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Article R152-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.- Credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions, investment companies, portfolio management companies, undertakings for collective investment and the institutions and services mentioned in Article L. 518-1 are required to draw up monthly statistical declarations relating to settlements between residents and non-residents carried out in France and which exceed 12,500 euros, on the basis of the information communicated to them by the residents making or benefiting from these…

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Article R152-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

Residents declare to the Banque de France the statistical data required to understand France’s international investment position, when their outstanding assets and claims abroad or their debts to foreign countries exceed an amount set by order of the Minister for the Economy.

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Article R152-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The Banque de France must be provided with additional information for statistical purposes, in accordance with the conditions and deadlines set by order of the Minister for the Economy, when the amount exceeds 15 million euros: 1° Foreign direct investment in France and its liquidation as defined in 4° of Article R. 152-11 and its liquidation; 2° The acquisition or disposal of non-resident companies by residents; 3° The acquisition or…

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Article R152-6 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-The declaration provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and the declaration of cash transported by bearer provided for in Article L. 152-1, shall be made in writing, on paper or by electronic means, by the bearers of the cash, to the customs authorities, at the latest…

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Article R152-7 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-The disclosure declaration provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and the disclosure declaration provided for in Article L. 152-1-1 shall be made at the written request of the customs administration by the consignor, the consignee or their representative, as the case may be, in writing, on…

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Article D152-8 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

I.-For the purposes of II of article L. 152-1-2, the documents accepted to prove the origin of cash in an amount equal to or greater than 50,000 euros are as follows: 1° A bank document certifying that cash transactions, cash withdrawals or cheques have been carried out; 2° A document relating to a manual foreign exchange transaction; 3° A document relating to property sales, transfers of securities, donations, acknowledgements of…

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Article R152-9 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

For the application of Article L. 152-4-1 : 1° The list of information that the bearer is required to provide to the authorities is that provided for in II of Article R. 152-6; 2° The list of information that the sender, the recipient or their representative, as the case may be, is required to provide to the authorities is that provided for in II of Article R. 152-7.

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Article R152-10 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

For the purposes of Article L. 152-3: 1° The obligation to retain information relating to the transfer of sums to an account abroad or to a non-resident’s account in France relates to the date and amount of the sums transferred, the identification of the transferor and the beneficiary and the references of the accounts concerned in France and abroad. This obligation also applies to information relating to bank card payments…

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Article R152-11 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

For the application of this Title : 1° The territory referred to as “France” means: mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the Wallis and Futuna Islands as well as the Principality of Monaco. However, for balance of payments statistics, the Wallis and Futuna Islands are considered as a foreign country; 2° The following are considered to be residents: natural persons having their main centre…

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