Normative Instruction BCB No. 400 — Amends Normative Instruction BCB No. 108 of May 19, 2021, Establishing Procedures for the Withdrawal from Circulation of National Banknotes and Coins Considered Counterfeit or of Dubious Legitimacy

NORMATIVE INSTRUCTION BCB NO. 400, OF
JULY 3, 2023

Amends Normative Instruction BCB No.
108, of May 19, 2021, which establishes procedures for the withdrawal from circulation of national banknotes and coins considered counterfeit or of dubious legitimacy.

The Head of the Circulating Medium Department (Mecir), in the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by art. 23, I, item "a", of the Internal Regulations of the Central Bank of Brazil, annexed to Ordinance No. 84,287, of February 27, 2015, and based on art. 8 of Resolution BCB No. 223, of March 30, 2022,

R E S O L V E S:

Art.
1º The preamble and arts. 5, 7, 9,
12, 14 and 19 of Normative Instruction BCB No. 108, of May 19, 2021, shall enter into force with the following wording:

“The
Head of the Circulating Medium Department (Mecir), in the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by art. 23, I, item "a", of the Internal Regulations of the Central Bank of Brazil, annexed to Ordinance No. 84,287, of February 27, 2015, and based on art. 8 of Resolution BCB No. 223, of March 30, 2022,” (NR)

“Art. 5º Banknotes and coins must be delivered to the components of the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) that carry out circulating medium activities, observing the territorial areas of operation defined in specific regulations, within the deadlines provided for in article 4 of Resolution BCB No. 223, of March 30, 2022.”(NR)

“Art.
7º ...........................................................................................................

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§
2º A shipment may contain only items of the same purpose and family.” (NR)

“Art.
9º ............................................................................................................

Belém:gtmec.adbel@bcb.gov.br

Fortaleza: gtfor.mecir@bcb.gov.br

Recife:
gtrec.mecir@bcb.gov.br

Salvador:
mecir.gtsal.expediente@bcb.gov.br

Belo
Horizonte: gtbho.mecir@bcb.gov.br

Brasília:
gtbsb.mecir@bcb.gov.br

Rio de Janeiro: sumof1.rj.ditec.mecir@bcb.gov.br(legitimacy examination)

Rio de Janeiro: susan.dites.mecir@bcb.gov.br (valuation and anti-theft)

São
Paulo: sumof2.sp.ditec.mecir@bcb.gov.br

Curitiba:
gtcur.mecir@bcb.gov.br

Porto Alegre: gtpal.mecir@bcb.gov.br” (NR)

“Art.
12. ..........................................................................................................

§
1º The Central Bank of Brazil may carry out occasional corrections to the data originally registered by financial institutions;

§
2º Upon verification of non-compliance during the examination, the shipment, forwarding or mailbag may be returned to the sending institution, in the situations described below:

I

• incomplete content (art. 8, III and V);

II

• forwarding or shipment intended for another BC representation (art. 5);

III

• banknote for examination containing a shipment number already used in another
  banknote (arts. 8 and 14);

IV

• the physical shipment item does not correspond to the data registered in the
  system messaging (arts. 8, III, and 14);

V

• absence of shipment number and/or item on the banknote (art. 4); and

VI

• failure in the organization and/or packaging of shipments (art. 8).

§
3º In the event of shipment return, it shall be the responsibility of the sending institution to arrange for the withdrawal of the shipment at the address of the circulating medium area representation.” (NR)

“Art.
14. For all purposes provided for in
Resolution BCB No. 223, of 2022, financial institutions shall be responsible for forwarding to the BCB the correct data regarding the retained banknotes and coins.

§
1º The record in the control system regarding the shipment not forwarded to the BCB within a period of up to 180 (one hundred and eighty) calendar days, counted from the date of the shipment registration, shall be excluded.

§2º
The period cited in the previous paragraph shall be counted from the date of issuance of this Normative Instruction in the case of records already present in the control system.” (NR)

“Art.
19. In correspondence and/or
requests for information related to the shipment of banknotes or coins for analysis, provided to the BCB or to institutions of the judicial power or police agencies, the shipment number must always be provided as a mandatory identification field.” (NR)

Art. 2º Article 18 of Normative
Instruction BCB No. 108, of May 19, 2021, is hereby repealed.

Art. 3º This Normative Instruction enters into force on the date of its publication.

Antônio José Medina Lima Júnior

NOTE

By virtue of art. 24 of Decree No.
10,411, of June 30, 2020, the issuance of regulatory acts by federal public administration bodies from October 14, 2021 onwards, including this Central Bank, must be preceded by a Regulatory Impact Analysis (AIR). However, as provided in art. 4, items III and IV, of that Decree, a regulatory act of low impact, or one that aims to update or repeal norms considered obsolete, without alteration of merit, may be exempted from AIR. In this way, the Normative Instruction in question is exempted from the AIR.