Circular No. 3.121

CIRCULAR No. 003121 ------------------ Amends Annex II of the regulation of the Reserve Transfer System - STR. The Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Brazil, in an extraordinary session held on 19 April 2002, based on the provisions of art. 9 of Resolution 2.882, of 30 August 2001, D E C I D E D: Art. 1 The Annex II of the regulation of the Reserve Transfer System - STR, referred to in Circular 3.100, of 28 March 2002, shall come into force with the wording contained in the annex to this circular. Art. 2 This circular enters into force on 22 April 2002. Brasília, 19 April 2002 Luiz Fernando Figueiredo Director Fees of the Reserve Transfer System - STR Amount of fees in reais Specification of the service Obs. Time from 6:30 a.m. After 8 a.m. to 8 a.m. I - OPERATION UNDER NORMAL REGIME 1. Settlement of funds transfer order . Issuing participant . Receiving participant 0.31 0.62 0.31 0.62 2. Maintenance of funds transfer order 1 0.00 0.00 in waiting queue 3. Rejection of funds transfer order 1 0.31 0.62 4. Cancellation of funds transfer order 1 0.00 0.00 5. Information on settlement account balance 1 0.62 0.62 6. Provision of settlement account statement 1 3.10/ 3.10/ or list of entries, by message message message 7. Provision of settlement account statement 1 and 2 53.00/ 53.00/ or list of entries, by megabyte megabyte electronic file II - OPERATION UNDER CONTINGENCY REGIME 1. Settlement of funds transfer order . Issuing participant . Receiving participant 3 variable variable 0.31 0.62 Notes: 1 - Fee charged exclusively to the participant issuing the order/requesting the service. 2 - When the settlement account statement is provided by electronic file (item I.7 of the table), the minimum amount of R$3.10 (three reais and ten centavos) is charged. 3 - The issuing participant pays the following amounts, each time it requests an operation under the contingency regime: a) partial contingency: R$3,000.00 (three thousand reais), per message; and b) full contingency: minimum of R$6,000.00 (six thousand reais), it being understood that if the product of the number of orders processed during the contingency regime by the respective fee per individual message results in an amount greater than the defined minimum amount, the greater amount shall prevail.