Circular No. 3489 — Regulates the application for access to the Reserve Transfer System (STR) via the world wide web (internet)

CIRCULAR NO. 003489

Regulates the application for access to the Reserve Transfer System (STR) via the world wide web (internet).

The Collegiate Board of the Central Bank of Brazil, in a session held on March 18, 2010, based on art. 10 of Law No. 10.214, of March 27, 2001, and on item I of art. 10 of Resolution No. 2.882, of August 30, 2001, and taking into account the provisions of art. 7 of the regulation annexed to Circular No. 3.100, of March 28, 2002,

D E C I D E D:

Art. 1 Access to the STR via the internet is made exclusively through the STR-Web application, in accordance with this circular.

Sole Paragraph. The security requirements and the manner of using STR-Web are described in the STR Access Manual via Internet, available on the Central Bank of Brazil website (www.bcb.gov.br).

Art. 2 The use of STR-Web:

I - is conditioned on prior authorization from the Department of Banking Operations and Payment System (Deban) and the execution of homologation tests defined by it; and

II - may only be performed by an operator specially accredited by the institution for this purpose and with the use of a personal digital certificate.

Art. 3 STR-Web will be available:

I - full-time, to participants who use the internet as the main means of access to the STR, respecting the operating hours of the STR time grids for consultations and order registration; and

II - during contingency operation as referred to in art. 44 of the STR regulation, to participants who use the National Financial System Network (RSFN) as the main means of access to the STR.

Art. 4 The STR fees established in specific regulations apply to STR-Web.

Art. 5 The Department of Information Technology (Deinf) and Deban will define the start date of operation of STR-Web in the STR production environment.

Art. 6 This circular enters into force on the date of its publication.

Brasília, March 18, 2010.

Aldo Luiz Mendes Anthero de Moraes Meirelles
Director Director