Circular Letter CVM/SMI/SIN 01/2016

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF BRAZIL (CVM) 7 de Setembro Street, 111/2-5th and 23-34th Floors – Center – Rio de Janeiro - RJ – ZIP Code: 20050-901 – Brazil Tel.: (21) 3554-8686 - www.cvm.gov.br

Circular Letter No. 01/2016/CVM/SMI/SIN
Rio de Janeiro, January 18, 2016

To

Directors Responsible for CVM Instruction No. 301, of April 16, 1999

Subject: Communications published by FATF.

Dear Sirs/Madams,

1. With a view to the faithful compliance with CVM Instruction No. 301/99, in particular, the provisions of item VIII of Article 6 and item I of paragraph 1 of the same article, we inform you that the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (FATF), in its plenary meeting held on October 23, 2015, approved and published communications relating countries and jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in the prevention of money laundering and the combating of the financing of terrorism. The communications, translated into Portuguese, were made available on the website of the Financial Activities Control Council (COAF):
   http://www.coaf.fazenda.gov.br/links-externos/comunicado-do-gafi-de-23-de-outubro-de-2015 http://www.coaf.fazenda.gov.br/links-externos/aprimorando-a-observancia-global-ald-cftprocesso-continuo-23-de-outubro-de-2015

Sincerely,

WALDIR DE JESUS NOBRE
Superintendent of Market and Intermediary Relations

FRANCISCO JOSÉ BASTOS SANTOS
Superintendent of Institutional Investor Relations

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OF BRAZIL (CVM) 7 de Setembro Street, 111/2-5th and 23-34th Floors – Center – Rio de Janeiro - RJ – ZIP Code: 20050-901 – Brazil Tel.: (21) 3554-8686 - www.cvm.gov.br