The following are required to obtain and keep accurate and up-to-date information on their beneficial owners as defined in Article L. 561-2-2 :
1° Where they are established on French territory in accordance with Article L. 123-11 of the Commercial Code, the companies and entities mentioned in 2°, 3° and 5° of I of Article L. 123-1 of the same code, other than companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market in France or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or which are subject to disclosure requirements in accordance with EU law or which are subject to equivalent international standards guaranteeing adequate transparency for information relating to the ownership of capital;
2° Collective investment schemes;
3° Associations, foundations, endowment funds, sustainability funds, collective interest groups established on French territory as well as trustees within the meaning of Article 2011 of the Civil Code and administrators of any other comparable legal arrangement governed by foreign law.
The companies and entities mentioned in 1° to 3° are required to provide the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 with the information relating to beneficial owners collected as part of the due diligence measures provided for in this chapter.
Failure by these companies and entities to provide the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 with the information collected as part of the due diligence measures provided for in section 3 of this chapter, or to provide inaccurate or incomplete information, shall be punishable by the penalties provided for in Article L. 574-5.