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Article L561-12 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Subject to more stringent provisions, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall keep, for a period of five years 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, as well as the due diligence measures implemented. They shall also keep, within the limits of their remit, for a period of five years from the date of execution, in any medium, the documents and information relating to the transactions carried out by them, as well as the documents recording the characteristics of the transactions referred to in Article L. 561-10-2.

Without prejudice to the obligations mentioned in the first paragraph of this Article, the persons mentioned in 1°, 1° ter and 1° quater of Article L. 561-2 shall collect the information and technical data relating to the activation, loading and use of electronic money by means of a physical medium and shall keep them for a period of five years from the execution of these operations.

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Article L561-12

Sous réserve de dispositions plus contraignantes, les personnes mentionnées à l’article L. 561-2 conservent pendant cinq ans à compter de la clôture de leurs comptes ou de la cessation de leurs relations avec eux les documents et informations, quel qu’en soit le support, relatifs à leurs relations d’affaires ou clients occasionnels, ainsi qu’aux mesures de vigilance mises en œuvre. Elles conservent également, dans la limite de leurs attributions, pendant cinq ans à compter de leur exécution, quel qu’en soit le support, les documents et informations relatifs aux opérations faites par ceux-ci, ainsi que les documents consignant les caractéristiques des opérations mentionnées à l’article L. 561-10-2.

Sans préjudice des obligations mentionnées au premier alinéa du présent article, les personnes mentionnées aux 1°, 1° ter et 1° quater de l’article L. 561-2 recueillent les informations et les données techniques relatives à l’activation, au chargement et à l’utilisation de la monnaie électronique au moyen d’un support physique et les conservent pendant une durée de cinq ans à compter de l’exécution de ces opérations.

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