Circular Rubros no comprendidos en otros Ordenamientos - RUNOR 1 - 5. Incorporation of Chapter XXI - Security Measures in Financial Entities

BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA
COMMUNICATION "A" 184 29/07/82
TO FINANCIAL ENTITIES, EXCHANGE HOUSES, AGENCIES AND OFFICES, AND EXCHANGE BROKERS:
Ref: Circular RUBROS NO COMPREHENDED IN OTHER LEGAL FRAMEWORKS. RUNOR - 1 - 5.
Incorporation of Chapter XXI - Security Measures in Financial Entities.
We address you to accompany you with the ordered text to date of the provisions disseminated by this Institution, which are applicable to the subject of reference. This material constitutes Chapter XXI - Security Measures in Financial Entities, of the Circular Rubros not comprehended in other legal frameworks RUNOR - 1, which was made known by Communications "A" 90 of January 11, 1982. We salute you very attentively. BANCO CENTRAL DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA Atilio A. Carbajales Daniel E. de Pablo Manager of Liquidations and Interventions of Financial Entities

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1. Basic Norm.
2. Security devices for banks and savings banks (Decree No. 2,525 of July 21, 1971).
3. Security devices for financial companies, credit unions, and savings and loan societies for housing or other real estate (Decree No. 1,284 of February 15, 1973).
4. Creation of the "Advisory Commission on Security Measures in Banking Institutions and Financial Companies" (Decree No. 1835 of July 30, 1979).
5. Assignment of powers to the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic to resolve cases of exception and all issues arising in relation to the devices established by Decree No. 2,525/71 (Decree No. 2527 of October 12, 1979).
6. Money transport.
7. Regulatory norms issued by the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic:
   7.1. Replacement of the armored safe.
   7.2. Lower-ranking offices.
   7.3. 24-hour deposit boxes.
   7.4. Armored turrets.
   7.5. Remote alarm for financial companies, credit unions, and savings and loan societies for housing or other real estate, included under Decree No. 1284/73.
   7.6. Exemption from remote alarm, within the Province of Buenos Aires, for financial companies, credit unions, and savings and loan societies for housing or other real estate.
8. Complementary Instructions:
   8.1. Declaration of security measures adopted, when communicating the authorization or relocation of a financial entity's office.
   8.2. Self-grouping, in the sections provided for in Article 1 of Decree No. 1,284/73, of financial companies, credit unions, and savings and loan societies for housing or other real estate.
   8.3. Reporting of criminal acts and accidents occurring to the detriment of financial entities.
   8.4. Abstention from sending plans or sketches to the Central Bank.
   8.5. Improper activation of the alarm system.
   8.6. Location of additional security personnel.
   8.7. Additional Police Service in the jurisdiction of the Province of Buenos Aires.
   8.8. Police personnel authorized to carry out inspections within the Federal Capital.
   8.9. Directives emanating from RENAR (National Arms Registry).
   8.10 Wireless remote alarms. Necessity to manage the corresponding permit with sufficient advance notice.
   8.11. Possession of certificates of suitability and/or replacement.
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1. Basic Norm.
   Security measures in financial entities are mandatory, as established by Law No. 19.130, the relevant part of which is transcribed:
   ARTICLE 1 - Financial entities included in the regime of Law No. 18.061 (currently Law No. 21.526) must satisfy the minimum security requirements determined by the National Executive Power, in the buildings where their head offices, main offices, agencies, branches, delegations, and offices operate, as well as for the transport of money carried out by their own means or by third parties.
   ARTICLE 2 - THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC will order the verification of compliance with security devices by the financial entities included. To this end, it will have the technical advice of the Federal Police regarding houses located within the Federal Capital and with the competent security bodies when operating in provincial jurisdiction. The aforementioned security bodies will verify the correct functioning of the prevention systems implemented at least semi-annually.
   ARTICLE 3 - When the verifications reveal non-compliance with the provisions of this law and the regulations issued as a consequence thereof, THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC will proceed to instruct the corresponding summary and may apply to the entities and persons found responsible for the infractions, the measures it determines within what is provided in Title VI (Art. 35 and 36) of Law No. 18.061 (currently Arts. 41 and 42 of Law No. 21.526).
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2. Security devices for banks and savings banks (Decree No. 2,525 of July 21, 1971).
ARTICLE 1 - The minimum security measures, in accordance with Law No. 19.130, that banking houses and savings banks in the country must adopt are the following:
a) Armored turret, booth, or cabin at height, allowing panoramic surveillance with an adequate angle of fire. When the characteristics of the premises make height installation impossible, construction outside the premises - also at height - close to the main access door or inside the premises at ground level is admitted, in that order. The characteristics of the armored turrets, booths, or cabins have been fixed by Resolution of the Presidency of this Institution number 440 of August 4, 1978 (Point 7.4.). b) Remote alarm, with adequate controls to activate it securely and with minimal possibility of accidental operation. c) Armored safe (cement and steel) in the basement or at ground level, separated from party walls, fireproof and proof of violation by mechanical elements or oxyacetylene torch. It will have two doors, one of which must be equipped with a "triple-chronometric" type lock. d) Special locks, bolts, bars, chains, iron or steel shutters, bars, and bulletproof peepholes, as appropriate, on all access points to the buildings (doors, windows, skylights, inner courtyards, etc.). e) Additional police service. The additional police service is considered effectively adopted when it is covered with active personnel, provided by the competent security body in the jurisdiction where the banking house is located. f) Caretaker service and internal and external night lighting, when necessary. The need to implement the measures established in this subsection is determined by the security body that carried out the verification of the prevention device adopted, by disposition of the Central Bank. g) Place or enclosure for important operations, away from public view, when the characteristics of the premises allow it.
ARTICLE 2 - From the promulgation of this decree, no new buildings may be authorized unless the requirements established by it are satisfied, except in the situations provided for in ARTICLE 3.
ARTICLE 3 - THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC will resolve, prior to the opinion of the Federal Police or the competent security bodies depending on the case, all issues that arise in relation to the security devices referred to by the law and this regulatory decree, as well as on the appropriateness of exempting some of the measures established for certain houses taking into account location, characteristics of the premises where they operate, or their relative importance.
Decree No. 1,835 of July 30, 1979 temporarily repealed this attribution, which was restored by Decree No. 2,527 of October 12, 1970 (Points 4 and 5 respectively).
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ARTICLE 4 - The deadline to complete security devices in already authorized houses will be fixed by THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. Without prejudice to this, until the safes have the "triple-chronometric" type lock determined in ARTICLE 1, subsection c), one of its keys must be deposited in the premises of the nearest security forces with the greatest guarantee of power.
The deadline referred to, applicable to banking houses in operation prior to the issuance of the transcribed Decree, came to an end on June 30, 1972.
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3. Security devices for financial companies, credit unions, and savings and loan societies for housing or other real estate (Decree No. 1,284 of February 15, 1973).
ARTICLE 1 - The minimum security measures that, in accordance with Law No. 19.130, financial companies, savings and loan societies for housing or other real estate, and credit unions must adopt in each of their houses are the following:
A - When the stored cash does not exceed $ 50,000 (The amount in force for the year 1982 is $ 135,000,000 (one hundred thirty-five million pesos). The entities included must self-group in the section corresponding to them and notify immediately any modification that alters the declared grouping):
a) Mobile safe box that meets the specifications, as an integral part of this decree, detailed in Annex No. 1. b) Security box in the receiving counters, according to the specifications, as an integral part of this decree, detailed in Annex No. 2. c) External alarm, with adequate controls to activate it securely and with minimal possibility of accidental operation. It must have connections to the openings of the premises and to the safe. d) Special locks, bolts, bars, chains, iron or steel shutters, bars, and bulletproof peepholes, as appropriate, on all access points to the buildings (doors, windows, skylights, inner courtyards, etc.). B - When the stored cash exceeds the sum of $ 50,000 (the amount in force for the year 1982 is $ 135,000,000 (one hundred thirty-five million pesos). The entities included must self-group in the section corresponding to them and notify immediately any modification that alters the declared grouping), the following measures must be adopted complementarily or supplementarily:
a) Armored turret, booth, or cabin at height, allowing panoramic surveillance with an adequate angle of fire. When the characteristics of the premises make height installation impossible, construction outside the premises - also at height - close to the main access door or inside the premises at ground level is admitted, in that order (the characteristics of the armored turrets, booths, or cabins have been fixed by Resolution of the Presidency No. 440 of August 4, 1978 (Point 7.4.). b) Remote alarm, with adequate controls to activate it securely and with minimal possibility of accidental operation. In the armored turret, booth, or cabin, a push-button must be installed (by Resolution of the Presidency No. 136 of February 14, 1979 (Point 7.5.) the characteristics of these remote alarms were established; the temporary exemption from it within the Province of Buenos Aires was established by Resolution No. 157 of May 7, 1980 (Point 7.6.). c) Additional police service or security personnel authorized by the competent authority. d) The mobile safe box must be equipped with an additional chronometric lock, at minimum, on the main door. e) Caretaker service and internal and external night lighting, when necessary (the need to implement the measures established in this subsection is determined by the security body that carried out the verification of the prevention device adopted, by disposition of the Central Bank).
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ARTICLE 2 - From the promulgation of this decree, no new houses may be authorized unless the requirements established by it are satisfied, except in the situations provided for in ARTICLE 3.
ARTICLE 3 - THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC will resolve, prior to the opinion of the competent security bodies, all issues that arise in relation to the security devices referred to by this regulatory decree, as well as on the appropriateness of exempting some of the measures established for certain houses taking into account: location, characteristics of the premises where they operate, or their relative importance.
ARTICLE 4 - The deadline to complete security devices in already authorized houses will be fixed by THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. Without prejudice to this, until the mobile safe boxes have the chronometric lock determined in article 1, section B, subsection d), one of its keys must be deposited, at the close of daily operations, in the premises of a security body.
The deadline for financial companies and credit unions to adopt, in houses existing prior to the issuance of this Decree, the prevention device fixed, came to an end on December 31, 1975. For its part, a differentiated term was established for savings and loan societies for housing or other real estate, which, depending on whether they were grouped in section "A" or "B", expired on September 30 and October 31, 1978, respectively.
ARTICLE 5 - THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC may annually update the amounts provided for in article 1 of this decree, applying the adjustment coefficient resulting from the "Wholesale Price Index" in the total item "Non-Agricultural Products", which is periodically published in the Statistics Bulletin of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses.
ARTICLE 6 - Annexes No. 1 and No. 2 are incorporated as an integral part of this decree (points 3.1. and 3.2. respectively).
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It is appropriate to clarify that "stored cash" should be understood not only as the bills and coins stored properly in the safe, but also the availability with which paying tellers are authorized during business hours to ensure, according to their operational volume, the normal needs of the entity's development. ---oOo---
3.1. Annex 1 to Decree No. 1,284/73: GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS OF SAFES
I - MOBILE SAFE BOXES. a) Shell: with armor that ensures its inviolability by mechanical means, oxyacetylene torch, and resistant to disintegration by high-power impact, during the entity's inactive hours, constructed in a single-piece body or a single-piece per side, with its joints tongue-and-groove or embedded. It must have adequate thermal insulation that prevents the destruction of the content by heat action. b) Main door: must be constructed with characteristics of greater resistance than those provided for the case, with its corresponding lock box and bolts. Its closure must guarantee the anti-thermal properties of the box.
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3.2. Annex 2 to Decree No. 1,284/73.
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS OF RECEIVING BOXES. a) Shell: steel plate structure with a thickness not less than 3 mm. b) Access opening: of reduced dimensions with mechanisms that prevent the extraction of money. c) Door: steel plate structure with a thickness not less than 5 mm., with a double-key lock or two double-lever key locks. One of the keys must be kept, indistinctly, in the internal drawer of the safe box, with a delay mechanism, in another financial entity, or in the premises of the nearest security body. d) Location: fixed to wall or floor.
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4. Creation of the "Advisory Commission on Security Measures in Banking Institutions and Financial Companies" - Decree No. 1,835 of July 30, 1979, the relevant part of which is transcribed:
ARTICLE 1 - The Advisory Commission on Security Measures in Banking Institutions and Financial Entities is created.
ARTICLE 2 - The Commission created by the previous article will be presided over by the Minister of the Interior and integrated by a representative of that State Department who will act as executive coordinator and by representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the Federal Police of Argentina, the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic, and the Coordinating Commission of Banks of the Argentine Republic.
ARTICLE 3 - This commission will issue its opinion within 120 calendar days from the date of this decree and will submit to the Executive Power the relevant conclusions and proposals.
ARTICLE 4 - Until the Executive Power issues new norms on devices and security measures, the powers granted to the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic by article 3 of Decree No. 2,525/71 and article 1 of Decree No. 1,833/77 are suspended, as well as the compliance with the deadlines established by Circulars numbers 398/78 and 620/79 of the aforementioned banking institution, without this meaning any decrease in the degree of security reached so far by banking institutions and financial entities.
(The powers of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic that were suspended by this decree have been reintegrated to it, except those referred to in Decree No. 1,833/77-, by Decree No. 2,527/79 (Point 5.). As for the suspension of the deadlines fixed by Circulars R.F. 398 and 620 (characteristics of armored turrets and remote alarm of entities included in Decree No. 1,284/73, respectively), it does not free from the obligation to strictly adhere to their provisions in new houses authorized or in case of relocations occurring from the date of issuance of such regulatory norms. Only the adaptation of existing turrets and alarms prior to their appearance has been suspended (Points 7.4. and 7.5., respectively).
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5. Assignment of powers to the Central Bank to resolve exception situations - Decree No. 2527 of October 12, 1979, the relevant part of which is transcribed:
ARTICLE 1. - THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC is authorized to provisionally resolve all issues that arise in relation to the prevention device established by Decree No. 2525/71, until the National Executive Power issues new norms on security measures, in accordance with what is provided in Decree No. 1835/79.
ARTICLE 2. - This institution is authorized to resolve on the appropriateness of exempting some of the measures established for the included entities, taking into account their location, characteristics of the premises where they operate, or their relative importance, abstaining from imposing prevention devices that do not relate to those established in the currently in force norms.
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ARTICLE 4º - The deadline to complete security devices in already authorized houses will be fixed by THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. Without prejudice to this, until the safes have the "triple-chronometric" type lock determined in ARTICLE 1º, subsection c), one of its keys must be deposited in the premises of the nearest security forces with the greatest guarantee of power.
The deadline referred to, for banking houses in operation prior to the issuance of the inscribed Decree, came to an end on June 30, 1972.
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7. Regulatory norms issued by the Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina
7.1. Replacement of the armored safe:
As stipulated in subsection c) of Article 1 of Decree No. 2525/71 (Point 2), all bank branches must have an armored safe (cement and steel). However, requests are accepted and authorizations granted for its replacement by a mobile safe-box, when the branch operates in premises not owned by it, these are of reduced dimensions, there are unfavorable geological conditions in the area for constructing the safe, or any other cause is alleged that justifies the exception, which, once granted, expires upon the relocation of the branch or modification of the cause considered for its granting. For this reason, entities must immediately communicate any such variation. Only in the case of non-owned premises is the request resolved directly, while in the remaining cases, a report from the competent security agency in the jurisdiction is required. Requests must be submitted before the branch is authorized. The substitute elements (mobile safe-boxes) must comply with the characteristics established by Resolution of the Presidency 727 of December 6, 1974, the relevant part of which is transcribed:
7.1.1. Hull: with armor ensuring its inviolability by mechanical means, oxy-acetylene torch, and resistance to disintegration by high-impact force, during the entity's inactive hours, constructed in a single piece or a single piece per face, with its joints tongue-and-groove or embedded. It must have adequate thermal insulation to prevent destruction of the contents by heat action.
7.1.2. Main door: Must be constructed with characteristics of greater resistance than those foreseen for the hull, with its corresponding lock box and bolts. Its closure must guarantee the anti-thermal properties of the box.
7.1.3. Interior structure: must have a drawer for the storage of money.
7.1.4. Locks: Main door: triple-chronometric type - Additionally, it must have two numerical combinations, with four dials, automatic key-to-code change, a device that prevents its violation, and protruding collars on its axes that prevent forcing its displacement inward or outward, or alternatively, a lock with a double-slate key or another of recognized security and a numerical combination lock.
Internal drawer: with delay mechanism.
7.1.5. Location: separated from party walls. When, due to its weight, it is easily movable, it must be fixed to a consistent wall and/or floor, according to the characteristics of the premises.
7.2. Lower-tier offices:
7.2.1. Lower-tier offices used by financial entities, dedicated exclusively to the receipt of deposits for savings accounts and current accounts, and to the collection of taxes, fees, contributions, utility bills, and other obligations, as well as to limited savings withdrawal services, may operate in constructions specially adapted to their operations that possess, at minimum, the characteristics and general conditions detailed in point 7.2.2.
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7.2. General characteristics and conditions:
7.2.2.1. The construction or "module" where the lower-tier office operates cannot be located in an open place.
This construction or "module" must be installed close to the main entrance door of the place where it is located, it is advisable that it can be observed from the exterior, and it should be located, if possible, in such a way that its rear part rests against a consistent wall.
Likewise, it must carry, in a clearly visible place, the inscription "The keys are in the possession of the Head Office or Branch No. ...".
7.2.2.2. The construction or "module" must have a receiver box, sealed unit type.
For the purposes of these norms, a receiver box, sealed unit type, is understood to be one composed of a metallic body that must be firmly fixed to a wall, floor, or consistent column of the place where the construction or "module" is located, with armor providing adequate protection against aggression by torches and/or mechanical means, and incorporating within its body a mobile metallic safe with mechanisms at its access mouth and door that prevent the extraction of deposited valuables.
7.2.2.3. Entities must adopt precautions that enable the presenting to the acting verifier official of a certificate issued by the respective manufacturer stating that the receiver box meets the requirements established in point 7.2.2.2. This certificate must also specify the technical specifications of the materials used and construction details of the referred device.
7.2.2.4. The maximum sum that can be kept outside the receiver box for the operation of lower-tier offices is $ 50,000 (fifty thousand pesos). This amount is updated, when applicable, by Communication "B".
The Central Bank may update the referred amount, applying the coefficient resulting from the "Wholesale Price Index" in the total category "Non-Agricultural Products" which is periodically published in the Statistics Bulletin of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, whenever the adjustments to be made represent increases not less than (25%) TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT.
7.2.2.5. The removal of the safe must be done with the participation of the valuables carrier involved in the transfer, who must be the holder of keys allowing the extraction of the same from inside the metallic body.
Simultaneously, a new empty safe must be incorporated for the deposit of the values of the following operations.
7.2.2.6. During inactive hours, no sum must be stored in the receiver box.
7.2.2.7. The opening of the safe must be carried out in the Treasury of the Head Office or in the branch from which the lower-tier office depends.
7.2.2.8. For the transfer of the safe, the strict provisions of the regime of Decree No. 2625/73 - Reserved must be observed.
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7.3. 24-hour deposit boxes:
7.3.1. The deposit receiving box for 24-hour services must be located in the internal part of the building occupied by the entity, and firmly fixed to the consistent floor.
7.3.2. The component parts of the box must have armor on all their faces, hermetic closure, and fireproof insulation, and resistance to perforation and fracture, whether by oxy-acetylene torch and/or mechanical means.
7.3.3. The box must be equipped internally with devices that prevent the extraction of deposited values by the collector box. This must be of the smallest dimensions that allow the operation.
7.3.4. All doors of the receiving box that allow access to its interior must be constructed with characteristics of greater resistance than the rest of the device; as well as their corresponding lock boxes and bolts.
7.3.5. The doors referred to in the previous point must have two locks; one of which must be numerical combination, with four dials, automatic key-to-code change, and a device that prevents its violation, with protruding collars on its axes that prevent forcing its displacement inward or outward, and the other of laminar combinations with a key of at least two toothed profiles of different configuration. The keys must be deposited in the mobile safe-box or armored safe.
The door to the collector box must have, in its corresponding lock box, a mechanism that prevents the extraction of the key in case the said door is not properly closed. The key must be difficult to reproduce and without any type of identification.
7.3.6. Entities must adopt precautions that enable the presenting to the acting verifier official of a certificate issued by the manufacturer stating that the box meets the requirements established in this regulation. This certificate must also specify the technical specifications of the materials used and construction details of the referred device.
7.3.7. The collector box must have adequate night lighting, and the fixtures providing it must be properly protected.
7.4. Armored guard booths:
7.4.1. Guard booths to be installed:
7.4.1.1. Dimensions:
7.4.1.1.1. Interior surface: not less than 1 m2 free.
7.4.1.1.2. Minimum volume: 2m3 net.
7.4.1.2. General characteristics:
7.4.1.2.1. Wide visibility: must allow the maximum visual field to the occupant through its transparent armors, placed at heights greater than 1000 mm from the floor of the guard booth.
7.4.1.2.2. Height: guard booths must be installed at a height not less than 600 mm from the floor of the room under surveillance. When the
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7.4.1.2.3. Roof. must present a slope such that it does not allow the retention of elements thrown against its upper part, unless it coincides with that of the room to be guarded. This requirement can be achieved by a coating or false ceiling firmly attached to the structure of the guard booth.
7.4.1.2.4. Door: must allow the access of a man of regular stature, standing upright and without bending. Its closure system must lack interior bolts or locks that cannot be removed from the outside. Its lock (special security) must be operable indistinctly from the interior or from the exterior, even if the key is placed on the opposite roof.
7.4.1.3. Armor:
7.4.1.3.1. Protection: both opaque and transparent must be anti-FAL, responding entirely to Test Standard No. 1 (Anti-FAL Armor) issued by the National Registry of Arms.
7.4.1.3.2. Coating: the entire opaque sector of the armor must be bullet-spall resistant or possess a coating that gives it that property, both on its interior and exterior surface.
7.4.1.4. Habitability:
7.4.1.4.1. Ventilation: must be achieved by incorporating the guard booth into the general air conditioning system, if it exists, or by means of the guard booth itself (extractor, fan, etc.)
7.4.1.4.2. Controls: must be available to the personnel occupying them, for their regulation or blocking, as deemed necessary.
7.4.1.4.3. Inlet and outlet of ventilation pipes or fans: must be difficult to access, preferably armored. If they have openings to or from the exterior, they must be protected so as to prevent the passage of solid objects with a diameter greater than 30 mm.
7.4.1.4.4. Autonomous breathing equipment: its availability is mandatory. It must ensure an air reserve of not less than 30 minutes, and have a mask that protects the main mucous membranes of the face against the irritating effect of chemical aggressors.
7.4.1.5. Defensive means:
7.4.1.5.1. Firing ports: must be installed in opaque zones, corresponding to the transparent sectors and not less than 200 mm below the lower limit of the mentioned sectors. They must not be openable from the exterior and their quantity must not be less than one per each non-supported face or sector of 90 in cylindrical guard booths.
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7.4.1.5.2. Weapons: from the interior, only handguns must be used.
7.4.1.5.3. Remote alarm: inside the guard booth, there must be at least one remote alarm button within immediate reach of its occupant. The same must offer minimal possibilities of accidental operation. When the entity to which it belongs has a centralized security control room with permanent guard personnel, the alarm must also be connected to said room, from which the remote alarm must be pressed again.
7.4.1.6. Accessories:
7.4.1.6.1. Communication with the area under surveillance: must have acoustic systems allowing them to communicate with the exterior (interior of the sector under surveillance).
7.4.1.6.2. Link with other departments: when internal communication systems exist (intercoms, internal phones, etc.), the guard booth must be connected to the system, unless this is not possible due to the technical characteristics of the latter).
7.4.1.6.3. Autonomous lighting equipment: within each element of the type considered, there must be an autonomous lighting equipment, with its own source, having no less than two reflectors, orientable at will by the guard occupying them, and turning on automatically in case of a power cut in the supply network. Its electrical energy source must ensure a minimum of 3 hours of autonomous lighting.
7.4.2. Guard booths in use:
7.4.2.1. General characteristics: must comply with the technical specifications indicated in 7.4.1. The sector protected by transparents must also be anti-FAL, adopting the most convenient procedure for such modification.
7.4.2.2. Control and certifications: after being adapted to comply with such requirements, they will be subject to the control of:
7.4.2.2.1. the RENAR (National Registry of Arms - Av. Pte. Figueroa Alcorta 3301, (1425) Capital Federal) regarding its armor;
7.4.2.2.2. the jurisdictional police, regarding its placement and remaining specifications.
Both agencies issue the certifications accrediting compliance with these requirements.
7.4.2.3. Deadline for adaptation: until July 31, 1979.
For the purposes of Decree No. 1835/79, the deadline to adapt guard booths that were in use to the issuance of this regulation is suspended. Consequently, any guard booth installed in a new or relocated branch is not covered by this extension.
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7.4.3. Permanence: the presence of the uniformed agent inside the guard booth must be permanent, during the hours of public service, and the financial entity must immediately report any non-compliance in the case of the Federal Capital to the Banking Security Division, an agency dependent on the Federal Police, and to the jurisdictional police stations of the provinces, in the rest of the country, for the immediate intervention.
7.4.4. Additional measures: without prejudice to other electronic or mechanical measures that entities deem convenient to incorporate into the guard booth, special photographic cameras or CCTV may be placed inside - as optional - connected to video recorders (VTR) allowing a graphic record of aggressors and suspects, in order to enable their subsequent identification. If possible, within the field covered by them, there should be elements providing comparatively information on heights as well as date and time (digital clocks, calendars, etc.).
Simultaneously with the issuance of the preceding regulation, the Central Bank issued the following complementary provisions:

• It is considered that guard booths whose installation is foreseen in the cited legal texts must be maintained as a psychological deterrent element and because, in addition, they provide adequate protection against fire to their occupant - custodian of the place - allowing them to alert the repression means in case of an armed incident.
• Therefore, the primary function of the security personnel located inside the booth is to activate the remote alarm, connected to the respective Security Agency.
• Custody personnel occupying the guard booth are allowed to use their weapons in case of:
• exceptional situations and always as long as such intervention does not endanger the life or physical integrity of clients and financial entity personnel, or
• the use of weapons or ammunition that endanger their own life by perforating the guard booth's armor.
  7.5. Remote alarm of financial companies, credit unions, and savings and loan associations for housing or other real estate (included by Article 1, subsection B, of Decree No. 1284/73); the relevant part of Resolution of the Presidency 136 of February 14, 1979, is transcribed;
  Financial entities included in Decree No. 1284/73 must possess, throughout the national territory, in order to comply with what is established in said legal norm, remote alarm systems approved by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Research of the Armed Forces (C.I.T.E.F.A.).
  In the particular case of the Federal Capital, alarm systems must establish a link with the Federal Police through private centers with permanent attention. These centers, upon receiving the alarm produced, must verify its relevance and alert by telephone and/or radioelectric means through natural persons, to the Federal Police regarding the place where the incident has occurred. Throughout the national territory, systems must comply with the norms that, for each case, are determined by the competent security agencies of the respective jurisdiction. Entities must have the systems referred to in this regulation, duly approved and in operation, by June 30, 1979. (Without effect, according to Decree No. 1835/79).
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7.6. Exemption from remote alarm, in the Province of Buenos Aires, granted to financial companies, credit unions, and savings and loan associations for housing or other real estate.
The Police of the Province of Buenos Aires systematically denied all requests made by the entities mentioned in the heading, to install their remote alarm systems, due to operational problems and the quantity of requests made.
For this reason and counting on the relevant opinion issued by the aforementioned Security Agency, by Resolution 157 of May 7, 1980, the Presidency authorized the branches of said entities, located in the referred jurisdiction, to continue operating without remote alarm, which must be replaced by an external alarm, as long as the difficulties preventing the Provincial Police from processing the requests made persist. Nevertheless, it was decided that these entities must adopt the entirety of the remaining prevention device they are required to implement according to current regulations, plus the remaining supplementary measures that the mentioned Police require in each particular case, in order to compensate for the lack of the remote alarm system.
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8. Complementary instructions
8.1. Declaration of security measures adopted, when communicating the authorization or relocation of a financial entity branch.
When submitting form 2522 (Start of activities of branch - Relocation - head or matrix office or branch), entities must declare succinctly, according to the instructions of the cited form, the security measures adopted, referring exclusively to the legal norm applicable to them.
8.2. Self-grouping of financial companies, credit unions, and savings and loan associations for housing or other real estate (included by Decree No. 1284/73).
The entities mentioned in the heading must inform in which of the subsections contained in Article 1 of Decree 1284/73 each of the branches is included, taking into account that such self-grouping does not necessarily have to be homogeneous, but must be assigned individually according to the operation of each branch. In this way, the case of a Head Office located in subsection "A" and its branches in "B" or vice versa is admitted. Likewise, they must immediately notify any modification that alters the declared grouping.
8.3. Reporting of criminal acts or accidents.
The Central Bank needs to have, for the fulfillment of the mission assigned to it in the matter, information regarding all criminal acts and accidents affecting financial entities.
For this cause, in the event that any such incident occurs in the buildings they occupy or during the transfer of money, they must send to said Institution, within five (5) days of the occurrence, a detailed list of the event, with special indication regarding the behavior on the occasion, of the security devices adopted, information that, given its confidential nature, must be provided with the necessary reserves. To avoid erroneous interpretations and the receipt of information that does not interest said Institution, from the point of view of security in financial entities, it is recalled that such communications are sent exclusively when they refer to criminal acts or accidents in which the minimum prevention measures established by Law 19130 and its Decrees and regulatory norms have been affected.
8.4. Abstention from sending plans or sketches
Unless indicated otherwise, financial entities must refrain from sending to the area of the Central Bank that supervises compliance with Law 19130, any type of plans, sketches, or other graphics referring to the general or particular disposition or distribution of the departments where they carry out or plan to carry out their activities, especially those related to areas comprising prevention and/or protection devices.
8.5. Improper activation of the alarm
In order to avoid the inconveniences caused to security agencies, by the deployment of elements and general preparation of repression, financial entities must avoid that, due to the negligence of the responsible personnel, the alarm system is activated without criminal acts being involved.
For this, they must take all necessary measures so that remote alarms (article
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8.6. Location of additional security personnel
Experience indicates that, in some cases, personnel performing private security services in financial entities are located, during public service hours, preferably near the main access doors, thereby denoting a completely vulnerable position.
It is estimated that such a situation works to the detriment of the security scheme pursued, given that such personnel, who should act in a coordinated and complementary manner with the additional police service provided by the competent security authority in the jurisdiction, in any eventuality, would be in a distinctly unfavorable position. Therefore, it is suggested that the authorities of such entities carry out a strategic distribution of the personnel in question, based on a better location that allows for an adequate panoramic view and a higher probability of acting in the face of potential danger.

8.7. Additional police service in the jurisdiction of the Province of Buenos Aires
Within the scope of the Province of Buenos Aires, the additional police service must be contracted directly at the Additional Police section (POLAD) dependent on the General Secretariat of the Police of that State, which is located in the Central Police Department, La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires.

8.8. Police personnel authorized to carry out inspections in the Federal Capital
The Argentine Federal Police designates the personnel of its dependency authorized, exclusively, to carry out the inspections that this Institution entrusts to it, as established by Law 19130. By Communication B, the list of authorized personnel is made known.

8.9. Directives emanating from RENAR (National Registry of Arms)
The National Registry of Arms (RENAR), with which financial entities maintain a connection due to the arms, armored vehicles, armored cash boxes, etc., that they possess or intend to acquire or decommission, has requested from the Central Bank, on various occasions, the dissemination among said entities of some of the norms it dictates. Therefore, financial entities must obtain due advice from that Agency before proceeding to the acquisition, modification, or decommissioning of any of the elements included in the National Law on Arms and Explosives 20429 and its regulatory Decree 395/73, whose texts are provided, for a fee, by said entity.

8.10. Wireless remote alarms. Need to manage the corresponding permit with sufficient advance notice.
Certain entities (banks and financial companies, credit unions, and savings and loan associations for housing or other real estate, the last three when grouped in Section B, Article 1, Decree 1284/73) must install remote alarms.
When such alarms are of the "wireless" type, they require the prior intervention and authorization of the State Secretariat of Communications, a procedure that, as reported by that Agency, demands a period that may impact the establishment plans of new branches, prepared by these entities.
Consequently, the Central Bank recommends initiating the relevant procedures with such advance notice to the date of inauguration of branches that it is sufficient to achieve the prior commissioning of the remote alarm, since, as provided by Decrees Nos. 2525/71 and 1284/73, new branches cannot be opened to the public without having completed the entirety of the prevention device they establish. Likewise, entities are notified that the Central Bank does not attend to requests for exemption, related to the matter treated, based on delays produced in the State Secretariat of Communications, National Directorate of Telecommunications, which is located at Sarmiento 181, 4th floor (1041) Federal Capital.

8.11. Possession of certificates of suitability and/or replacement
Financial entities must adopt the precautions that enable the presentation of the certificates that accredit that the specifications of the security devices instituted by virtue of Law 19130 and its Decrees and regulatory norms, satisfy the requirements of said norms. Likewise, when the replacement or exemption of some of such measures has been authorized, they must have the pertinent approval issued by the Central Bank. Such elements must be exhibited to the verifying official whenever requested, and on this matter, the Presidency of the Central Bank, adopted on 9.12.80 Resolution 520/80 whose operative part is transcribed.

8.11.1. Resolution 520/80 of the Presidency of the Central Bank.

8.11.1.1. Establish that financial entities must adopt the necessary precautions to file in each of their branches the certificates that demonstrate the aptitude of the security measures implemented and that are required by current legislation.

8.11.1.2. Instruct said entities to consider themselves directly responsible for their presentation in case of not having the aforementioned certificates at the time of verification, they must send them to the intervening agency within fifteen (15) days thereafter.

8.11.1.3. Establish that security bodies will in the future remit to this Institution the corresponding Minutes of the inspections required, only after financial entities have exhibited the corresponding certificates of aptitude, or once the period fixed in the preceding point has elapsed, leaving only a record in the cited form if it emerges from the presented elements that the security measures do not satisfy the requirements considered minimum by current legislation, or in its case, the eventual non-compliance incurred.

8.11.1.4. Communicate what has been resolved to financial entities, police institutions, National Gendarmerie, Aeronautical Military Police, and National Maritime Prefecture.

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