SGDB No. 020/2013

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EXTERNAL CIRCULAR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF BOLIVIA

La Paz, April 26, 2013
SGDB No. 020/2013

FROM: GENERAL MANAGEMENT
TO: PUBLIC AND FINANCIAL ENTITIES
SUBJECT: RECEIPT OF PROCEDURES AND CORRESPONDENCE

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Public and financial entities are hereby notified that, effective immediately, the operating hours at the Unique Correspondence Window (VUC) of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) for the receipt of General Correspondence and Accreditation of Authorized Signatures will be from 8:30 to 18:30. This renders ineffective the provisions contained in External Circular BCB-SGDB No. 011/2013, specifically regarding the hours for the receipt of General Correspondence and Accreditation of Signatures.

Sincerely.

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EXTERNAL CIRCULAR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF BOLIVIA

La Paz, March 8, 2013
SGDB No. 011/2013

FROM: GENERAL MANAGEMENT
TO: PUBLIC AND FINANCIAL ENTITIES
SUBJECT: RECEIPT OF CORRESPONDENCE PROCEDURES, OPERATIONAL REQUESTS, AND ACCREDITATION OF SIGNATURES AT THE UNIQUE CORRESPONDENCE WINDOW OF THE BCB

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Starting March 11, 2013, public and financial entities carrying out the aforementioned procedures with the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) must comply with the following provisions:

1. RECEIPT OF GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE PROCEDURES

Correspondence procedures and operational requests will be received at the BCB's Unique Correspondence Window (VUC) on all business days from 08:30 to 18:00.

Requests to obtain account balance information must be signed by persons accredited with authorized signatures.

2. RECEIPT OF OPERATIONAL REQUEST PROCEDURES

Operational requests will be received at the BCB's VUC in original format, with the necessary attached documentation for this purpose.

Operational requests must be addressed to the corresponding operational management and include in the header the applicable classification and deadline hour. Requests will only be received if the signatures and stamps validating the documents and the times at which they are presented are those established in this Circular.

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2.1 Hours for receipt of operational request procedures

Request procedures will be received on business days during the hours of 08:30 to 18:00, observing the deadline hours for receipt established in the Annexes, according to the following detail:

• Classification A: 11:00
• Classification B: 13:00
• Classification C: 15:00
• Classification D: 16:00
• Classification E: 18:00

2.2 Control of authorized signatures in operational requests

Only operational requests duly signed and stamped by personnel who have an accredited signature at the BCB will be accepted. The replacement of a signature will not be accepted, nor will requests whose signatures or stamps do not match the records held at the VUC be admitted.

The VUC will verify the submission time of the requests and that the signatures signing them are accredited with the BCB.

The BCB's operational management offices will reject requests when the submitted documentation contains errors, alterations, or is incomplete. Requests will also be rejected due to insufficient funds or when they do not meet the requirements and norms established to carry out the operations.

2.3 Documents directed to Treasury (Cashier)

Requests for cash and/or check operations will be delivered directly to the Sub-Management of Treasury according to the following schedule:

• Receipt of third-party checks: 13:00
• Payment of checks to the financial system, receipt of cash deposits from the financial system, deposits for legal reserve, and withdrawal of cash via Payment Order: 16:00
• Cash desk service for direct sale of securities: 17:00
• Sale of coins, sale of dollars, securities operations, receipt of cash deposits from the general public: 18:00

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3. ACCREDITATION OF AUTHORIZED SIGNATURES

3.1 Accreditation

The procedure to accredit authorized signatures will be carried out at the BCB's VUC, from Monday to Friday during the hours of 08:30 to 18:00.

The note for the accreditation of an authorized signature must be signed by the account holder, detailing the name and position of the official being accredited, attaching the Accreditation Card for authorized signatures provided by the BCB, the original document of their appointment or a photocopy legalized by the competent authority, and a simple photocopy of their identity card.

3.2 Accreditation of authorized signatures for public entities

Accreditations will be carried out for each account, and the denomination and account number must be indicated.

3.3 Accreditation of authorized signatures for private entities

Notes requesting the accreditation of authorized signatures must be signed by the highest authority of the entity.

Institutions accrediting the signatures of their officials must detail: signature, first and last names, category or group of the officials authorized to sign operational request procedures.

Authorized signatures must be accredited by the BCB 24 hours in advance of the submission of operational request procedures.

Public and private entities must keep their authorized signatures accredited with the BCB up to date. Accreditations of persons who are accredited in another entity or in another position within the same entity will not be admitted without the respective cancellation.

The previous provisions are hereby rendered ineffective.