The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may, for a maximum renewable period of six months, designate to the persons referred 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 terrorist financing, given their particular nature or the specific geographical areas from, to or in relation with which they are carried out;
2° Persons who present a significant risk of money laundering or terrorist financing.
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 may not, under penalty of the sanctions provided for in Article L. 574-1, bring to the attention of their clients or to the attention of third parties other than the supervisory authorities, professional orders and national representative bodies mentioned in Article L. 561-36, the information transmitted by the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 when it makes a designation pursuant to 2° of this Article.
A decree in the Conseil d’Etat shall lay down the procedures for applying this article.