External Circular CIEX N° 3/2024: BCB Procedure Reception Hours

EXTERNAL CIRCULAR La Paz, January 10, 2024 CIEX N° 3/2024 FROM: GENERAL MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT TO: PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES PRIVATE AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM ENTITIES GENERAL CITIZENRY SUBJECT: HOURS OF RECEIPT OF PROCEDURES AT THE BCB Dear Sirs/Madams: The Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) announces that it will receive physical and digital procedures at the Single Window for Procedures (VUT) and Official Contact Channels, during the following hours: N° Type of Procedures Reception Hours 1 General Procedures (TGL) From 8:00 to 17:00 2 Operation Request Procedures (TSO) From 8:00 to 16:00 In this regard, the following should be clarified:

1. General Procedures General Procedures include requests, requirements, or responses to external procedures that may be submitted by natural or legal persons within the established hours.
2. Operation Request Procedures (TSO) Operation Request Procedures1 will be received, in accordance with what is established in Annex 1 (Deadline for receiving Public Sector Operation Request Procedures) and Annex 2 (Deadline for receiving Financial System Operation Request Procedures). Likewise, the procedures must be addressed to the corresponding operational area and obligatorily include in the reference the type of procedure (Operation Request) and the description of the operation detailed in the Annexes. 1 This is a procedure originating from public institutions or financial entities subscribed through authorized signatures accredited by the BCB for the execution of financial operations. On the other hand, TSO must have two authorized signatures previously accredited with the BCB2; requests whose signatures do not match the records held by the BCB will not be admitted. The Single Window for Procedures may reject requests when the submitted documentation contains errors in numerical or literal figures, alterations, is incomplete, or does not comply with the established current requirements and norms for carrying out operations. 2 Public and Private Entities are responsible for registering and deregistering their authorized signatures, in accordance with Article 27 of the BCB's Authorized Signatures Regulation approved by RD N° 041/2023, published on the BCB's website.
3. Official Contact Channels for Digital Procedures The official email address: tramites@bcb.gob.bo and the WEB portal https://www.bcb.gob.bo/tramites_digitales are enabled as official contact points and electronic channels for the reception of digital procedures. The Administration Management, through the Document Management and Library Sub-management, will be responsible for compliance and corresponding control. External Circular CIEX N° 13/2023 of March 6, 2023, is hereby rendered without effect. Sincerely. DIGITALLY SIGNED DOCUMENT Lorena Ticona Arias ACTING ADMINISTRATION MANAGER Rubén Gonzalo Ticona Chique GENERAL MANAGER Validate digital signatures at: validar.firmadigital.bo RGTCH/LTA/jvj/jlm/erc/spgm ANNEX 1 DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING PUBLIC SECTOR OPERATION REQUEST PROCEDURES N° TYPE OF OPERATION RECEPTION DEADLINE 1 Foreign currency transfer abroad. 12:00 2 Credit to current and reserve accounts of financial entities. 15:30 3 Credit to fiscal current accounts at Banco Unión. 15:30 4 Transfers between Fiscal Accounts. 15:30 5 Payment of public external debt with a later value date. 15:30 6 Debit from MEFP accounts for payment upon maturity of its Securities. 15:30 7 External Debt Disbursements. 15:30 8 Opening of Letters of Credit. 15:30 9 Periodic collection operations (or their suspension) with 1 day's notice. 15:30 10 Payment of commissions to the BCB. 15:30 11 Automatic debit instructions from the MEFP in case of non-compliance with Intergovernmental Agreements or Conventions for the execution of Concurrent Plans, Programs, or Projects. 15:30 12 Payment orders from the MEFP to Autonomous Territorial Entities, their Deconcentrated, Decentralized Entities and Public Companies, and Public Universities. 15:30 13 Transfer Orders (OT) for tax and customs collections due to contingency. 15:30 ANNEX 2 DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING FINANCIAL SYSTEM OPERATION REQUEST PROCEDURES N° AREA TYPE OF OPERATION RECEPTION DEADLINE 1 GOM-SOMA Request for credit to current or reserve account to the order of the last holders for payment upon maturity of public securities and/or early cancellations. 12:00 2 GOM-SOMA Authorization of debit to the current or reserve accounts of the Liquidating Bank for the amount of 2% of the nominal value awarded as guarantee, for financial entities that do not have accounts with the BCB. 12:00 3 GOM-SOMA Authorization of debit by the Liquidating Bank for the placement of awarded securities for financial entities that do not have accounts with the BCB. 12:00 4 GOM-SOMA Authorization of credit and/or debit by the Liquidating Bank for Repo operations with the BCB (Repo Auction). 12:00 5 GOM-SOMA Authorization of credit and/or debit by the Liquidating Bank for Repo operations with the BCB (Money Desk). 15:00 6 GOI-SOEXT Request from the financial system for USD purchase through the Bolsín. 15:00 7 GEF-SRRA Request for BUN operations. 15:30 8 GEF-SSPSF Operations enabled in the LIP System (only entities declared in contingency). 15:30 9 GEF-SSPSF Financial System Operations not enabled in the LIP System (CPVIS-CAPROSEN-FIUSEER-CPRO-BDP) (business day prior to processing). 15:30 10 GEF-SSPSF Payment orders (business day prior to cash delivery) 15:30 11 GOM-SOMA Submission by the EDV of the collection of Economic Rights (depending on the proxy). 16:00 12 GOM-SOMA Submission by the EDV of communication of maturities of dematerialized securities with a list of last holders to be paid. 16:00 13 GOM-SOMA Submission by the EDV of the report on the Release of securities in guarantee for the Cancellation of dematerialized Securities. 16:00 14 GOM-SOMA Submission by the EDV of communication regarding the registration of embargo and lifting of retention of funds from securities recorded in the account entry registration system. 16:00