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2020-03-18 | CIEX N° 16/2020

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CIEX No. 16/2020: Operating Hours Effective March 18, 2020

The Central Bank of Bolivia establishes specific operating hours for financial transactions and payment system operations starting March 18, 2020, in compliance with Supreme Decree No. 4196. The directive mandates that most operations, including fund transfers, USD sales, and public counter services, conclude by 12:00 p.m., with certain custody and treasury operations extending to 12:30 p.m. or 12:45 p.m. These time restrictions apply to financial entities, public and private institutions, and participants in the Integrated Payment Liquidation System (LIP).

Bolivia

Banco Central de Bolivia

BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA ESTADO PLURINACIONAL DE BOLIVIA

BCB-DGD-VUC DESP-N°

EXTERNAL CIRCULAR La Paz, March 18, 2020 CIEX No. 16/2020

FROM: GENERAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL ENTITIES MANAGEMENT TO: MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND PUBLIC FINANCES, FINANCIAL ENTITIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES, AND PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTEGRATED PAYMENT LIQUIDATION SYSTEM (LIP) SUBJECT: OPERATING HOURS FROM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2020

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The Central Bank of Bolivia announces that, in accordance with the continuous schedule of 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. established by Supreme Decree No. 4196 dated March 17, 2020, operations from March 18, 2020, will be subject to the following schedule:

No.	TYPE OF OPERATION	SCHEDULE
1	Request for Fund Transfers to and from Abroad (Financial System)	Until 12:00
2	Sale of USD during the day	10:00 to 12:00
3	Sale of BUSA dollars on behalf of the BCB	Until 11:30
4	Report of USD sales in the BUSA	Until 12:00
5	Sale of USD through the Bolsín	Until 12:30
6	Direct Attention to Sale of Securities at the BCB	Until 11:30
7	Submission of checks and/or Payment Orders in Bs or USD by Financial Intermediation Entities	Until 10:30
8	Deposits and Withdrawal of Monetary Material	Until 11:30
9	Deposits with Third-Party Checks	Until 10:20
10	Public Attention at Counters	Until 12:00
11	LIP Transfers for Sale of Securities to Individuals	Until 12:00
12	Fund Transfers to CUT; T01; T02; E18; E46, E49, E73, E75 and E76	Until 12:30
13	Fund Transfers from Current and Reserve Accounts, Reserve Account and Liquidity Credits for LIP participants declared in contingency (Documentary)	Until 12:00
14	Custody Fund Operations (F01 and F03)	Until 11:00
15	Provision of Custody Funds (F02)	Until 10:45
16	Reversal of Unwithdrawn Custody Funds (F04)	Until 11:15

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17	Custody Fund Reports via MIPRE	Until 11:45
18	Fiscal Account Reports – National Consolidated (CAF 03 and Annex 3X)	Until 12:30
19	Treasury Payment System (SPT) Operations	Until 12:30
20	Financial System Requests for Transfer to TGN Accounts	Until 12:00
21	TGN Requests for Credit to Current and Legal Reserve Accounts and Fiscal Current Accounts at Banco Unión	Until 12:00
22	Transfer of Tax and Customs Revenue Funds in National and Foreign Currency via LIP (E04 Tax, E05 Customs, and E15 IDH)	Until 12:00
	ACCL Operations (CCC-ACH)
	First Cycle:
23	Increase PMND Limit (E07)	08:00 to 11:00
24	PMND Payment (E17)	11:01 to 11:20
25	PMNA Payment (E08)	11:20 to 11:40
26	Submission of Uncovered PMND Payroll Report ACCL (M03)	11:20 to 11:30
	Second Cycle:
27	Increase PMND Limit (E07)	11:01 to 12:00
28	PMND Payment (E17)	12:01 to 12:10
29	PMNA Payment (E08)	12:10 to 12:35
30	Submission of Uncovered PMND Payroll Report ACCL (M03)	12:10 to 12:40
	Deferred Liquidation Module (MLD) Operations
	First Cycle:
31	Increase PMND Limit (E42)	08:00 to 11:00
32	PMND Payment (E43)	11:01 to 11:20
33	PMNA Payment (E44)	11:20 to 11:40
34	Submission of Uncovered PMND Payroll Report MLD (M07)	11:20 to 11:30
	Second Cycle:
35	Increase PMND Limit (E42)	11:01 to 12:00
36	PMND Payment (E43)	12:01 to 12:10
37	PMNA Payment (E44)	12:10 to 12:35
38	Submission of Uncovered PMND Payroll Report MLD (M07)	12:10 to 12:40
	MLD - ACH Operations
	First Cycle:
39	Net Multilateral Position Payment (E47) MLD-ACH	11:20 to 11:30
40	Submission of Uncovered MLD-ACH PMND Payroll (M08)	11:25 to 11:35
	Second Cycle:
41	Net Multilateral Position Payment (E47) MLD-ACH	12:10 to 12:35
42	Submission of Uncovered MLD-ACH PMND Payroll (M08)	12:15 to 12:30
	EDV, ATC, LINKSER and EATE Operations
43	PMND Payment EDV (E02) – Single Cycle	09:00 to 12:45
44	PMNA Payment EDV (E03) – Single Cycle	10:00 to 12:45
45	Payment of Economic Rights to EDV (E77)	08:00 to 12:45

46	Increase PMND Limit ATC (E14) – (Single Cycle)	10:01 to 10:30
47	PMND Payment ATC (E12) – Single Cycle	11:01 to 11:30
48	PMNA Payment ATC (E13) – Single Cycle	11:01 to 12:00
49	Uncovered PMND Settlement Payroll ATC: (M04) – Single Cycle	11:01 to 11:30
50	Increase PMND Limit LINKSER (E38) – (Single Cycle)	09:01 to 10:30
51	PMND Payment LINKSER (E36) – Single Cycle	11:01 to 11:30
52	PMNA Payment LINKSER (E37) – Single Cycle	11:01 to 12:00
53	Uncovered PMND Settlement Payroll LINKSER: (M05) – Single Cycle	11:01 to 11:30
	ATC - LINKSER Bilateral Liquidation Operations
54	PMND Payment EATE (E79) – Single Cycle	11:01 to 11:30
55	Uncovered PMND Payroll – Card Liquidation: (M10) – Single Cycle	11:01 to 11:30
56	LIP Operations	08:00 to 12:45

Sincerely,

[Signature] JOAQUIN ROLANDO LOPEZ BAKOVIC FINANCIAL ENTITIES MANAGER BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA

[Signature] ABEL F. SANJINÉS ÁLVAREZ GENERAL MANAGER a.i. BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA

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