French Monetary and Financial Code
In forceI. - Customs officers with at least the rank of controller are empowered to investigate and establish breaches of the rules applicable to manual money changers, as laid down by this Title and by Title VI or the regulations adopted for their application.
II. - To this end, the customs officers referred to in I shall have access, during the hours of business of manual money changers, to premises used for business purposes, excluding the parts of these premises used for private purposes.
They may ask to see the business registers and documents that manual money changers are required to draw up pursuant to this Title and Article L. 561-12.
They may obtain copies of the aforementioned documents.
They may inspect cash registers.
They may obtain information and evidence on site or by summons. Hearings of bureaux de change to which the application of the foregoing provisions may give rise shall be the subject of written reports.
III. - When the provisions of II are applied with a view to investigating and establishing the criminal offences provided for in Article L. 572-1, the Public Prosecutor shall be informed of the planned operations in advance. He may object within a time limit set by regulation.
IV. - At the end of the checks, customs officers draw up a report.
The list of documents of which a copy has been issued is attached to the report.
The report is signed by the customs officers who carried out the inspection and by the manual changer or, in the case of a legal entity, its representative. The interested party may submit comments within thirty days. These are attached to the file. If the person refuses to sign, this is noted in the minutes. A copy is given to the person concerned.
V. - The report, together with the report(s) of the hearing and the observations of the manual changer, shall be sent as soon as possible to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.
