Normative Instruction BCB No. 483 — 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

BCB NORMATIVE INSTRUCTION NO. 483, OF JULY 2, 2024

Amends the BCB Normative Instruction 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 attributions conferred upon him by art. 23, I, item "a", of the Internal Regulation of the Central Bank of Brazil, published in the annex to Resolution BCB No. 340, of September 29, 2023, and based on art. 8 of Resolution BCB No. 223, of March 30, 2022,

R E S O L V E S:

Art. 1 The articles 2, 5, 9 and
12 of BCB Normative Instruction No. 108, of May 19, 2021, shall enter into force with the following wording:

“Art. 2
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VIII - forward, for examination, the national banknotes and coins referred to in the caput, accompanied by the Forwarding Receipt (RE) document, in duplicate, according to the model contained in Annex 1 of this IN, to the following Mecir representations, according to the state of the federation where the retention occurred, namely:

MECIR COMPONENT WHERE THE DELIVERY OF NATIONAL BANKNOTES AND COINS CONSIDERED COUNTERFEIT OR OF DUBIOUS LEGITIMACY RETAINED BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS MUST BE MADE	STATE WHERE THE RETENTION OF NATIONAL BANKNOTES AND COINS CONSIDERED COUNTERFEIT OR OF DUBIOUS LEGITIMACY OCCURRED
Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais
Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul
Rio de Janeiro	Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Federal District, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, Roraima, Sergipe and Tocantins.
São Paulo	São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina

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“Art. 5 The banknotes and coins must be delivered to the components of the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) that perform circulating medium activities, observing the territorial areas of operation defined in art. 2, item VIII, within the deadlines provided for in
article 4 of Resolution BCB No. 223, of March 30, 2022.”(NR)

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

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

Porto Alegre: gtpal.mecir@bcb.gov.br

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

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

São Paulo: sumof2.sp@bcb.gov.br.”
(NR)

“Art. 12.
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§ 3 In the event of return, it shall be the responsibility of the sending institution to arrange for the withdrawal of the shipment, forwarding or mail bag at the address of the representation of the circulating medium area where the delivery for examination took place.” (NR)

Art. 2 Financial institutions shall have 6 (six) months, from the date of entry into force of this BCB Normative Instruction, to adapt their logistical structure to ensure the delivery of suspected illegitimate national banknotes and coins at the locations described in art. 2, item VIII.

Art. 3 This Normative Instruction shall enter into force on July 3, 2024.

ANTÔNIO JOSÉ
MEDINA LIMA JÚNIOR