Circular No. 3.104

CIRCULAR N. 003104 ------------------ Regulates the electronic exchange of messages and institutionalizes technical groups within the scope of the Brazilian Payment System. The Collegiate Board of the Central Bank of Brazil, in a session held on 27 March 2002, based on art. 10, item I, of Resolution 2.882, of 30 August 2001, D E C I D E D: Art. 1º To institute the following documents that regulate the operation of the Network of the National Financial System - RSFN: I - Technical Manual of the Network of the National Financial System; II - Message Security Manual of the Brazilian Payment System; and III - Message Catalog of the Brazilian Payment System. Paragraph 1º The RSFN is the data communication structure, implemented by means of network technology, created for the purpose of supporting the traffic of messages between financial institutions holding Reserve Accounts, clearinghouses and providers of clearing and settlement services, the National Treasury Secretariat - STN and the Central Bank of Brazil, within the scope of the Brazilian Payment System. Paragraph 2º The documents instituted by this article are available on the Central Bank of Brazil's page on the "Internet". Art. 2º The connection to the RSFN must observe the provisions of the Technical Manual of the Network of the National Financial System. Art. 3º Only the messages contained in the Message Catalog of the Brazilian Payment System may traffic on the RSFN, observing the security requirements defined in the Message Security Manual of the Brazilian Payment System. Art. 4º The following technical groups are institutionalized, responsible for studies aimed at the continuous development of the structure and of the communication and security standards adopted within the scope of the Brazilian Payment System: I - Network Technical Group; II - Message Technical Group; and III - Security Technical Group. Paragraph 1º The coordination of each of the technical groups is exclusive to the Central Bank of Brazil. Paragraph 2º The technical groups shall be composed of representatives of the Central Bank of Brazil, the National Treasury Secretariat, the bank associations and the clearinghouses and providers of clearing and settlement services. Art. 5º The technical groups referred to in art. 4º shall be governed by their own regulations, which must be submitted, by 30 June 2002, to the Central Bank of Brazil. Art. 6º The Department of Banking Operations and Payment System - Deban and the Department of Information Technology - Deinf are authorized to, jointly, promote changes in the documents referred to in art. 1º, as well as to issue the norms and adopt the measures necessary for the execution of the provisions of this circular. Art. 7º This circular enters into force on the date of its publication. Brasília, 28 March 2002 Luiz Fernando Figueiredo Edison Bernardes dos Santos Director Director