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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-14-2

The provisions of the second paragraph of Article 537 of the General Tax Code do not prevent the application of Article L. 561-5 of this Code. However, the information referred to in the latter articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-25

…10-2 and Articles L. 561-12 and L. 561-13 be communicated directly to it within the time limits it sets. This right is exercised on the basis of documents or on site for the persons mentioned in 1° to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-2

…er ; 2° or for whom a transaction is executed or an activity carried out. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the definition and procedures for determining the beneficial owner.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-9-1

…subject to compliance with conditions, in particular thresholds, defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-21

…These exchanges of information are authorised, among the persons listed in Article L. 561-2, only between those mentioned in 1° to 7° or between those mentioned in 1° bis, 1° ter and 1° quater that m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-26

…eferred to in Article L. 561-2, for the implementation of their customer due diligence obligations set out in this chapter: 1° Transactions that present a significant risk of money laundering or terro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29

…is Title that it usually exercises at national level.This department may not pass on to another competent authority information thus communicated to it by a counterpart financial intelligence unit wit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article L561-32

I. - The persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall set up an organisation and internal procedures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, taking into account the risk assessment provid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-3

…ion or execution of transactions concerning :a) The purchase and sale of real estate or business assets;b) The management of funds, securities or other assets belonging to the client;c) Opening bank,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-7-1

Lawyers and the persons mentioned in 18° of Article L. 561-2 may provide each other with information gathered for the purposes of implementing Articles L. 561-5, L. 561-5-1, L. 561-6, and L. 561-9 to…

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