Title VI: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the financing of terrorist activities, prohibited lotteries, gaming and betting and tax evasion and fraud

I.-The persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall put in place an organisation and internal procedures for the implementation of the measures for freezing assets and prohibiting the making available or use of funds or economic resources provided for in this chapter, in Articles L. 712-4 and L. 712-10 and by the European regulations on restrictive measures taken pursuant to Articles 75 or 215 of the Treaty on the…

The persons referred to in Article L. 562-4 are prohibited from making funds or economic resources available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of persons whose funds or economic resources are subject to a freezing order pursuant to Articles L. 562-2, L. 562-3, L. 562-3-1, L. 712-4 or L. 712-10.

The persons referred to in article L. 562-4 are prohibited from knowingly and intentionally participating in activities the purpose or effect of which is to circumvent the measures taken pursuant to this chapter and articles L. 712-4 and L. 712-10.

The prohibitions laid down in this chapter shall not prevent the payment of funds into accounts held with persons referred to in Article L. 561-2, whose funds are frozen pursuant to Articles L. 562-2, L. 562-3, L. 562-3-1, L. 712-4 or L. 712-10. The persons referred to in Article L. 562-4 who credit an account whose funds are frozen shall inform the Minister for the Economy without delay.

The freezing orders and prohibitions provided for in Articles L. 562-2, L. 562-3, L. 562-3-1, L. 562-5, L. 712-4 and L. 712-10 or the freezing measures implemented by virtue of acts taken in application of Article 29 of the Treaty on European Union or Article 75 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union may, at the request of the Minister for the Economy, be published in the…

Ministerial decisions taken pursuant to Articles L. 562-2 and L. 562-3 shall be published by extract in the Journal officiel and shall be enforceable from the date of publication. Freezing measures taken pursuant to Article L. 562-3-1 shall be enforceable from the date of publication of the identification details of the designated persons in a national register of persons subject to a freezing measure established by decree of the Conseil…

Measures taken under this Chapter may be invoked against any third party that has a claim on the funds or economic resources subject to a freezing order, including claims arising prior to the taking of such measures.

The Minister for the Economy and the Minister for the Interior may jointly authorise the release and making available of part of the funds or economic resources subject to a freezing order pursuant to Article L. 562-2 if their use is compatible with the protection of public order. The Minister responsible for the economy may authorise the release and making available of part of the funds or economic resources subject…

Banking or professional secrecy shall not prevent the exchange of information between the persons and bodies referred to in Article L. 562-4 and the State departments responsible for preparing or implementing any freezing measure taken under this chapter, Articles L. 712-4 and L. 712-10 or an act adopted pursuant to Articles 75 or 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, where such information makes it possible…

The State shall be liable for the harmful consequences of the implementation in good faith, by the persons referred to in Article L. 562-4, their managers or agents, of the freezing measures or prohibitions adopted pursuant to this chapter. No professional sanction may be imposed on these persons, their directors or agents.