BCB Resolution No. 132 — Procedures for Preparing and Submitting the International Banking Statistics (EBI) Document

BCB RESOLUTION NO. 132, OF AUGUST 24, 2021

Establishes the procedures for preparing and submitting the International Banking Statistics (EBI) document.

The Collegiate Board of the Central Bank of Brazil, in a session held on August 24, 2021, having regard to the provisions of Article 37 of Law No. 4,595, of December 31, 1964,

RESOLVES:

Article 1. The International Banking Statistics (EBI) document must be submitted to the Central Bank of Brazil quarterly by commercial banks and multiple banks, savings banks, foreign exchange banks, investment banks, and development banks that present balances of international assets or liabilities equal to or greater than the equivalent of USD 300,000,000.00 (three hundred million United States dollars), according to the list published by the Central Bank of Brazil.

§ 1. The Central Bank of Brazil will publish, annually, in the month of September, the list of financial institutions that must submit the EBI document for the base dates relating to the subsequent calendar year, considering the average of the balances existing on the last business day of the third and fourth quarters of the previous year and the first and second quarters of the current year.

§ 2. For the purposes of this Resolution, international assets and liabilities refer to the balance of equity accounts, on the last business day of each civil quarter (base date), of the following operations:

I - operations with non-residents, in any currency;

II - operations with residents contracted in foreign currency; and

III - operations with residents contracted in national currency and referenced in foreign currency.

§ 3. The EBI document must be submitted within forty-five days after the respective base date.

Article 2. The Central Bank of Brazil will publish the operational procedures necessary to comply with the provisions of this Resolution, including regarding the layouts and the method of submission of the EBI document.

Article 3. It is the responsibility of the director responsible for providing information provided for in legal and regulatory norms, as set forth in Circular No. 3,504, of August 6, 2010, to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Resolution.

Article 4. The institutions referred to in Article 1 must designate an employee to respond to any questions regarding the information submitted in compliance with the provisions of this Resolution.

Sole Paragraph. The designation referred to in this article must be registered in the Information System on Entities of Interest of the Central Bank (Unicad), established by Circular No. 3,165, of December 4, 2002.

Article 5. Until the base date of December 31, 2021, inclusive, the EBI document will continue to be prepared and submitted in accordance with Circular No. 3,047, of July 13, 2001, and Circular Letter No. 3,699, of March 16, 2015.

Article 6. The following are repealed:

I - Circular No. 3,047, of 2001; and

II - Circular Letter No. 3,699, of 2015.

Article 7. This Resolution enters into force:

I - on September 1, 2021, regarding § 1 of Article 1 and Article 2; and

II - on March 1, 2022, regarding the remaining provisions.

Fabio
Kanczuk

Director of Economic Policy