Normative Instruction BCB No. 747 - Procedures for Reporting eFX and Tourism Agency Foreign Exchange Operations to the Central Bank of Brazil

Resolution No. 222

NORMATIVE INSTRUCTION
BCB NO. 747, OF JUNE 17, 2026

Establishes the procedures for providing information to the Central Bank of Brazil regarding the international payment or transfer service – eFX, as set forth in Title V of Resolution BCB No. 277, of December 31, 2022, and regarding foreign exchange operations conducted through travel agencies, as set forth in Art. 83 of Resolution BCB No. 277, of 2022.

The Head of the Financial System Monitoring Department – Desig, and the Head of the Prudential and Foreign Exchange Regulation Department – Dereg, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon them by Art. 23, item I, letter “a” of the Internal Regulations of the Central Bank of Brazil, published through Resolution BCB No. 340, of September 21, 2023, based on Arts. 85, item I, letter “b”, and 119, item II, letter “a” of said Regulations, and considering the provisions of Resolution BCB No. 561, of April 30, 2026, which amends Resolution BCB No. 277, of December 31, 2022,

R E S O L V E:

Art. 1º This Normative Instruction establishes the procedures for providing information to the Central Bank of Brazil regarding the international payment or transfer service – eFX, as set forth in Title V of Resolution BCB No. 277, of December 31, 2022, and regarding foreign exchange operations conducted through travel agencies, as set forth in Art. 83 of Resolution BCB No. 277, of 2022.

Art. 2º The information regarding the international payment or transfer service – eFX, as set forth in Title V of Resolution BCB No. 277, of 2022, must be provided to the Central Bank of Brazil through the submission of 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 C225: eFX - Other eFX transactions;

IV - document C230: eFX - Totals moved in the real account of the eFX provider.

Sole Paragraph. The information necessary for the preparation of the documents referred to 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. 3º The submission to the Central Bank of Brazil of the documents referred to in Art. 2 must occur by the tenth day of each month, containing information from the previous month, and must be effected:

I - in the case of document 5816: by the issuer of the international use card issued in the country;

II - in the case of document 5817: by the acquirer that enables receivers for acceptance in the country of international use cards issued abroad;

III - in the case of document C225:

a) by the institution authorized to operate in the foreign exchange market that carries out the foreign exchange operation, in eFX transactions with a corresponding foreign exchange operation;

b) by the institution authorized to operate in the foreign exchange market maintaining a real account of a non-resident that carries out third-party interest movements, in eFX transactions with corresponding movements;

c) by the eFX service provider, in other eFX transactions with the corresponding sending of funds from the eFX provider to a non-resident’s real account or receipt of funds by the eFX provider from a non-resident’s real account; and

IV - in the case of document C230: by the institution authorized to operate in the foreign exchange market maintaining the real account of the eFX provider.

§ 1º The files referred to in the caput must be sent via the File Transfer System – STA, as set forth in Circular Letter No. 3,588, of March 18, 2013.

§ 2º The provision of information referred to in items I to III of the caput may be carried out through one or more transmission files, provided that all required information has been sent by the deadline referred to in the caput.

§ 3º The correction of information referred to in item IV of the caput provided to the Central Bank of Brazil must be carried out by sending a new document C230 with the complete information for the reference date, which will completely replace the previously sent document.

Art. 4º Travel agencies that still hold authorization from the Central Bank of Brazil to operate in the foreign exchange market must register, on each business day, in Sisbacen - transaction PMTF, by 12:00 PM, Brasília time, the information regarding their operations carried out on the previous business day or, if none were carried out, an express indication of such non-occurrence, via 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. Purchases of foreign currency for resource supply carried out 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 of the caput.

Art. 5º Institutions authorized to function by the Central Bank of Brazil must indicate an employee qualified to respond to any inquiries 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 of the Central Bank – Unicad, as set forth in Resolution BCB No. 209, of March 22, 2022.

Art. 6º The information regarding the transactions referred to in Art. 49 of Resolution BCB No. 277, of 2022, carried out until September 30, 2026, and not covered by items I and II of Art. 2 of this Normative Instruction, remain subject to the preparation of document C220, for a period of ten years, counted from the end of the fiscal year in which the transaction occurred, for submission to the Central Bank of Brazil within two business days after any request by the Central Bank of Brazil.

Art. 7º Normative Instruction BCB No. 159, of September 30, 2021, is hereby revoked.

Art. 8º This Normative Instruction enters into force on October 1, 2026.

ANDRÉ MAURÍCIO TRINDADE DA
ROCHA RICARDO
FRANCO MOURA
Head of Desig