Circular Letter No. 3.977

The Head of the Institutional Service Department (Deati), using the authority conferred by art. 23, item I, subitem “a”, of the Internal Regulations of the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB), annexed to Portaria No. 84.287, of 27 February 2015, and in view of the provisions of Circular No. 3.942, of 21 May 2019,

R E S O L V E S:

Art. 1º To monitor the determinations of unavailability of assets arising from resolutions of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) or from designations by its sanctions committees, as well as information to be observed for their compliance, as provided in art. 2º of Circular No. 3.942, of 2019, institutions authorized to operate by the BCB must directly and continuously monitor, including the information disclosed on the UNSC website on the worldwide computer network, at the electronic address https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/.

Art. 2º Aiming at immediate compliance with the determinations referred to in art. 1º of this Circular Letter, as provided in art. 1º of Circular No. 3.942, of 2019, institutions authorized to operate by the BCB, as soon as they detect the occurrence of a determination of this kind or of information to be observed for its compliance, in the course of the monitoring provided for in art. 2º of the aforementioned Circular, must ensure that the existence or emergence, within their scope, of assets covered by the aforementioned determinations remains under verification, from then on, for the purpose of placing such assets immediately, as soon as detected, under the unavailability regime provided for in arts. 2º, item II, and 31, § 2º, of Law No. 13.810, of 8 March 2019.

Art. 3º Communication via the BC Correio system, between the BCB and the institutions authorized by it to operate, provided for in arts. 3º and 4º of Circular No. 3.942, of 2019, shall be carried out specifically through the Deati/CSNU mail folder maintained in the aforementioned system, in order to facilitate its immediate identification for the purpose of prioritizing its handling without delay, in accordance with the governing legislation.

Art. 4º Communications from institutions authorized to operate by the BCB with the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP) provided for in arts. 4º, item II, and 5º of Circular No. 3.942, of 2019, must be addressed to the institutional email address csnu@mj.gov.br.

Art. 5º Communication to the Council for Financial Activities Control (Coaf) provided for in art. 4º, item III, of Circular No. 3.942, of 2019, must continue to be addressed, since the entry into force of Provisional Measure No. 893, of 19 August 2019, to the national financial intelligence unit, regardless of the specific name assumed after its transformation under the terms of the aforementioned Provisional Measure.

Art. 6º The monitoring of information to be observed for compliance with the unavailability determinations referred to in art. 1º of this Circular Letter, as provided in art. 2º of Circular No. 3.942, of 2019, encompasses inclusions in and exclusions from (de-listing and unfreezing) the lists of natural persons, legal entities, entities or assets subject to unavailability measures arising from sanctions or determinations of the UNSC or its sanctions committees.

Art. 7º This Circular Letter enters into force on the date of its publication.

Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues da Cunha Gomes