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Article L561-29 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 shall receive, at its request or at their initiative, the information and requests from counterpart foreign financial intelligence units necessary for the performance of its duties. It shall process such requests as quickly as possible, making use of the powers and prerogatives provided for in this 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 without the latter’s prior authorisation.

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Article L561-29

Le service mentionné à l’article L. 561-23 reçoit, à sa demande ou à leur initiative, les informations et les demandes des cellules de renseignement financier homologues étrangères nécessaires à l’accomplissement de sa mission. Il les traite dans les meilleurs délais et en faisant usage des pouvoirs et prérogatives prévus au présent titre qu’il met habituellement en œuvre au plan national.

Ce service ne peut transmettre à une autre autorité compétente les informations qui lui ont été ainsi communiquées par une cellule de renseignement financier homologue qu’après autorisation préalable de cette dernière.

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