The declaration referred to in Article L. 561-15 is confidential.
Subject to the provisions ofArticle 19 of the aforementionedAct 78-17 of 6 January 1978, it is prohibited, on pain of the penalties provided for in Article L. 574-1, for managers and employees of financial institutions, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2, the President of the Ordre des Avocats au Conseil d’Etat et à la Cour de Cassation or the President of the Bar Association with which the lawyer is registered, to bring to the attention of the owner of the sums or the perpetrator of one of the transactions referred to in Article L. 561-15 or to third parties, other than the supervisory authorities, professional orders and national representative bodies referred to in Article L. 561-36, of the existence and content of a report made to the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 and to provide information on the action taken in response to this report.
The fact that the persons mentioned in 13° of Article L. 561-2 endeavour to dissuade their customer from taking part in an illegal activity does not constitute disclosure within the meaning of the previous paragraph.