Circular to Approved Intermediaries No. 2024-13 dated October 29, 2024

1 Tunis, October 29, 2024

CIRCULAR TO APPROVED INTERMEDIARIES No. 2024-13

Subject: Declaration of transfers from abroad in favor of associations or non-profit organizations.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia, Having regard to Organic Law No. 2004-63 of July 27, 2004, on the protection of personal data, Having regard to Organic Law No. 2015-26 of August 7, 2015, on the fight against terrorism and the prevention of money laundering, as amended and supplemented by Organic Law No. 2019-9 of January 23, 2019, Having regard to Law No. 2016-35 of April 25, 2016, establishing the status of the Central Bank of Tunisia, Having regard to Law No. 2016-48 of July 11, 2016, on banks and financial institutions, Having regard to Decree-Law No. 2011-88 of September 24, 2011, on the organization of associations, Having regard to Circular to Banks and Financial Institutions No. 2017-08 of September 19, 2017, on internal control rules for managing money laundering and terrorism financing risk, as amended by Circular No. 2018-09 of October 18, 2018, Having regard to Circular to Approved Intermediaries No. 2024-07 of March 11, 2024, on the declaration of transfers from abroad in favor of associations or non-profit organizations, Having regard to the opinion of the Compliance Control Committee No. 2024-13 dated October 23, 2024, as provided for in Article 42 of Law No. 2016-35 of April 25, 2016 and notably its second paragraph regarding circulars with an urgent character.

Decides:

Article 1 - Article 2 of the aforementioned Circular No. 2024-07 of March 11, 2024 is repealed and replaced as follows: "Article 2 (new) - Approved Intermediaries must declare monthly to the Central Bank of Tunisia, via the Data Exchange System (SED), the list of transfers referred to in Article 1 in accordance with the record layout attached to this circular and the declaration guide downloadable from this system."

Article 2 - Approved Intermediaries must comply with the declaration procedure provided for in Article 2 (new) of this circular starting from the declaration for the month of December 2024.

THE GOVERNOR, Fethi Zouhair Nouri

3 Annex to Circular No. 2024-13 of October 29, 2024 (Continued)

Report: Status of financial transfers from abroad in favor of legal entities in the form of an association or non-profit organization Insert "IAT Code", "Annex Code / TR-DON" and "Transmission Date" at the XML Header level

Record Layout - Header

No.	Designation	Length	Type	Optional / Mandatory	Observations	Management Rules
1	Declaration Period	6	N	O	Indicate the declaration period	Indicate field in MM/YYYY format
2	Number of entries	6	N	O	Indicate the number of detail record lines	Indicate the number of detail record lines
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Record Layout - Details

No.	Designation	Length	Type	Optional / Mandatory	Observations	Management Rules
1	Declaration Period	6	N	O	Indicate the declaration period	Indicate field in MM/YYYY format
2	Agency Code	3	AN	O	Indicate the code of the agency that executed the transfer	Existence check in the BCT agencies reference list / Cross-check with IAT code
3	Order-giver ID Type	1	A	F	Indicate the order-giver ID type	Indicate: - C: National ID Card (CNI) - P: Passport - E: Foreign ID - D: Tax ID
4	Order-giver Identifier	15	AN	F	Indicate the order-giver identifier	Indicate: - National ID No. if ID Type = C - Passport No. if type = P - Foreign ID No. if type = E - Tax ID No. if type = D
5	Order-giver Name	80	A	O	Indicate the order-giver name
6	Order-giver IBAN	40	AN	O	Order-giver IBAN
7	Country of fund origin	3	AN	O	Indicate the country of fund origin	Existence check according to BCT country reference list
8	Beneficiary Type	2	A	O	Indicate the beneficiary type	Indicate: - NPO: Association whose access to the associative sector is subject to Decree-Law 2011-88 - AS: Association whose access to the associative sector is not subject to Decree-Law No. 2011-88 (examples: mutuals under ministries or other public structures, professional associations whose creation is provided by law)
9	Beneficiary Identifier	8	AN	O	Indicate the beneficiary identifier	Indicate Beneficiary Tax ID No.
10	VISA Number	10	AN	F	Ministry of Interior VISA No. for associations established before 2011	Indicate the VISA No.
11	JORT Reference	15	AN	F	JORT Reference	JORT Reference
12	Abbreviations	40	AN	F	Association name abbreviations
13	Full association name	80	AN	O	Complete name of the association
14	Beneficiary RIB (Bank Account)	20	N	O	Beneficiary Bank Account Number
15	Operation nature according to balance of payments	4	AN	O	According to the reference list in Circular to IAs No. 2022-12 of December 27, 2022
16	Operation amount in foreign currency	18	N	O	Indicate the operation amount	Field in format 14 integers 3 decimals
17	Currency	3	AN	O	Indicate the currency	Existence check according to BCT currency reference list
18	Value in Dinars of the operation amount	18	N	O	Indicate the value in Dinars of the operation amount	Field in format 14 integers 3 decimals
19	Operation date	10	DATE	O	Indicate the operation date	Field in format DD/MM/YYYY
20	SWIFT message reference	20	AN	F	Indicate the SWIFT message reference
Notes