Communication A 8185: Monthly Accounting Report - Foreign Exchange Operations (R.I. - O.C.) Adjustments

"Año de la Reconstrucción de la Nación Argentina" COMUNICACIÓN “A” 8185 27/01/2025 TO FINANCIAL ENTITIES, TO EXCHANGE OPERATORS:
Ref.: Circular
RUNOR 1-1880:
Monthly Accounting Report - "Foreign Exchange Operations" (R.I. - O.C.). Adjustments ___________________________________________________________________________ We address you regarding Communication “A” 8184 concerning 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". These modifications will be applicable for submissions made from 29/01/2025, with validity for operations from 27/01/2025 onwards. In this regard, corrective filings made pursuant to the stated validity must be processed under the full batch modality (total corrective). We greet you sincerely. CENTRAL BANK OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC Rodrigo J. Danessa Estela M. del Pino Suárez Principal Manager of Information Regime and Information Centers General Manager of Information Regime and Protection of Users of Financial Services

ANNEX

23.2.1.8. In cases of cancellations (operation codes A21 to A26), the
field 20 will record the date on which the original operation was finalized. It must be verified that it matches all fields reported timely for the original operation that is being cancelled, except for information date/operation, internal ticket number, and shipping date. Fields 4, 24 and 25 may not match in the following cases:

• field 4: for operations prior to 1/7/10;
• field 24: for operations prior to 1/12/09 or 27/7/12 for concept
  codes 118 and 173; for operations after 11/11/17 and until 1/9/19; for operations prior to 2/10/2020 for concept codes P01, P03, P04, P06 and P08 processed with operation type A13; for operations prior to 07/11/2023 for concept codes P12 processed with operation type A13; for operations prior to 19/5/2023 for concept codes B23 and P18 with operation type A13; for operations prior to 30/6/2023 for concept codes B24, P19 and P20 processed with operation type A13.
• field 25: for operations prior to 23/6/14 and until 30/6/17; for operations between 30/6/17 and until 1/9/19.
  For cancellations of the situations provided for in point 23.2.1.10., the existence of at least one record will imply the automatic cancellation of all those containing the same internal ticket number.

23.2.1.9. Field 24 will be integrated according to the following instructions:
a) For concept codes B01, B06, B14, B15, B17, B22, B26, B28 and P13 (operation types A11 and A13). For import shipping/dispatch permit: export destination number/import dispatch number, as applicable: year, customs, operation type, registration number and check digit, format: 22-333- 4444-XXXXXX-C, where 2 is the year, 3 customs code, 4 operation typification, X registration number and C check digit (without dashes). In operations via Courier or other operations in which access to the foreign exchange market is enabled with a document whose number does not correspond to the format of the previous paragraph, the format CAAMMDDXXXXXXXXX will be used, where the first character is a fixed parameter “C”, AAMMDD is the date of realization of the import/export and XXXXXXXXX will be completed according to the following detail depending on the type of operation to be reported:

• Courier exports/imports: the Courier's acronym or name will be recorded until completing the 16 positions.

• Imports by individual request: the code MSOLIPART will be recorded.

• Imports of goods donated to the Ministry of Health of the Nation within the
  framework of the COVID-19 pandemic: the code MMINSALUD will be recorded.

• Inflows of goods destined to Off-Shore plants: the code MOFFSHORE will be recorded.
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• Inflows of goods for duty-free shops: the code
  MTDLIBRIM will be recorded.

• Inflows of goods to bonded warehouses: the code MDEPFRANC will be recorded.
  b) For operation types A13 with concept codes B02, B03, B04, B27, B29, B30 and B31: the letters APX will be recorded in the first three digits, the entity code in the next 5 and a sequential and correlational number in the remaining 8, which will start at 00000001 daily. For operation types A13 with concept codes P01, P03, P06, P08, P12, P19, P20, P22, P23, P24, P25, P26, B24 and field 4 (fourth and fifth position) equal to AB; concept codes P01, P03, P06, P08, P19, P20, P23, P24, P25 and B24 and field 4 equal to AD; concept codes P01, P03, P06, P08, P23, P24 and P25 and field 4 equal to AM; concept codes P01, P06, P08, P12, P18, P23, P24, P25, P26 and B23 and field 4 equal to AI, the letters APX will be recorded in the first three digits, the entity code in the next 5 and a sequential and correlational number in the remaining 8, which will start at 00000001 daily. If it were returns of inflows (A11) made prior to 2.09.19, the structure of the code to be recorded will be the same for the first 8 digits, while the last 8 will be integrated with the date on which the inflow occurred through the foreign exchange market (year, month and day) (APXEEEEEAAAAMMDD). The last eight digits must match the date reported in field 20. c) For operation types A11 with concept codes B05, B07, B10, B11, B12, B13, B16, B18, B19, B20 and B21: the letters MSD will be recorded in the first three digits, the entity code in the next 5 and a sequential and correlational number in the remaining 8, which will start at 00000001 daily. If it were returns of payments (A13) made prior to 2.09.19, the structure of the code to be recorded will be the same for the first 8 digits, while the last 8 will be integrated with the date on which the inflow occurred through the foreign exchange market (year, month and day) (MSDEEEEEAAAAMMDD). The last eight digits must match the date reported in field 20.

23.2.1.10. Tickets for export collections and import payments – Multiple Tickets.
One record must be reported for each shipping permit or dispatch to the market included in the foreign exchange agreement. For this purpose, for concept codes B01, B06, B14, B15, B17, B22, B26, B28 and P13 in cases where there is more than one involved in the same ticket, the details recorded in the Annex to it will be reported, recording:
In field 6 “Internal Ticket Number”: the ticket number, which will be repeated in all records that correspond. In field 7 “Purchasing/Selling Entity Number – Multiple Ticket Sequence”:
a sequential correlational number starting from 00001 within each ticket number. In field 20 “Shipping Date/Collection Date/Cancelled Operation Date”: the collection date for concept codes B01 and B28 and shipping date for concept code B06, B14, B15, B17, B22, B26 and P13. B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK
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In field 22 “Amount in original currency”: the amount in foreign currency imputed to each shipping permit/dispatch to the market included in the ticket. In field 23 “Amount in original currency”: the amount in pesos. In field 24 “Officialization Number for export consumptions/Identification code for import payments/Identification Code for operations associated with goods exports: the shipping permit number or dispatch to the market 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 that involve 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 for concepts B01, B02, B03, B04, B25, B27, B28, B29, B30, B31 and S01 to S32, the collection receipt date will be recorded in field 20. For operations (A11) processed for concepts B06, B07, B10, B11, B14, B15, B17, B18, B19, B20, B21, B22, B26, P13, the shipping date will be recorded 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 for 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 recorded in field 20 (that is, the date recorded 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 cases where in the original operation field 20 was integrated with the shipping date. For the integration of field 24, the provisions of 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 for 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 recorded in field 20 (that is, the date recorded 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, the provisions of 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, P01, P05 to P09, P11, P13, P22, P23, P24, P25 and P27 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 Customs Revenue and Control Agency -ARCA- (service BCRA – 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 recorded to the left to reach the total length. Example: an operation registered with investment number No. 4 in form 020302, the number to be recorded 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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Denomination: Foreign Exchange Operations - Daily Information Sheet 1 of 3 No Field Name Type (1) Length Observations 1 Design Code Character 4 Constant 2713. 2 Entity Code Numeric 5 The one corresponding to the current account in pesos. 3 Information Date/ Operation Numeric 8 AAAAMMDD. 4 Jurisdiction Code / Linkage / Tracking Code Character 8 According to point 23.2.1.4. of these instructions:
Field 4.a) positions 1 and 2 “Jurisdiction Code” for operation type A11, A13, A21 or A23 Field 4.b) position 3 “Linkage” Field 4.c) positions 4 and 5 “Tracking Code” 5 Operation Type Character 3 A11= Sales of banknotes and foreign currency to clients. A12= Sales of banknotes and foreign currency to other financial entities and exchange houses in the country (including the BCRA). A13= Purchases of banknotes and foreign currency from clients. A14= Purchases of banknotes and foreign currency from other financial entities and exchange houses in the country (including the BCRA). A15= Banknotes and foreign currency received by arbitrage and swap operations with foreign correspondents. A16= Banknotes and foreign currency sent by arbitrage and swap operations with foreign correspondents. A21 to A26= Cancellation of operations A11 to A16. 6 Internal Ticket Number Character 20 For operation type A11, A13, A21 or A23. 7 Purchasing/Selling Entity No. – Sequence for multiple tickets Numeric 5 - Entity No. for operation types A12 or A22 and A14 or A24.

• Correlational numbering within each Internal Ticket No. for concept codes
  B01, B06, B14, B15, B17, B22, B26, B28 and
  P13 in case of multiple tickets (point
  23.2.1.10. of these instructions).
• Complete with zeros in the remaining cases
  8 Client Identification Type
  Numeric 2 According to point 23.2.1.1. For operation type A11, A13, A21 or A23.

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Code Legend Cause
13 DUPLICATE RECORD - Operations with clients:

• more than one record was reported with the same
  internal ticket number and sequence (field
  7), or
• more than one record was reported with the same MSD number for operation type A11, or
• more than one record was reported with the same APX number for operation type A13.
• Cancellations of operations with clients (A2X):
• more than one record was reported with the same
  internal ticket number and sequence (field
  7), or
• more than one record was reported with the same MSD number for the same shipping date
  (field 20), or
• more than one record was reported with the same APX number for the same APX date (field
  20).
  14 FIELD 7 INCORRECTLY REPORTED - Having completed field 5 with an operation type A12, A14, A22 or A24, a code not enabled or the same code recorded in field 2 was reported in field 7, or
• Having recorded another operation type
  it was not completed with zeros, except as established for codes B01, B06, B14, B15, B17, B22, B26, B28 and P13 (point 23.2.1.10. of these instructions). 15 INCORRECT IDENTIFICATION TYPE An identification type not provided for in point 23.2.1.1. was used in field 8 for operation type A11, A21, A13 or A23. 16 INCORRECT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER The identification number reported in field 9 does not comply with what is specified in point 23.2.1.1. 17 INCORRECT TYPE AND IDENTIFICATION NUMBER Having completed field 5 with an operation type other than A11, A21, A13 or A23, fields 8 and/or 9 were not integrated with zeros or blanks, respectively.

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Code Legend Cause
26 FIELD 20 INCORRECTLY REPORTED • For:

• Field 19 = B01, B02, B03, B04, B25, B27, B28,
  B29, B30, B31 and S01 to S32 with field 5 = A13; or
• Field 19 = B06, B07, B10, B11, B14, B15, B17,
  B18, B19, B20, B21, B22, B26 and P13 with field 5 = A11; or
• Field 5 = A21 to A26
  field 20 was completed with zeros or an invalid date was reported (for example

20061335. or it contains non-numeric characters or
          is prior to 01/01/1990 or

• For returns of inflows (field 5 = A11)
  and returns of payments (field 5 = A13) made prior to 02/09/19 the guidelines provided for in points 23.2.1.9. b) and c) of these instructions were not followed;
• For the remaining cases:
  Field 20 was not completed with zeros (not applicable for field 5 = A11 with field 19 “Concept Code” = P01, P03, P06, P08, P12, P18, P19, P20, P22, P23, P24, P25, P26, B23 or B24). 27 FIELD 24 INCORRECTLY REPORTED - Having completed in field 19 “Concept Code” B01, B06, B14, B15, B17, B22, B26, B28 or P13 the reported number does not correspond to the formats provided for in point 23.2.1.9.a) of these instructions;
• Having completed in field 19 “Concept Code” B02, B03, B04, B27, B29, B30
  or B31 the reported number does not correspond to the formats provided for in point 23.2.1.9.b) of these instructions;
• Having completed in field 19 “Concept Code” P01, P03, P06, P08, P12, P18,
  P19, P20, P22, P23, P24, P25, P26, B23 or B24 with field 4 (fourth and fifth position) equal to AB, AD, AM or AI the reported number does not correspond to the formats provided for in point 23.2.1.9.b) of these instructions;
• Having completed in field 19 “Concept Code” B05, B07, B10, B11, B12, B13,
  B16, B18, B19, B20 or B21, the reported number does not correspond to the formats provided for in point 23.2.1.9.c) of these instructions;
• For the remaining cases, it was not completed with
  blanks.

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Code Legend Cause
34 INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN CLIENT STATUS AND TYPE OF IDENTIFICATION Having reported field 5 with an operation type A11, A13, A21 or A23 and having recorded in field 8 identification type 55 or 66, code 1 was not recorded in field 12. 35 FIELD 7 INCORRECTLY REPORTED - For concept codes B01, B06, B14, B15, B17, B22, B26, B28 and P13: having reported in field 7 a number different from 0, the 00001 was omitted or the complete sequence was not found; or having reported equal to zero, at least one other record was reported with field 7 different from zero;

• A number different from 0 was reported, except
  as established in point 23.4. for codes of operation A12, A14, A22 or A24. 36 INCONSISTENCY IN MULTIPLE TICKET INFORMATION For an internal ticket number with field 7 greater than 1, it was verified that fields 1 to 5, 8 to 9, 21, 24 and 25 were not integrated in the manner indicated in the last paragraph of point
  23.2.1.10. of these instructions.
  37 DUPLICATE INTERNAL TICKET NUMBER
  More than one record was reported with the same internal ticket number (field 6) and the same code in field 24. 38 ORIGINAL OPERATION NOT FOUND
• Having reported concept code B05, B07, B10, B11, B12, B13, B16, B18,
  B19, B20 or B21 with operation type A13, the operation A11 with concept codes B05, B07, B10, B11, B12, B13, B16, B18, B19, B20 or B21 was not found on the date reported in field 20 well
• Having reported concept code P01, P03, P06, P08, P12, P18, P19, P20,
  P22, P23, P24, P25, P26, B23 or B24 with operation type A11, the operation A13 with the same concept code with field 4 (fourth and fifth position) equal to AB, AD or AM or AI was not found on the date reported in field 20.

Annex I
Guidelines for the mandatory nature of fields 16 and 17.
Field 17 “Beneficiary/Ordering Party Designation from Abroad” will be mandatory integration whenever code 2 has been recorded in field 12. Field 16 “Final Beneficiary/Ordering Party Country Code” and field 17 in cases where code 1 has been recorded in field 12 must be governed according to the guidelines detailed below:

• Case 1: Integration not admitted.
  Error Legend
  Operation Type
  (field 5)
  Concepts
  24
  (field 16 of design
  2713)
  A11 or A21
  A13 or A23
  A09 - A10 - A11 - A12 - A16 - A17 -
  A19 - A22
  B04 - B27 - B31
  I02 - I11
  P12 - P15 - P26
  25
  (field 17 design 2713)
  A09 - A10 - A11 - A12 - A19 - A22
  B04 - B27
  I02 - I11
  P12 - P15 - P26
• Case 2: Optional integration.
  Error Legend
  Operation Type
  (field 5)
  Concepts
  24 and 25
  (fields 16 and 17 design
  2713)
  A11 or A21
  A13 or A23
  A04 - A07 - A18 - A20 - A21 - A23
  B26
  I07 - I09 - I10
  P21 - P22 - P23 - P24 - P25 - P27
  S33
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Annex II
Field 16 “Final Beneficiary/Ordering Party Country Code” cannot be integrated with the code for Argentina when any of the following concepts are reported:
Error Legend
Operation Type
(field 5)
Concepts
(field 19)
41
(field 16 of design 2713) A11 or A21
A01 - A05 - A06 - A08
B03 - B05 - B06 - B07 - B08 - B09 - B10 - B11 - B12 - B13 - B14 - B15 - B16 - B17 - B18 - B19 - B20 - B21 - B22 - B30 C01 - C02 I01 - I03 - I04 - I05 - I06 - I07 - I08 - I10 P01 - P02 - P03 - P05 - P06 - P08 - P09 - P10 - P11 - P13 - P14 - P16 S01 - S03 - S04 - S05 - S07 - S08 - S09 - S10 - S11 - S12 - S13 - S14 - S15 - S16 - S17 - S18 - S19 - S20 - S21 - S22 - S24 – S28 - S30 - S31 B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK
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Annex III
Guidelines for the integration of positions 4 and 5 of field 4 Positions 4 and 5 shall be governed according to the guidelines detailed below:
A09 A12 B01 B02 B03 B04 B05 B06 B07 B10 B12 B13 B15 B16 B17 B18 B19 B20 B21 B22 B23 B24 B27 B28 B29 B30 B31 C01 l01 I03 P01 P01 P03 P03 P04 P04 P06 P06 P08 P08 P09 P09 P10 P12 P13 P16 P18 P19 P20 P22 P23 P23 P24 P24 P25 P25 P26 S06 S01 a S31 S01 a S31 S16 S17 S18 S19 S22 S30 A11 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A11 A13 A11 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 Cod. Follow-up Validity from Validity Until 02/10/20 X 06/10/21 X 01/11/21 X 03/01/22 X 02/10/20 X 02/10/20 08/07/24 X 08/07/24 X x 07/04/21 X 07/04/21 08/07/24 X 08/07/24 x 07/04/21 X 07/04/21 08/07/24 X 30/06/23 X 08/07/24 x 14/06/21 12/12/20 3 X 14/06/21 X 14/06/21 08/07/24 X 01/11/21 12/12/23 X X 03/01/22 12/12/23 X 07/01/22 12/12/23 X 20/09/22 12/12/23 X 01/12/22 12/12/23 X 12/06/23 12/12/23 X 08/07/24 x 27/08/21 X 01/11/21 X X 03/01/22 X 07/01/22 X 20/09/22 X 01/12/22 X 12/06/23 X 27/08/21 X 27/08/21 08/07/24 X 08/07/24 x IE 03/01/22 12/12/23 X 04/03/22 X 04/03/22 X 20/09/22 X 21/04/23 X 13/12/23 X IP 23/03/22 12/12/23 X SC 08/04/22 12/12/23 X LA 06/05/22 12/12/23 X AD CE PF 12/12/23 RF LB 31/10/22 CONCEPT TYPE OF OPERATION XA 12/12/23 AB AM B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK
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A09 A12 B01 B02 B03 B04 B05 B06 B07 B10 B12 B13 B15 B16 B17 B18 B19 B20 B21 B22 B23 B24 B27 B28 B29 B30 B31 C01 l01 I03 P01 P01 P03 P03 P04 P04 P06 P06 P08 P08 P09 P09 P10 P12 P13 P16 P18 P19 P20 P22 P23 P23 P24 P24 P25 P25 P26 S06 S01 a S31 S01 a S31 S16 S17 S18 S19 S22 S30 A11 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A11 A13 A11 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 Cod. Follow-up Validity from Validity Until 20/05/22 X 27/01/23 X 13/12/23 X 08/07/24 x 27/01/25 x CA 21/06/22 12/12/23 X 28/06/22 X 20/09/22 X 21/04/23 X 21/04/23 08/07/24 X 13/12/23 X 08/07/24 x 28/06/22 X 20/09/22 X 08/07/22 X 20/09/22 X 13/12/23 X TT 22/07/22 13/05/24 X X BT 22/07/22 12/12/23 X AG 27/07/22 31/08/22 X XL 08/08/22 31/12/22 X 05/09/22 30/09/22 X 28/11/22 31/12/22 X 10/04/23 31/05/23 X 05/09/23 X 24/10/23 X 27/10/23 10/12/23 X 27/01/25 x 08/08/22 X X 27/01/25 x x YA 08/08/22 12/12/23 X 08/08/22 X 27/01/23 X 13/12/23 X 27/01/25 x x YL 08/08/22 31/12/22 X X XS YO YB XB PS 31/10/22 SF 31/10/22 SE 31/10/22 CONCEPT TYPE OF OPERATION B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK
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A09 A12 B01 B02 B03 B04 B05 B06 B07 B10 B12 B13 B15 B16 B17 B18 B19 B20 B21 B22 B23 B24 B27 B28 B29 B30 B31 C01 l01 I03 P01 P01 P03 P03 P04 P04 P06 P06 P08 P08 P09 P09 P10 P12 P13 P16 P18 P19 P20 P22 P23 P23 P24 P24 P25 P25 P26 S06 S01 a S31 S01 a S31 S16 S17 S18 S19 S22 S30 A11 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A11 A13 A11 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 A13 A11 Cod. Follow-up Validity from Validity Until 08/08/22 30/09/22 X X 28/11/22 31/12/22 X X 10/04/23 31/05/23 X X 05/09/23 X X 27/01/25 x x IF 04/11/22 12/12/23 X 01/01/23 X 01/01/23 08/07/24 X 12/06/23 X 08/07/24 x XR 10/04/23 31/08/23 X YR 10/04/23 31/08/23 X X 19/05/23 X 19/05/23 08/07/24 X 08/07/24 x 02/06/23 X 02/06/23 08/07/24 X 08/07/24 x 05/09/23 X 13/12/23 X 27/01/25 x x BL 13/12/23 X BP 01/02/24 X 01/02/24 X 27/01/25 x x 01/02/24 X 27/01/25 x MP 10/02/24 X CB 01/07/24 X 05/07/24 X 05/07/24 08/07/24 X 08/07/24 x FC 13/6/2024 X CJ 22/11/24 X LP 22/11/24 X PI XC BC BV PV YS GP AI CONCEPT TYPE OF OPERATION B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK
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Annex IV
COMPLEMENT OF SECTION A: INFORMATION ON THE INTEGRAL SYSTEM FOR MONITORING IMPORTS (SIMI) / REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA IMPORT SYSTEM (SIRA) / “CCUCE” OPERATION NO. IDENTIFICATION / INFORMATION ON OPERATIONS INCLUDED IN DECREE 38/25.

1. General Instructions
   1.1. The information included in this annex is of daily frequency and will be recorded in a variable-length file named “SIMI.TXT” which will contain the data according to the record design inserted in point 4, taking into account what is provided in point 1.2.3.1. of Section 1 of “Submission of Information to the Central Bank”.
   For the identification of this regime, 14 will be used for the regime code and 18 for the requirement code. The aforementioned file must be sent in accordance with what is established in point 1.2.2. of Section 1 of “Submission of Information to the Central Bank” for the file transfer service on the exclusive site www3 (MFT). At the time of sending the information, the “DETALLE.XML” file must indicate as the information date the one corresponding to the day under report.
   1.2. The sales (A11) and purchase (A13) operations reported in Section A of the day under report must be informed in the “SIMI.TXT” file, as established in the Operating Procedures (COMPLEMENT OF SECTION A: INFORMATION ON THE INTEGRAL SYSTEM FOR MONITORING IMPORTS (SIMI) / REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA IMPORT SYSTEM (SIRA) / “CCUCE” OPERATION NO. IDENTIFICATION) / INFORMATION ON OPERATIONS INCLUDED IN DECREE 38/25.
   1.2. For the validation of the “SIMI.TXT” file, the following considerations must be taken into account:
   a) Prior validation of the “OPCAM.TXT” file of the same period is required. b) If the “OPCAM.TXT” file is not valid, the “SIMI.TXT” file will be rejected. A new submission containing both files must be made. c) If the “OPCAM.TXT” file is valid, and the “SIMI.TXT” file is rejected, a new submission of the “SIMI.TXT” file must be made. B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK
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2. Particular Instructions
   2.1. The data entered in fields 1 and 2 of the “SIMI.TXT” file constitute the identification of the operation and these must match what was reported in due course in fields 3 and 6 of the “OPCAM.TXT” file of the RI Foreign Exchange Operations for the operations covered.
   2.2. For the integration of field 3 “Code for identification of import/export payments”, the instructions provided in point 23.2.1.9. item c) of this consolidated text must be taken into account.
   2.3. Field 4 “SIMI/SIRA/DJVE Officialization No.” is mandatory for integration for those operations (A11) with follow-up code (MSD) reported in Section A of the day under report (field 24). Likewise, it is mandatory for integration for purchase operations (A13) that correspond to the concept codes B28, B29, B30 and B31 for operations included in Decree 38/25 that have been reported in Section A of the day under report. It will be completed according to the following format: 22-
   3334444-XXXXXX-C, where,
   22 is the year,
   333 customs code,
   4444 fixed parameter “SIMI”, “SIRA” or “DJVE” XXXXXX registration number and C check digit. In operations that do not require SIMI/SIRA, it will be completed with the legend “OPNOREQUIERESIMI” or “OPNOREQUIERESIRA” as applicable.
   2.4. Field 5 “Identification code of the foreign exchange operation generated by the “Cuenta Corriente Única de Comercio Exterior” (CCUCE) system” is mandatory for integration. In operations that do not require CCUCE, it will be completed with the legend “OPNOREQUIERECCUCE”.
   2.5. In the case of multiple tickets, field 6 (Multiple ticket sequence) will be completed with a sequential number starting from 1 within each internal ticket No. reported in field 2. In the remaining cases, this field will be integrated with zero.

3. Validation of information
   The listings corresponding to the results of the validation processes will be available on the secure site https://www3.bcra.gov.ar.

4. Record Design
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Name: “SIMI.TXT” Sheet 1 of 1
No.
Field Name Type
Maximum
Length
(1)
Observations
1 Information Date Character 10 AAAA-MM-DD. Corresponding to the date of the operation reported in OPCAM. 2 Internal ticket No. Character 20 Corresponding to the operation reported in OPCAM. 3 Code for identification of import/export payments Character 16 According to point 2.2. of these instructions. 4 SIMI/SIRA/DJVE Officialization No. Character 16 According to point 2.3. of these instructions. 5 Identification code of the foreign exchange operation generated by the “Cuenta Corriente Única de Comercio Exterior” (CCUCE) system Character 36 According to point 2.4. of these instructions. 6 Multiple ticket sequence Numeric 5 According to point 2.5. of these instructions. (1) The delimiter “;” must be used as a field separator. N.P.: Operating Procedures of this requirement. B.C.R.A. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CENTRAL BANK
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