Central Bank of Tunisia Circular to Banks and Approved Intermediaries No. 2018-02 dated March 16, 2018

Tunis, March 16, 2018 CIRCULAR TO BANKS AND APPROVED INTERMEDIARIES No. 2018-02 Subject: Issuance into circulation of new Tunisian coins of fifty millimes, twenty millimes, and ten millimes. The Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia, Having regard to Law No. 2016-35 of April 25, 2016 establishing the status of the Central Bank of Tunisia and in particular its Articles 13, 14, 15, and Article 63, paragraph 3; Having regard to the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Tunisia dated February 1, 2017, deciding on the creation and issuance of Tunisian coins of fifty millimes, twenty millimes, and ten millimes; DECIDES: Article 1: The Central Bank of Tunisia shall issue into circulation, effective March 19, 2018, three new Tunisian coins of fifty millimes, twenty millimes, and ten millimes, which shall have legal tender status and discharge capacity. Article 2: The fifty millimes, twenty millimes, and ten millimes coins shall have the same characteristics (alloy, weight, diameter, edge, designs, and inscriptions) as those of the same denomination currently in circulation, with the exception of the year of issue, which is "2017-1438". These new fifty millimes, twenty millimes, and ten millimes coins shall circulate concurrently with the currently circulating coins.

THE GOVERNOR, Marouane El Abassi