2020-03-26
The Governor of the National Bank of Serbia issued this Decision to establish the detailed terms for maintaining the Single Register of Money Remittance Beneficiaries in electronic form. Payment service providers are required to submit beneficiary data, including identity and transaction details, by noon on the following working day to ensure accurate record-keeping. Access to this non-public register is strictly limited to authorized authorities and individuals via secure channels, with data usage restricted to specific legal purposes.
RS Official Gazette, Nos 13/2020 and 41/2020 Pursuant to Article 103b, paragraph 6 of the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing (RS Official Gazette, Nos 113/2017 and 91/2019) and Article 18, paragraph 1, item 3) of the Law on the National Bank of Serbia (RS Official Gazette, Nos 72/2003, 55/2004, 85/2005 – other law, 44/2010, 76/2012, 106/2012, 14/2015, 40/2015 – Constitutional Court decision and 44/2018), the Governor of the National Bank of Serbia hereby issues the following D E C I S I O N ON DETAILED TERMS AND MANNER OF KEEPING THE SINGLE REGISTER OF MONEY REMITTANCE BENEFICIARIES Basic provisions
2 4. The National Bank of Serbia shall keep the Single Register of Money Remittance Beneficiaries in electronic form, based on data submitted to it by payment service providers. Data kept in the Single Register of Money Remittance Beneficiaries 5. The Single Register of Money Remittance Beneficiaries shall contain the following data on money remittance beneficiaries:
3 The payer’s payment service provider shall submit the data from Section 5 hereof relating to the payer, while the payee’s payment service provider shall submit the data from Section 5 hereof relating to the payee. The payment service provider who, in accordance with law, provides the money remittance payment service via an intermediary shall submit data from paragraph 1 of this Section relating to money remittance payment services provided via an intermediary to the National Bank of Serbia in the manner set out in that paragraph. 7. The data from Section 5 hereof shall be submitted by 12.00 noon for payment transactions executed on the previous day, while if the payment transaction was executed on a non-working day, these data shall be submitted by no later than 12.00 noon on the first following working day. Non-working days referred to in paragraph 1 of this Section shall mean Saturdays, Sundays and state and religious holidays observed and considered non-working days in the Republic of Serbia. 8. The payment service provider shall be responsible for the accuracy of data submitted in accordance with this Decision, and the National Bank of Serbia shall be responsible for ensuring that the data from the Single Register of Money Remittance Beneficiaries are identical to the submitted data. Accessing data from the Single Register of Money Remittance Beneficiaries 9. The data from the Single Register of Money Remittance Beneficiaries shall not be publicly available and shall be subject to the provisions of the law governing the provision of payment services which pertain to business secrets, as well as the provisions of regulations governing the protection of personal data. The authorities and persons authorised pursuant to the regulations referred to in paragraph 1 of this Section to have access to data from the Single Register of Money Remittance Beneficiaries shall be allowed such access by the National Bank of Serbia exclusively via a special applicative solution, based on the received request signed by a qualified electronic signature. Apart from the special applicative solution, in the case of courts and other competent authorities, these data may also be provided based on a written request, in accordance with law. By way of exception to paragraph 2 of this Section, authorised persons in competent authorities in a criminal procedure, organisational unit of the Ministry of the Interior in charge of financial investigation, Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering, and organisational
4 units in the National Bank of Serbia whose remit includes the supervision of financial institutions may also be allowed direct access to data in the Single Register of Money Remittance Beneficiaries via a special applicative solution, in accordance with technical capabilities that do not threaten the security of the National Bank of Serbia’s information system. The National Bank of Serbia may issue technical guidelines to define in more detail the manner of gaining access to the data from the Single Register of Money Remittance Beneficiaries via the applicative solution referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Section. The persons provided access to the data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Section may use these data exclusively for the purpose for which they were obtained and may not communicate or supply the data to third persons, nor may they give access to these data to third persons, except in the cases determined by law. The data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Section, which relate to a particular money remittance, may be supplied to the money remittance beneficiary based on his request, which is submitted in written or another appropriate form, along with a copy and/or a reading of the ID card, or a copy of the passport. Transitional provisions and the final provision 10. The payment service provider shall submit the data from Section 5 hereof by 15 June 2020, for all money remittance beneficiaries who made use of the money remittance payment service from the day this Decision entered into force until 1 June 2020. 11. This Decision shall enter into force on the eighth day from the day of its publication in the RS Official Gazette, and shall apply as of 1 June 2020. D. No 3 Governor 10 February 2020 of the National Bank of Serbia Belgrade Dr Jorgovanka Tabaković