index.htm

The Monetary Authority of Singapore
10 Shenton Way, MAS Building
Level 16, 2 Chifley Square
Singapore  9001
Tel: +65-225 5577
Fax: 65-229 9491
URL: http://www.mas.gov.sg

NASD Regulation, Inc.
1735 "K" St. Northwest
Washington, DC  20006
USA
Tel: (202) 728-8955
Fax: (202) 728-6993
E-mail: pubcom@nasdr.com
URL: http://www.nasdr.com

National Futures Association (NFA)
200 W. Madison St., Suite 1600
Chicago, IL  60606-3447
USA
Tel: (312) 781-1300
Fax: (312) 781-1467
E-mail: public_affairs@nfa.futures.org
URL: http://www.nfa.futures.org

New Zealand Securities Commission
12th Floor, Reserve Bank Building
2 The Terrace, P.O. Box 1179
Wellington
New Zealand
Tel: +64-4-472-9830
Fax: +64-4-472-8076
E-mail: seccom@sec-com.govt.nz
URL: http://www.sec-com.govt.nz/

North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc.
10 G Street NW, Suite 710
Washington, DC  20002
USA
Tel: (202) 737-0900
Fax: (202) 783-3571
URL: http://www.nasaa.org

Ontario Securities Commission
20 Queen St. West, Suite 1903
Toronto  M5H 3S8
Ontario
Tel: (416) 593-8314
Fax: (416) 593-8241
E-mail: infoline@asc.gov.au
URL: http://www.osc.gov.on.ca

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC  20549
USA
Tel: (202) 942-7040
Fax: (202) 942-9646
E-mail: webmaster@sec.gov
URL: http://www.sec.gov

Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission
3-1-1 Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku   100
Tokyo
Tel: +81-3-3581 7868
Fax: +81-3-5251 2151
URL: http://www.fsa.go.jp/sesc/english

Securities and Futures Commission of Taiwan
Taipei
Taiwan
URL: http://www.sfw.gov.tw

Securities Board of the Netherlands
Paleisstraat l/P.O. Box 11723
1012 RB/1001 GS Amsterdam
Netherlands
Tel: 0900-5400-540
URL: http://www-ste.nl

Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority
P.O. Box 6750
SE-113 85
Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: +46-8-787-8000
Fax: +46-8-241-335
URL: http://www.fi.se

The World Bank
Washington, DC
USA
E-mail: feedback@worldbank.org
URL: http://www.worldbank.org