Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2012

Check here if Amendment [ ];	 Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): 	[ ] is a restatement.
                                   	[ ] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

      Name:  Barclays Bank SA
   Address:  Pza de Colon 1
             28046
             Madrid
             Spain

  Form 13F File Number: 028-13883


The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person
by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report
is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is
true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required
items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered
integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

                         Name: Jose Manuel Martinez
                        Title: Head of Operations
                        Phone: 00 34 91-336 1319

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

Jose Manuel Martinez Madrid, Spain,  May 15, 2012

Report Type (Check only one.):

[ ] 	13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[X] 	13F NOTICE.
[ ] 	13F COMBINATION REPORT.


List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
Form 13F File Number          Name
28-826                        Barclays PLC