Resolution 043/2004

BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 043/2004 SUBJECT: MONETARY OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT – APPROVES CREDIT TO THE GENERAL TREASURY OF THE NATION TO MEET TRANSITORY LIQUIDITY NEEDS OF Bs230,000,000.

HAVING SEEN: Law No. 1670 of October 31, 1995. Board Resolution No. 160/97 of October 21, 1997, which approves the Regulations for Credits to the Public Sector. Board Resolution No. 121/2001 of November 29, 2001, which modifies Article 10 of Board Resolution 160/97 regarding the Financial Conditions of Credits to the Public Sector. Board Resolution No. 016/2004 of February 10, 2004. The Memorandum of Understanding signed between the BCB and the Ministry of Finance on December 4, 2003. The Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding, dated April 1, 2004. The note from the Ministry of Finance D.G.C.P. 05-016 D.D.I. OF. No. 0680/04 of March 26, 2004. The Report from the Monetary Operations Management SOSP 014/2004 of March 31, 2004. The Report from the Economic Policy Advisory APEC-SMyF 015/2004 of April 1, 2004. The Report from the Legal Affairs Management SANO No. 063/2004 of March 30, 2004.

CONSIDERING: That the Ministry of Finance, through note DGCP 05-016 D.D.I. OF. No. 0680/04, has requested a credit of Bs450,000,000 to meet transitory liquidity needs.

//2. B.R. No. 043/2004 That the Addendum of April 1, 2004, to the Memorandum of Understanding, contemplates the possibility of granting new liquidity credits to the TGN, provided that there is a transitory accumulation of deposits from the rest of the Entities of the Non-Financial Public Sector, which allows neutralizing the expansion of Monetary Emission. That the Addendum of April 1, 2004, defines the calculation to determine the amount of sustained and transitory accumulation of deposits. That the Monetary Operations Management, in accordance with Article 5 of the Regulations for Credits to the Public Sector, has issued Report SOSP 014/2004, which recommends the conditions under which the credit requested by the Ministry of Finance should be subject. That the Economic Policy Advisory in Table No. 3 of Report APEC-SMyF-015/2004, establishes a transitory accumulation of deposits from the rest of the Entities of the Non-Financial Public Sector of Bs230 million, and recommends considering the granting of a credit up to Bs230 million with a maximum term of 40 days. That the Legal Affairs Management, in its Report SANO No. 063/2004, establishes that there is no legal impediment for the Board of Directors of the Issuing Entity to consider granting a credit to the TGN for an amount of Bs450,000,000, requested by the Ministry of Finance, through note D.G.C.P. 05-016 D.D.I. OF. No. 0680/04, prior to compliance with what is established in the Regulations for Credits to the Public Sector and subsection A) of Article I of the Memorandum of Understanding of December 4, 2003, which states that “During the 2004 management period, the debt balance for liquidity credits will be subject to a limit that may be exceptionally increased if there is a sustained accumulation of deposits in the BCB from the rest of the Entities of the Non-Financial Public Sector (NFPS). This balance may be reviewed downward in accordance with the monetary and financial program agreed for the 2004 management period.”

THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF BOLIVIA RESOLVES:

Article 1.- Approve a credit to the Ministry of Finance for the attention of transitory liquidity needs, under the following conditions: Amount: Bs230,000,000. Interest Rate: 7.75 % Term: 39 days.

//3. B.R. No. 043/2004 Disbursement Date: April 5, 2004 Maturity Date: May 14, 2004 Guarantee Instrument: Treasury Letters “C”. Payment Method: Interest and principal, via automatic debit in the fiscal current accounts that the General Treasury of the Nation holds at the Central Bank of Bolivia.

Article 2.- Authorize the President of the Central Bank of Bolivia to sign the respective contracts with the Ministry of Finance.

Article 3.- The General Treasury of the Nation may effect total or partial early cancellation of the credit considering the accrued interest on the total of the credits up to the date of early cancellation.

Article 4.- Any rescheduling of the credit will be subject to the financing limits of the BCB to the General Treasury of the Nation, in accordance with what is established in numeral 4) of the Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the BCB and the Ministry of Finance on December 4, 2003, of April 1, 2004.

Article 5.- The Presidency and the General Management are charged with the execution and compliance of this Resolution.

La Paz, April 1, 2004

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Juan Medinaceli V.

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Enrique Ackermann A. José Luis Evia V.

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Fernando Paz B. Jaime Apt B.