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Article L561-19 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The managers and employees of the persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c of Article L. 561-2 may disclose to the judicial authority or to officers of the judicial police acting under delegation that information has been transmitted to the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 pursuant to Article L. 561-15. In this case, the judicial authority or officers of the judicial police may request confirmation from this department of the…

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Article L561-20 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – By way of derogation from Article L. 561-18 and unless the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 objects, the persons mentioned in 1° to 7° bis and 7° quater of Article L. 561-2, as well as their subsidiaries and branches, shall inform each other of the existence and content of the declaration provided for in Article L. 561-15 when the following conditions are met: a) The information is…

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Article L561-21 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Notwithstanding Article L. 561-18, the persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c and in 12°, 12°a, 13°, 18° and 19° of Article L. 561-2 may, when acting for the same customer and in the same transaction or when they have knowledge, for the same customer, of the same transaction, inform each other, by any secure means, of the existence and content of the report provided for in Article L. 561-15. These…

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Article L561-22 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – No proceedings based on articles 226-10, 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Criminal Code may be brought against : a) The persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 or their directors and officers or the authorities mentioned in Article L. 561-17 when they have, in good faith, made the declaration provided for in Article L. 561-15 under the conditions prescribed by the applicable legislative or regulatory provisions or when…

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Article L561-23 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I – A national financial intelligence unit shall exercise the powers provided for in this chapter. It shall be made up of agents specially authorised by the Minister for the Economy. The conditions of this authorisation as well as the organisation and operating procedures of this unit shall be defined by decree. II. – The department referred to in I shall receive the declarations provided for in Article L. 561-15…

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Article L561-24 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may oppose the execution of a transaction that has not yet been executed, of which it has become aware as a result of information communicated to it under Articles L. 561-15, L. 561-25, L. 561-25-1, L. 561-27, L. 561-28 and L. 561-29. This objection may also be extended, in advance, to the execution of any other transaction linked to that which was…

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Article L561-25 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – For the application of this chapter, the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may request that the documents, information or data, regardless of the medium used, kept pursuant to Article L. 561-10-2 and Articles L. 561-12 and L. 561-13 be communicated directly to it within the time limits it sets. This right is exercised on the basis of documents or on site for the persons mentioned in…

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Article L561-25-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I. – The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may request information from the funds set up pursuant to 9° of Article 53 of Law No. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 relating to the amount, origin and destination of funds, bills or securities deposited by a lawyer, the identity of the lawyer concerned and the nature of the case registered by the fund. These funds communicate the information requested…

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Article L561-26 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may, for a maximum renewable period of six months, designate to the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2, for the implementation of their customer due diligence obligations set out in this chapter: 1° Transactions that present a significant risk of money laundering or terrorist financing, given their particular nature or the specific geographical areas from, to or in relation with which…

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Article L561-27 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 shall receive, at the initiative of State administrations, local and regional authorities, public establishments, the bodies referred to inArticle L. 134-1 of the Financial Jurisdictions Code and any other person entrusted with a public service mission, all the information necessary for the performance of its mission or shall obtain it in good time from them at its request. For the purposes of…

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