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NORMATIVE INSTRUCTION BCB NO. 159, OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Consolidates the procedures for providing information regarding payments and transfers through international payment or transfer services (eFX) as provided for in Article 143-C of Circular No. 3,691, of December 16, 2013, and regarding operations conducted through travel agencies as provided for in Article 59 of Circular No. 3,691, of December 16, 2013.

The Head of the Financial System Monitoring Department (Desig) and the Head of Prudential and Exchange Regulation Department (Dereg), in the exercise of the powers conferred upon them by Articles 23, item I, letter “a”, 77, items III and IV, and 118, items II, letter “a”, and IV, of the Internal Regulations of the Central Bank of Brazil, annexed to Ordinance No. 84,287, of February 27, 2015, and in view of the provisions of Circular No. 3,691, of December 16, 2013,

RESOLVE:

Art. 1. The information regarding payments and transfers through international payment or transfer services (eFX), as provided for in Article 143-C of Circular No. 3,691, of December 16, 2013, must be provided to the Central Bank of Brazil through the following documents, in accordance with the Annex to this Normative Instruction:

I - Document 5816: International credit card - issued in the country;

II - Document 5817: International credit card - issued abroad;

III - Document C220: eFX - Other acquisitions and transfers.

§ 1. Documents referred to in items I and II must be sent in the case of acquisitions of goods and services made with international use cards, by the tenth day of each month, containing information on acquisitions made in the previous month;

§ 2. The document referred to in item III must be sent whenever requested by the Central Bank of Brazil, within a period of two business days, encompassing information regarding the following operations:

I - acquisition of goods and services, in the country or abroad, not covered by the hypotheses of § 1;

II - current unilateral transfer; and

III - transfer of funds between an account in the country and an account abroad of the same ownership;

§ 3. The information necessary for the preparation of the documents indicated in this article is available on the Central Bank of Brazil’s website at the electronic address https://www.bcb.gov.br/estabilidadefinanceira/leiautedocumentoscrd.

Art. 2. The submission referred to in Art. 1 must be made:

I - by the issuer of the international use card issued in the country, in the case of Document 5816;

II - by the acquirer that enables receivers for acceptance in the country of an international use card issued abroad, in the case of Document 5817; and

III - by the institution authorized to operate in the foreign exchange market, in the case of Document C220, which must keep the respective information in the operation file.

Art. 3. Travel agencies that still hold authorization to operate in the foreign exchange market from the Central Bank of Brazil must register, on each business day, in Sisbacen - transaction PMTF, by 12:00, Brasília time, the information regarding their operations carried out on the previous business day or, if they have not carried them out, the express indication of such non-occurrence, through the same channel, understood that movements on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and non-business days will be incorporated into the first subsequent business day.

Sole Paragraph. Acquisitions of foreign currency for resource supply made with institutions authorized to operate in the foreign exchange market are included among the operations that must be registered by travel agencies in the manner set forth in the caput.

Art. 4. Institutions authorized to operate in the foreign exchange market must indicate an employee qualified to respond to any questions regarding the information provided in accordance with this Normative Instruction.

Sole Paragraph. The indication referred to in the caput must be registered and kept updated in the Information System on Entities of Interest to the Central Bank (Unicad), as provided for in Circular No. 3,165, of December 4, 2002.

Art. 5. Circular Letter No. 3,789, of November 30, 2016, is hereby revoked.

Art. 6. This Normative Instruction enters into force on October 1, 2021.

Gilneu Francisco Astolfi Vivan
Head of Desig

Ricardo Franco Moura
Head of Dereg

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Annex to Normative Instruction BCB No. 159, of September 30, 2021.

Coding and characteristics of the documents:

Document Codes: 5816, 5817, and C220;

Document Names:

• 5816 - International credit card - issued in the country;
• 5817 - International credit card - issued abroad;
• C220 - eFX - Other acquisitions and transfers;

Submission Frequency:

• Documents 5816 and 5817: Monthly;
• Document C220: When requested by the Central Bank of Brazil;

Deadline for Document Submission:

• Documents 5816 and 5817: By the 10th day of the month following the operations;
• Document C220: Within two business days after the request by the Central Bank of Brazil;

Reference Date for Calculation:

• Documents 5816 and 5817: Monthly;
• Document C220: As requested by the Central Bank of Brazil;

Unit Responsible for Curation: Financial System Monitoring Department (Desig).

Submission Method: Electronic means.

System for Submission: File Transfer System (STA), as regulated and made available on the Central Bank of Brazil’s website at the address https://www.bcb.gov.br/acessoinformacao/sistematransferenciaarquivos.

Submission Format: txt

Submission Validation: Anticipated for Documents 5816 and 5817;

Additional elements for submission, filling instructions, layouts: https://www.bcb.gov.br/estabilidadefinanceira/leiautedocumentoscrd;

Director Responsible for Submission: Director responsible for operations in the foreign exchange market - Res3568.

Director Responsible Registration: In the “Links – Inclusion – Director Responsible by Area of Activity” module of Unicad.

Registration of the Employee Designated to Answer Questions: In the “Links – Inclusion – Internal Audit / Ombudsman / Resp. for Sending Information” module of Unicad.

Electronic Address for Resolving Doubts Regarding Document Filling and Submission: arquivos.cambio@bcb.gov.br.

Institutions Obligated to Submit:

• Document 5816: Issuer of the international use card issued in the country;
• Document 5817: Acquirer that enables receivers for acceptance in the country of an international use card issued abroad;
• Document C220: Institutions authorized to operate in the foreign exchange market.