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

Article L561-8

…Article L. 561-5 or Article L. 561-5-1, it shall not carry out any transaction, whatever the terms and conditions thereof, nor establish or continue any business relationship and may transmit the rep…

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

Article L561-15-1

…y down the conditions for the application of this article, in particular with regard to the persons and transactions concerned and the procedures for transmitting the information.II. - The information…

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

Article L561-16

The persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall refrain from carrying out any transaction involving sums which they know, suspect or have good reason to suspect originate from an offence punishable by…

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

Article L561-6

Throughout the duration of the business relationship and in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, these persons shall, within the limits of their rights and obligat…

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

Article L561-15

…amend the information contained in the declaration.V. - The attempted transactions referred to in I and II of this Article shall be reported to the department referred to in Article L. 561-23.VI. - Th…

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

Article L561-20

I. - By way of derogation from Article L. 561-18 and unless the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 objects, the persons mentioned in 1° to 7° bis and 7° quater of Article L. 561-2, as well as t…

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

Article L561-33

…thin the meaning of Article L. 517-3, a group within the meaning of Articles L. 322-1-2, L. 322-1-3 and L. 356-2 of the French Insurance Code, within the meaning ofArticle L. 111-4-2 of the French Mut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-1

…prudentiel et de résolution shall have the power, with regard to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, to impose its obligations on the persons mentioned in 1° to 7° bis of Artic…

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

Article L561-12

…s from the closure of their accounts or the termination of their relations with them, the documents and information, in whatever medium, relating to their business relations or occasional customers, a…

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

Article L561-14-2

…l Tax Code.Where the customer has not authorised the financial institution to disclose his identity and tax domicile to the tax authorities, the right of disclosure provided for in articles L. 83, L.…

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