BCB Resolution No. 209 — Establishes the System for Information on Entities of Interest to the Central Bank (Unicad)

BCB RESOLUTION NO. 209, OF MARCH 22, 2022

Establishes the System for Information on Entities of Interest to the Central Bank (Unicad).

The Collegiate Board of the Central Bank of Brazil, in a session held on March 22, 2022, based on Article 10, item IX, and Article 37 of Law No. 4,595, of December 31, 1964, Article 8 of Decree-Law No. 2,291, of November 21, 1986, Article 8 of Decree-Law No. 2,292, of November 21, 1986, Article 2 of Decree No. 93,989, of January 30, 1987, Article 10 of Law No. 10,214, of March 27, 2001, Articles 6 and 7, item V, of Law No. 11,795, of October 8, 2008, Article 1, paragraph 1, of Complementary Law No. 130, of April 17, 2009, Article 12 of Law No. 12,414, of June 9, 2011, Articles 22, item I, and 28, item I, of Law No. 12,810, of May 15, 2013, Article 9 of Law No. 12,865, of October 9, 2013, and the main text of Article 79 of Law No. 13,097, of January 19, 2015,

RESOLVES:

Article 1. This Resolution establishes the System for Information on Entities of Interest to the Central Bank (Unicad).

Article 2. Unicad is constituted by registration information on financial institutions, other institutions authorized to operate, and natural and legal persons who are subject to some type of authorization or registration by the Central Bank of Brazil, or who are of interest to this Autarchy.

Sole paragraph. Unicad aims to maintain, in a single database, registration information on:

I - financial institutions and other institutions authorized to operate by the Central Bank of Brazil;

II - executives and other holders of positions provided for in the bylaws or social contracts of financial institutions and other institutions authorized to operate by the Central Bank of Brazil;

III - shareholders or partners of financial institutions and other institutions authorized to operate by the Central Bank of Brazil; and

IV - other natural and legal persons of interest to the Central Bank of Brazil.

Article 3. Information on the entities referred to in Article 2 must be registered in Unicad regarding:

I - basic identification data;

II - requests for authorization to the Central Bank of Brazil;

III - information on conglomerates;

IV - information on the entities' facilities abroad, as referred to in item I of the sole paragraph of Article 2;

V - information on branches of foreign financial institutions in the country;

VI - representations of foreign financial institutions in the country;

VII - qualifications to carry out operations controlled by the Central Bank of Brazil;

VIII - links between legal entities and between natural and legal persons, of interest to the Central Bank of Brazil; and

IX - other registration information of interest to the Central Bank of Brazil regarding the entities, natural persons, and legal persons cited in this Resolution.

Article 4. The information referred to in Article 3 must be registered and kept up to date in Unicad by the entities referred to in the main text of Article 2:

I - within the period defined in specific regulation, when applicable; or

II - within 10 (ten) days from the occurrence of the event that gave rise to the registration or update, when the period is not defined in specific regulation.

Article 5. Financial institutions and other institutions authorized to operate by the Central Bank of Brazil must designate a director responsible for updating the registration information contained in Unicad.

Sole paragraph. It is admitted that the director designated under the terms of the main text may exercise other functions in the institution, provided that the absence of conflict of interest is ensured.

Article 6. The Central Bank of Brazil will establish the form and other necessary conditions for the registration and updating of registration information.

Article 7. Circular No. 3,165, of December 4, 2002, is hereby revoked.

Article 8. This Resolution enters into force on May 2, 2022.

Paulo Sérgio Neves de Souza Otávio Ribeiro Damaso Director of Supervision Director of the Financial System Organization and Resolution