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Article L722-7 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

When cash in an amount equal to or greater than €10,000 or 1,193,300 CFP francs is part of a consignment coming from or going to a foreign country, without the intervention of a bearer, customs officers may require the sender or the recipient or their representative, as the case may be, to file a disclosure declaration within a period and under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.Customs officers…

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Article L722-8 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The obligation to declare and the obligation to disclose referred to in Articles L. 722-6 and L. 722-7 are not deemed to have been fulfilled if the information provided is incorrect or incomplete or if the cash is not made available to the customs authorities at their request during a transport inspection. The same applies if the disclosure declaration is not drawn up within the applicable time limit. The obligations…

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Article L722-9 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-1° The originator’s payment service provider ensures that fund transfers are accompanied by the following information on the originator: a) Name; b) Payment account number; c) Address, official identity document number, identification number or date and place of birth. 2° The originator’s payment service provider shall ensure that fund transfers are accompanied by the following information on the beneficiary: a) His name; b) His payment account number; 3° By way…

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Article L722-10 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.- By way of derogation from Article L. 722-9, transfers of funds for which the payment service providers involved in the payment chain are established in mainland France, in local authorities governed by Articles 73 or 74 of the Constitution and in New Caledonia, need only be accompanied by the payment account numbers of the payer and payee or, in the case of a transfer not made from or to…

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Article L722-11 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-The payee’s payment service provider shall apply effective procedures to detect whether, in the messaging or payment and settlement system used to effect a transfer of funds, the fields required to contain information on the payer and payee have been filled in using characters or elements that are admissible under the conventions of that system. II.The payee’s payment service provider has effective procedures in place, including, where applicable, a posteriori…

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Article L722-12 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The payment service provider of the payee shall apply effective risk-based procedures, including procedures based on the risk assessment referred to in Article L. 561-4-1, to determine whether to carry out, reject or suspend a transfer of funds that is not accompanied by the required complete information on the payer and payee and to take the necessary follow-up measures under the conditions set out below. Where the payee’s payment service…

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Article L722-14 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-The intermediary payment service provider shall apply effective procedures to detect whether the fields relating to information on the payer and payee provided for in the messaging or payment and settlement system used to effect a transfer of funds have been filled in using characters or elements that are permissible under the conventions of that system. The intermediary payment service provider shall apply effective procedures including, where applicable, a posteriori…

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Article L722-15 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

In compliance with the procedures set out in Title VI of Book V, payment service providers shall respond fully and without delay to requests for information on the payer and payee sent to them by the department referred to in Article L. 561-23, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, the judicial authorities and criminal investigation officers. The information communicated pursuant to the first paragraph may only be used…

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