2025-05-07 | A 8239Added
The Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina updates the monthly accounting reporting requirements for foreign exchange operations by modifying specific fields in Section 23 of the regulatory framework. Adjustments to concept codes I12, I13, and P28 apply to submissions from May 12, 2025, covering operations from May 5, 2025, while other modifications apply to submissions from May 14, 2025. Financial entities and exchange operators must submit rectifications using the full batch mode and adhere to new formatting rules for fields related to jurisdiction, linkage, beneficiary details, and asset/liability survey numbers.
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"Año de la Reconstrucción de la Nación Argentina" COMUNICACIÓN “A” 8239 07/05/2025 TO FINANCIAL ENTITIES, TO EXCHANGE OPERATORS:
Ref.: Circular
RUNOR 1-1896:
Monthly Accounting Report - "Foreign Exchange Operations" (R.I. - O.C.). Adjustments ___________________________________________________________________________ We address you in relation to Communication “A” 8238 regarding the information regime of reference. In this regard, we send you attached the sheets that correspond to replace in the ordered text of Section 23. of "Submission of Information to the Central Bank". The modifications associated with concept codes I12 - I13 - P28 will be applicable for submissions made from 05/12/25, with validity for operations processed from 05/05/25 onwards, while the rest of the modifications will apply for submissions made from 05/14/25. Rectifications submitted by virtue of the stated validity must be carried out under the full batch modality. We greet you sincerely. CENTRAL BANK OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC Rodrigo J. Danessa Estela M. del Pino Suárez Main Manager of Information Regime and Information Centers General Manager of Information Regime and Protection of Users of Financial Services
ANNEX
23.2.1.2. For any identification number with fewer than 11 positions, a zero shall be placed to the right and the necessary number of zeros to the left to reach the total length of field 9.
23.2.1.3. Field 18 "Country of origin" will be mandatory integration for operations processed with clients residing abroad. This field must be completed with blanks when the reported operations correspond to clients residing in the country.
23.2.1.4. Field 4 will be split to be integrated based on the attributes detailed below; in cases where the coded situations are not configured, they will be completed with blanks to complete the length of the field:
Field 4.a) JURISDICTION – Positions 1 and 2
It will be completed by consigning the corresponding jurisdiction code, according to the "Jurisdiction Code" table provided in the NP. Field 4.b) LINKAGE – Position 3 In all operations A11, A13, A21 and A23, it must be indicated whether the client and the counterparty constitute the types of relationships described in point 3.4 of the NP, with the exception of operations processed under concepts A07, A09, A10, A12, A22, A24, S06 and S29. For these purposes, in the third position, "S" (Yes) or "N" (No) will be consigned. Field 4.c) FOLLOW-UP – Positions 4 and 5 Additionally, positions 4 and 5 must be completed, taking into account what is provided in points 3.6 to 3.48 of the NP and in Annex III of these instructions. Positions 6, 7 and 8 will be completed with blanks.
23.2.1.5. Field 13 will be mandatory integration only when a correspondent intervenes in the reported operation (operation types A15, A16, A25 and A26 – always mandatory – and A11, A13, A21 and A23, when applicable).
23.2.1.6. Fields 16 "Final beneficiary/originator country code" and 17 "Name of foreign beneficiary/originator" will be completed according to the guidelines established in Annexes I and II of this section.
23.2.1.7. Description type fields (fields 10 and 17 of design 2713) must not contain tab characters or quotes. They must be generated in uppercase characters without accents.
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In field 22 "Amount in original currency": the amount in foreign currency attributed to each shipping/customs clearance permit included in the ticket. In field 23 "Amount in original currency": the amount in pesos. In field 24 "Number of officialization for export consumption/shipping permit number/identification code for import payments/Identification code for operations associated with goods exports": the number of shipping or customs clearance permit or ZFI, as applicable. In field 25: it must be integrated with blanks to cover its length. The remaining fields will be integrated with the same data for all records involving the same ticket number (field 6).
23.2.1.11. Integration of the field "Shipping Date/Date of operation associated with goods export/Collection Date/Original Operation Date".
For operations (A13) processed under concepts B01, B02, B03, B04, B27, B28, B29, B30, B31 and S01 to S31, the date of receipt of collection will be consigned in field 20. For operations (A11) processed under concepts B06, B07, B10, B11, B14, B15, B17, B18, B19, B20, B21, B22, B26, P13, the shipping date will be consigned in field 20.
23.2.1.12. Returns of advance and cash payments for imports/Cancellation of operations that do not correspond to the application of foreign exchange from export collections.
a) Returns of advance and cash payments for imports.
For operations A13 processed under concepts B05, B07, B10, B11, B12, B13, B16, B18, B19, B20 or B21, the date on which the original operation to which the return refers was finalized will be consigned in field 20 (that is, the date consigned in field 3 for concepts B05, B07, B10, B11, B12, B13, B16, B18, B19, B20 or B21 for operations A11). This criterion will be used even for those cases where in the original operation field 20 was integrated with the shipping date. For the integration of field 24, what is provided in point 23.2.1.9 item c) must be considered. In these cases, the amount in original currency (if it is the same) must be equal to or less than that reported for concept codes B05, B07, B10, B11, B12, B13, B16, B18, B19, B20 or B21 in the original operation. B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK
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b) Cancellation of operations that do not correspond to the application of foreign exchange from export collections.
For operations A11 processed under concepts P01, P03, P06, P08, P12, P18, P19, P20, P22, P23, P24, P25, P26, B23 or B24, which correspond to the cancellation by the foreign exchange market of an operation eligible for the application of foreign exchange, that is, operations A13 with field 4 – fourth and fifth position – equal to AB, AD, AM or AI, the date of the original operation must be consigned in field 20 (that is, the date consigned in field 3 for concepts P01, P03, P06, P08, P12, P18, P19, P20, P22, P23, P24, P25, P26, B23 or B24 for operations A13 with field 4 – fourth and fifth position – equal to AB, AD, AM or AI). For the integration of field 24, what is provided in point 23.2.1.9 item b) must be considered. In these cases, the amount in original currency (if it is the same) must be equal to or less than that reported for concept codes P01, P03, P06, P08, P12, P18, P19, P20, P22, P23, P24, P25, P26, B23 or B24 in the original operation.
23.2.1.13. Field 25 "Form number and investment number of the survey of external assets and liabilities" must be integrated for operations processed with concept codes B03, B06, B07, B08, B10, B11, B14, B15, B17, B18, B19, B20, B21, B22, B26, B30, S01 to S31, S33, I01, I03 to I06, I09, I10, I12, I13, P01, P05 to P09, P11, P13, P22, P23, P24, P25, P27 and P28 with operation type A11 or A21. The format "RRRRRRNNNNNNNNNN" will be used, where RRRRRR is the number of the form registered on the official website of the Agency for Collection and Customs Control - ARCA - (BCRA service - Survey of external assets and liabilities) and NNNNNNNNNN corresponds to the investment number with which the operation was declared. When the number is less than the required positions, zeros will be consigned to the left to reach the total length. Example: an operation registered with investment number No. 4 in form 020302, the number to be consigned is 0203020000000004.
In cases of operations processed with the concept codes indicated in the preceding paragraph that do not correspond to debt cancellations that must be declared, it must be integrated with blanks. B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK
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Code Legend Cause
26 FIELD 20 INCORRECTLY COMPLETED • For:
Annex I
Guidelines for the mandatory integration of fields 16 and 17.
Field 17 "Name of Foreign Beneficiary/Originator" will be mandatory integration whenever code 2 has been consigned in field 12.
Field 16 "Final beneficiary/originator country code" and field 17 in cases where code 1 has been consigned in field 12 must be governed according to the guidelines detailed below:
A11 or A21
A13 or A23
A09 - A10 - A11 - A12 - A16 - A17 -
A19 - A22 - A24
B04 - B27 - B31
I02 - I11
P12 - P15 - P26
25
(field 17 design 2713)
A09 - A10 - A11 - A12 - A19 - A22 –
A24
B04 - B27- B31
I02 - I11
P12 - P15 - P26
A11 or A21
A13 or A23
A04 - A07 - A20 - A21 -
B26
I07 - I09 - I10 - I12 - I13
P21 - P22 - P23 - P24 - P25 - P27-
P28
S33
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