RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF NATIONAL BANK OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

of July 23, 2025 No. 211

About change of the resolution of Board of National Bank of the Republic of Belarus of October 16, 2007 No. 193

Based on the paragraph of the twentieth 26, Article parts one 39, parts three of article 232 of the Bank code of the Republic of Belarus the Board of National Bank of the Republic of Belarus DECIDES: Articles

1. Bring in the resolution of Board of National Bank of the Republic of Belarus of October 16, 2007 No. 193 "About approval of the Instruction about procedure for filling and transfer by banks of the Republic of Belarus of payment instructions in electronic form when implementing payments in the budget in foreign currency" the following changes:

state the name in the following edition:

"About filling and transfer of payment instructions in electronic form when implementing payments in the budget in foreign currency";

to state preamble and Item 1 in the following edition:

"Based on the paragraph of the twentieth 26, Article parts one 39, parts three of article 232 of the Bank code of the Republic of Belarus the Board of National Bank of the Republic of Belarus DECIDES: Articles

1. Approve the Instruction about procedure for filling and transfer of payment instructions in electronic form when implementing payments in the budget in foreign currency it (is applied).";

add Item 2 with the words "also is effective till October 1, 2026.";

To be reworded as follows the instruction about procedure for filling and transfer by banks of the Republic of Belarus of payment instructions in electronic form when implementing payments in the budget in foreign currency approved by this resolution it (is applied).

2. This resolution becomes effective in three months after its official publication and is effective till October 1, 2026.

Approved by the Resolution of Board of National Bank of the Republic of Belarus of October 16, 2007 No. 193
(in edition of the Resolution of Board of National Bank of the Republic of Belarus of July 23, 2025 No. 211)

The instruction about procedure for filling and transfer of payment instructions in electronic form when implementing payments in the budget in foreign currency

Chapter 1. General provisions

1. This Instruction determines procedure for filling and transfer by National Bank, banks and their branches, non-bank credit and financial organizations (further – banks) payment instructions in electronic form when implementing payments in the budget in foreign currency and rules of filling of fields of the message MT103, necessary for the organization of automatic processing of details of payment and details of payment instructions of payers (claimants) by payments in the budget in foreign currency.

2. For the purposes of this Instruction following terms are used in the following values:

the SWIFT system (Community of the world interbank financial telecommunications) – the international automated system with set of special standard messages intended for exchange of confidential information between banks and other organizations;

SWIFT message – the message created this Instruction and the SWIFT system, in electronic form according to requirements, used for information transfer in the SWIFT system, system of transfer of financial information of National Bank (further – SPFI);

the status – applicability of the field in SWIFT message (obligatory or optional);

the obligatory field – the field which shall be present at the message always;

the optional field – the field which applicability is determined by format of this message (can both be present, and to be absent in the message);

settlement amount – the cash amount in foreign currency which is subject to transfer in the budget;

the message MT103 – the payment instruction of bank in the form of SWIFT message used for implementation of payments in the budget in foreign currency.

The term "payments in the budget" is used in the value determined in the paragraph the fourteenth part one of Item 2 of the Instruction on procedure for execution of the republican budget and budgets of state non-budgetary funds for the income approved by the resolution of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus and Board of National Bank of the Republic of Belarus of December 8, 2005 No. 143/171.

The term "payment instruction" is used in the value determined in Item 2 of article 44 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus of April 19, 2022 No. 164-Z "About payment systems and payment services".

The term "bank identification code" is used in value, certain in paragraph three of part one of Item 2 of the Instruction on procedure for assignment of bank identification codes and business identification codes and maintaining the reference book of bank identification codes and business identification codes approved by the resolution of Board of National Bank of the Republic of Belarus of August 7, 2015 No. 472.

Chapter 2. Designations in message MT103 format

3. In format of the message MT103 the following designations are used:

x – any symbol from the permitted set;

a – capital Latin letters;

c – figures and capital Latin letters;

n – figures;

d – figures with decimal divider;

m x n – quantity of lines and quantity of symbols in line.

Sign "!" means strictly certain quantity of symbols.

Within the field there can be several subfields with the following values of the status of the subfield:

the obligatory subfield – is not framed;

the optional subfield – is framed with square brackets.

For allocation of elements of fields dividers are used.

Numbers of fields are framed with colon.

Subfields within one field are divided among themselves as follows:

– decimal divider (in "d" fields at least one sign of the whole part surely is specified);

<CRLF> – the termination of value of the field or subfield, completion of line.

Chapter 3. Description of structure of the messages MT103. Admissible symbols and rules of transliteration

4. For information transfer on payments in the budget in foreign currency the messages MT103, are used the structure of which is created according to appendix 1.

5. In fields of the text of the messages MT103 use of the following symbols is allowed:

a b with d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z;

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z;

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9;

/-?: () +., "CrLf Space.

6. As the admissible character set does not contain Cyrillics signs, exchange of SWIFT messages is performed with use of rules of transliteration according to appendix 2. The transliteration shall be reversible, that is information which is subject to two consecutive transliterations (on the party of the sender and on the party of the receiver), shall be identical when sending and obtaining that provides the maximum reliability of the transmitted data.

7. For determination of need of transliteration of incoming messages of MT103 it is necessary to specify:

in the User's Heading block in the field 113 "Bank priority" (Banking Priority) intended for identification of own separate messages by the user (bank) – the code word "BY01";

in the first line item of the field 20 "Referens of the message" – special sign – the sign "minus".

8. Each sign of the Russian alphabet is transliterated by the corresponding one sign of the Latin alphabet.

9. For expansion of set of the Latin alphabet and in order to avoid increase in the size of the field signs upper or signs lower registers according to appendix 2 are used. Office symbols are transliterated without change in the corresponding office symbols.

10. In the message MT103 of transliteration only text fields and subfields are subject.

11. Transliterations are not subject:

office part of the message (heading, trailers, numbers of fields, options of fields and the limiting numbers of fields of colon, symbols <transfer of line>, <return of the carriage>, apostrophe);

values of fields of referens of the message MT103 (the field 20), code banking activity (field 23B), transaction type code (field 26T) and fields 32A where are specified value date, currency code and settlement amount;

the fields containing bank identification code (further – BIC), the bank identification code assigned by Community of the world interbank financial telecommunications (further – BIC of SWIFT);

the Latin symbols containing in the field which is subject to transliteration (the symbols which are in limits of the transliterated field between two symbols of apostrophe);

value of the first line of fields of the payer (field 50K), correspondent of the sender (field 53B), beneficiary (field 59), payer bank (field 52D), intermediary bank (field 56D) and payee bank (field 57D);

the code words concluded between two symbols of inclined line;

accounting numbers of payers (further – UNP).

12. In case of transliteration containing in the Russian-language original of the transliterated field or subweeding Latin symbols consist in apostrophes. As a result the transliterated text contains signs of switching of the keyboard (apostrophe) before Latin symbols and after them.

13. Use of apostrophe as parts of the text in the Russian-language original of the transliterated field is inadmissible.

14. In case of transliteration rules of transliteration according to appendix 2 are used.

Chapter 4. Description of fields of the messages MT103. Rules of their use

15. Fields of the messages MT103 for payments in the budget in foreign currency are filled as follows:

15.1. field 113: Bank priority (Banking Priority).

This field is obligatory for filling. In the field the code word "BY01" is specified;

15.2. field 20: Референс messages.

This field is obligatory for filling.

In the field the unique number assigned by bank sender for unambiguous identification of this message is specified. And by the first symbol the sign "minus" – sign of use of transliteration according to Chapter 3 of this Instruction shall be specified.

In the field repeating of number in different SWIFT messages and use of gap symbol is not allowed. The field is not used for specifying of number of the payment instruction. Besides, the field shall not begin with inclined line, come to an end with inclined line or contain inside two inclined lines;

15.3. field 23B: Code of banking activity.

This field is obligatory for filling. In the field the code word "CRED" is specified;

15.4. field 26T: Transaction type code.

This field is obligatory for filling. In the field one of the following transaction types is specified:

S01 – payment in the budget;

S02 – return of means from the budget or funds redistribution according to budget accounts;

15.5. field 32A: Date valuation/Currency/amount.

This field is obligatory for filling.

The field contains date of transaction on correspondent account, currency code and settlement amount. And date shall be specified in the following format: GGMMDD (year, month, day). The currency code shall correspond to the Nation-wide qualifier of the Republic of Belarus to OKRB 016-99 "Currencies" approved by the resolution of the State committee on standardization, metrology and certification of the Republic of Belarus of June 16, 1999 No. 8, and to ISO 4217 "Codes for representation of currencies" of the International organization for standards. In the whole part of the amount one figure is specified at least, fractional part can be absent, at the same time there shall be divider between the whole and fractional part – comma. The quantity of signs in fractional part cannot exceed the most admissible number of signs for this currency;

15.6. field 50K: Payer.

This field is obligatory for filling.

In the field the payer's details contain. And in the first subhalf of this field the account number of the payer in bank sender is specified.

In case of lack of the account of the payer (in case of payment of payments in the budget through cash desk of bank and from accounts of physical persons) the account of cash desk or the account on the cash accounting on a temporary basis is specified.

In the first line of the second subfield the status and UNP after the code word "UNP" selected from two parties with "inclined line" symbol is specified. In case of lack of information on UNP at the payer – the UNP physical person accepts 511111111 value, the nonresident of the Republic of Belarus has 999999999 value. Further through gap after UNP or from second line of the second subfield other details of the payer specified in the payment instruction are reflected. For specifying of the status of the payer in bank sender INN, INI, INP, INB values are used;

15.7. field 52a: Payer bank.

This field is obligatory for filling.

Bank details, the payer servicing the account, or bank in which cash desk payments in the budget were made are in the field specified.

The field is used with the option A or D.

In the field 52 with option A BIC of SWIFT is specified.

When using the field 52 with option D in the first subfield two inclined lines, symbols of "BY" and BIC of payer bank are specified. The bank name of the payer and the name of the settlement where it is located, are specified since the beginning of the second line;

15.8. field 53B: Sender's correspondent.

This field is obligatory for filling.

The field contains account number and the name of corresponding bank through which to the receiver means from the payer will arrive.

In the first field after "inclined line" symbol the transaction code ("With" – crediting is specified or "D" – debiting), one more inclined line and account number of corresponding bank follows further. Names of corresponding bank and the settlement where it is located, are specified in the second subfield. Specifying only of transaction code and account number of the correspondent is allowed;

15.9. field 56a: Intermediary bank.

This field is optional to filling.

Bank details through which in payee bank means from the payer will arrive are in the field specified.

The field is used with the option A or D.

In the field 56 with option A BIC of SWIFT is specified.

When using the field 56 with option D in the first subfield two inclined lines, then symbols of "BY" and BIC of intermediary bank are specified. Names of intermediary bank and the settlement where it is located, are specified in the second subfield;

15:10. field 57a: Payee bank.

This field is obligatory for filling and contains bank details, the client receiver (beneficiary) servicing the account.

The field is used with the option A or D.

In the field 57 with option A BIC of SWIFT is specified.

When using the field 57 with option D in the first subfield two inclined lines, then symbols of "BY" and BIC of payee bank are specified. The bank name of the receiver and the name of the settlement where it is located, are specified in the second subfield;

15:11. field 59: Beneficiary.

This field is obligatory for filling and contains details of the beneficiary (The Ministry of Finance, Head department of the Ministry of Finance on area, Minsk).

In the first subfield the account number of the beneficiary is specified.

In the first line of the second subfield after the code word "UNP" selected from two parties with "inclined line" symbol the status of the beneficiary and its UNP is specified. The status of the beneficiary accepts INN value. Further through gap after UNP or from second line of the second subfield the name of the beneficiary is specified;

15:12. field 70: Purpose of payment.

This field is obligatory for filling.

The field shall contain information on purpose of payment duplicating similar detail of the payment instruction.

In case of insufficient dimension of the field continuation of information on purpose of payment in the field 72 "Payment details" with the code word "NZP" is allowed;

15:13. field 71A: Details of expenses.

This field is obligatory for filling.

In the field the code word "OUR" is specified – all expenses are paid by the payer;

15:14. field 72: Payment details.

This field is obligatory for filling.

The field determines the additional information for the relevant state bodies.

Details of payment instructions, and also the additional information relating to money transfer are in the field specified. Information is entered after the code words, from two parties selected with "inclined line" symbol. If several lines of the text for one code word are used (more than 35 symbols taking into account transliteration), then the new line shall begin with symbols "two inclined lines" that is sign of continuation of information relating to the pledged code word.

The first line of the field begins with the code word "RPP" after which details of the payment instruction in the following sequence are specified: / RPP/16x.6! n.2! n, where:

16kh – number of the payment instruction (to 16 symbols);

6! n – date of the payment instruction in the GGMMDD format (year, month, day);

2! n – type of the payment instruction on payments in the budget (2 symbols) according to the Instruction about procedure for execution of the republican budget and budgets of state non-budgetary funds for the income.

The second line of the field is used for specifying of dates of processing of the payment instruction and begins with the code word "DAS" after which details in the following sequence are specified: / DAS/6! n.6! n, where:

6! n – date of write-off of funds from bank account in case of payment of payments in the budget through cash desk or from the account of the payer in the GGMMDD format (year, month, day);

6! n – date of acceptance to execution of the payment instruction by bank in the GGMMDD format (year, month, day).

All details after the code words "RPP" and "DAS" are divided by point symbol. Use of point in detail is not allowed.

In case of insufficiency of dimension of the field 72 "Payment details" for specifying of purpose of payment in this field continuation of information on purpose of payment with the code word "NZP" can be used, and the total amount of information on purpose of payment containing in the field 70 and in the field 72, after transliteration shall not exceed 210 signs;

15:15. field 77B: Obligatory reporting.

This field is obligatory for filling.

The field determines information for the relevant state bodies.

Payment code in the budget according to the classification of budget receipts operating in the Republic of Belarus established in appendix 1 to the resolution of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus of December 31, 2008 No. 208 "About budget classification of the Republic of Belarus", the status and UNP of the actual payer (person for who money transfer is performed), the status and UNP of the actual beneficiary (are in the field specified in case of its discrepancy with UNP of the beneficiary).

In the first line of the field after the code words "CPB" and "UNP" selected from two parties with "inclined line" symbol respectively are specified: payment code in the budget, the status and UNP of the actual payer. The line is filled in the following sequence: / CPB/5! n/UNP/3! a9! with, where:

/ CPB/5! n – payment code in the budget;

/ UNP/3! a9! with – the status and UNP of the actual payer for whom money transfer in the budget is performed. It is filled in case of implementation of payments in the budget at the expense of money of the other person, otherwise information together with the code word "UNP" shall be absent.

In the second subfield after the code word "UNF" selected from two parties with "inclined line" symbol the status and UNP of the actual beneficiary are specified. The status of the actual beneficiary accepts INN value. UNP of the actual beneficiary is filled in case of implementation of payment from the account of the payer in which 9–12 categories of the account of IBAN are not equal 3600 or 3602, into the account of the beneficiary in which 9–12 categories of the account of IBAN accept value 3600 or 3602 (at the same time the account number of the beneficiary and the name of the actual beneficiary correspond to values from reference books of the automated "Centralized Maintaining Normative Reference Information of National Bank of the Republic of Belarus" system ("The reference book of accounts on accounting of means of the republican budget" or "The reference book of accounts on accounting of means of local budgets"), and discrepancies of UNP of the actual beneficiary with UNP of the beneficiary. In other cases, including in case of coincidence of UNP of the beneficiary and UNP of the actual beneficiary, the second subfield is not filled.

Names of the actual payer and (or) the actual beneficiary if necessary can be specified in the field 70 "Purpose of payment".

Chapter 5. Procedure for transfer of payment instructions

16. In case of execution of the payment instruction on payments in the budget in foreign currency the bank sender sends to bank receiver the payment order in the form of the message MT103.

17. Transmission of messages of MT103 is performed on the technology and rules applied in the SWIFT, SPFI system.

 

Appendix 1

to the Instruction about procedure for filling and transfer of payment instructions in electronic form when implementing payments in the budget in foreign currency
(in edition of the Resolution of Board of National Bank of the Republic of Belarus of July 23, 2025 No. 211)

Structure of the messages MT103

In the User Header Block block the field is specified:

Status	Number of the field	Name of the field	Format
O	113 Banking Priority	Bank priority	4! x

In the text block fields are specified:

Status	Number of the field	Name of the field	Format
O	20	Референс messages (reference number of the message)	- 15x
O	23B	Code of banking activity	4! with
O	26T	Transaction type code	3! with
O	32A	Date valuation/Currency/amount	6! n3! a15d
O	50K	Payer	/28! with / UNP/3! a9! c [17x] 35x [2 x 35x]
O	52a	Payer bank	52A: 4! a2! a2! c [3! c] or 52D://BY8! with [3! c] 35x [3 x 35x]
O	53B	Sender's correspondent	/1! a/28! with [35x]
H	56a	Intermediary bank	56A: 4! a2! a2! c [3! c] or 56D://BY8! with [3! c] 35x [3 x 35x]
O	57a	Payee bank	57A: 4! a2! a2! c [3! c] or 57D://BY8! with [3! c] 35x [3 x 35x]
O	59	Beneficiary	/28! with / UNP/3! a9! c [17x] 35kh [2 x 35x]
O	70	Purpose of payment	[4 x 35x]
O	71A	Details of expenses	3! a
O	72	Payment details	/ RPP/16x.6! n.2! n / DAS/6! n.6! n [2 x 35x]
O	77B	Obligatory reporting	/ CPB/5! n [/UNP/3! a9! c] [/UNF/3! a9! c] [35x]

Appendix 2

to the Instruction about procedure for filling and transfer of payment instructions in electronic form when implementing payments in the budget in foreign currency
(in edition of the Resolution of Board of National Bank of the Republic of Belarus of July 23, 2025 No. 211)

Rules of transliteration

Russian symbol	Latin symbol	Comment
And	A
B	B
In	V
	G
Д	D
Е	E
Ё	about	Lower case
	J
З	Z
And	I
Й	i	Lower case
To	K
L	L
M	M
N	N
About	O
П	P
Р	R
With	S
T	T
At	U
Ф	F
X	H
C	With
H	with	Lower case
Ш	Q
Щ	q	Lower case
Kommersant	x	Lower case
Ы	Y
Ь	X
Э	e	Lower case
Ю	u	Lower case
I	a	Lower case
"	"	Apostrophe – sign of switching of the keyboard
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
(	(
)	)
?	?
+	+
,	,
/	/
-	-	Hyphen
.	.	Point
:	:	Colon
Gap	Space

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