Where the customer of one of the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 is a company, “beneficial owner”, within the meaning of 1° of Article L. 561-2-2, means the natural person(s) who either directly or indirectly holds more than 25% of the company’s capital or voting rights, or by any other means exercises control over the company within the meaning of 3° and 4° of I of Article L….
Where the client of one of the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 is a collective investment scheme within the meaning of I of Article L. 214-1, “beneficial owner” within the meaning of 1° of Article L. 561-2-2, means the natural person(s) who either directly or indirectly holds more than 25% of the units, shares or voting rights of the collective investment scheme, or exercises, by any other means,…
Where the customer of one of the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 is a legal person that is neither a company nor a collective investment scheme, “beneficial owner” within the meaning of 1° of Article L. 561-2-2, the natural person or persons who satisfy one of the following conditions: 1° They hold, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the capital of the legal entity; 2° They are…
Where the customer is acting in the context of a trust within the meaning ofArticle 2011 of the Civil Code or any other comparable legal arrangement governed by foreign law, a beneficial owner within the meaning of 1° of Article L. 561-2-2, any natural person who satisfies one of the following conditions: 1° He or she is the settlor, trustee, beneficiary or third party protector under the conditions laid down…
I.-The persons mentioned in 1° quater of Article L. 561-2 shall appoint a permanent representative when one of the following conditions is met: 1° They have recourse on national territory to a number of agents mentioned in Article L. 523-1 or persons mentioned in Article L. 525-8 equal to or greater than ten; 2° The cumulative volume of electronic money in circulation and redeemed or the cumulative value of payment…
For the purposes of Article L. 561-4, insurance mediation by the persons referred to in 3° bis of Article L. 561-2 constitutes an ancillary financial activity for which these persons are exempt from the obligations of this chapter when this activity meets all of the following conditions: 1° It consists solely of presenting, offering or helping to conclude contracts relating to insurance products to customers of the main professional activity…
The projects referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 561-2-3 are projects submitted by the same person for which the total of the amounts targeted for financing or the total of the amounts collected do not exceed 150 euros per six-month period.
For the application of 1° of I of Article L. 561-5, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall identify their customers as follows: 1° Where the customer is a natural person, by collecting the customer’s full name, date and place of birth; 2° Where the customer is a legal entity, by collecting the legal form, name, registration number, address of the legal entity’s registered office and the address of…
For the purposes of 2° of I of Article L. 561-5, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall verify the identity of the customer in one of the following ways: 1° By using : a) A means of electronic identification certified or attested by the Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information that complies with either the substantial or high level of guarantee set by Article 8…
For the application of 2° of I of Article L. 561-5, and when the measures provided for in 1° to 4° of Article R. 561-5-1 cannot be implemented, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall verify the identity of their customer by applying at least two of the following measures: 1° Obtain a copy of a document referred to in 3° or 4° of Article R. 561-5-1; 2°…
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