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Article R561-37-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The TRACFIN department shall keep records to ensure traceability of:

1° Requests for information that it sends, pursuant toArticle L. 561-27, to the public prosecutor, the investigating judge and the officers and agents of the judicial police referred to in Articles 60-1, 77-1 and 99-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure;

2° Requests for information that are sent to it pursuant toArticle L. 561-29, when they relate to terrorism or organised crime associated with terrorism, and to Article 561-31-2 of this Code and Articles 60-1, 77-1-1 and 99-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.561-29, when they relate to terrorism or organised crime associated with terrorism, and Article 561-31-2 of this Code and Articles 60-1, 77-1-1 and 99-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

The registers are kept for five years after their creation. The procedures for keeping these registers are specified by order of the Minister for the Economy.

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Article R561-37-1

Le service TRACFIN tient des registres permettant d’assurer la traçabilité :


1° Des demandes d’informations qu’il adresse, en application de l’article L. 561-27, au procureur de la République, au juge d’instruction ainsi qu’aux officiers et agents de police judiciaire mentionnés aux article 60-1,77-1 et 99-3 du code de procédure pénale ;


2° Des demandes d’informations qui lui sont adressées en application de l’article L. 561-29, lorsqu’elles sont liées au terrorisme ou à la criminalité organisée associée au terrorisme, et de l’article 561-31-2 du présent code et des articles 60-1,77-1-1 et 99-3 du code de procédure pénale.


Les registres sont conservés pendant cinq ans après leur création. Les modalités de tenue de ces registres sont précisées par arrêté du ministre chargé de l’économie.

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