CMN Resolution No. 3791 — Amending Operational Norms of the National Program for Strengthening Family Agriculture (Pronaf) and the Rural Employment and Income Generation Program (Proger Rural)

RESOLUTION NO. 003791

Amending operational norms of the National Program for Strengthening Family Agriculture (Pronaf) and the Rural Employment and Income Generation Program (Proger Rural).

The Central Bank of Brazil, in accordance with Article 9 of Law No. 4,595, of December 31, 1964, makes public that the National Monetary Council, in a session held on September 24, 2009, considering the provisions of Article 4, item VI, of Law No. 4,595, of 1964, and Articles 4 and 14 of Law No. 4,829, of November 5, 1965,

R E S O L V E D:

Article 1. Section 5 of Chapter 2 of the Rural Credit Manual (MCR)
shall enter into force with a new item 12 added, with the following text, renumbering the others:

"12 - Regarding the receipts referred to in the letter 'a' of the previous item, in operations contracted within the scope of Pronaf, their presentation is waived when it concerns inputs of own production or own family labor, provided that this is stipulated in the project or credit proposal of the financed enterprise." (NR)

Article 2. Items 4 and 5 of Section 2 of Chapter 10 of the MCR
shall enter into force with the following text:

"4 - The beneficiary who received credit in the capacity of family farmer cannot be reclassified into Group 'B', for the purpose of receiving future credits, except as provided in item 8, with the control of this determination being the responsibility of the respective financial institution." (NR)

"5 - Family farmers who obtained financing within the scope of Pronaf, except in Groups 'A' and 'A/C', may be reclassified into Groups 'A' or 'A/C', to access a single financing, provided they meet the requirements for classification into these Groups, with the control of this determination being the responsibility of the financial agent, and provided that:
............................................ " (NR)

Article 3. Letter 'b' of item 1 of Section 18 of Chapter 10 of the MCR
shall enter into force with the following text:

"b) purposes: proposals or projects for investment in production and storage of saffron, rice, coffee, rye, beans, cassava, corn, sorghum and wheat and for fruit farming, horticulture, apiculture, aquaculture, poultry farming, beef cattle farming, dairy cattle farming, goat farming, sheep farming, fishing and pig farming;" (NR)

Article 4. Item 3 of Section 1 of Chapter 8 of the MCR shall enter into
force with the following text:

"3 - In the area of coverage of the Constitutional Funds of the North (FNO), of the Northeast (FNE) and Center-West (FCO), the granting of investment credit:

a) is restricted to the source of resources and to the conditions in force for these funds, especially regarding terms and financial charges, when the operation is carried out by the financial institution administering the respective Fund; and

b) may be carried out with resources from other sources, within the scope of Proger Rural, when the financial institution operating is not the administrator of the Constitutional Fund that operates in the region of location of the enterprise." (NR)

Article 5. Item VIII of Article 6 of Resolution No. 3,732, of
June 17, 2009, shall enter into force with the following text:

"VIII - resource limit per source:

a) Official Credit Operations: R$250 million;

 ................................................ " (NR)

Article 6. This resolution enters into force on the date of its
publication.

Brasília, September 24, 2009.

Henrique de Campos Meirelles
President