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Article R561-5 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

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…

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Article R561-5-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

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…

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Article R561-5-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

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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Article R561-5-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

For the application of 2° of I of Article L. 561-5, and by way of derogation from Article R. 561-5-2, when the measures provided for in 1° to 3° of Article R. 561-5-1 cannot be implemented: 1° The persons mentioned in 9° bis of Article L. 561-2 verify the identity and, where applicable, the address of their customer opening a player account by applying the measures provided for in application…

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Article R561-5-4 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

For the application of I of Article L. 561-5, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall identify and verify the identity of the persons acting on behalf of the customer in accordance with the procedures set out in Articles R. 561-5 to R. 561-5-3. They shall also verify their powers. They shall keep all information and documents relating to the measures implemented under this article, regardless of the medium,…

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Article R561-6 of the French Monetary and Financial Code

The identity of the customer and, where applicable, the beneficial owner may only be verified, pursuant to IV of Article L. 561-5, during the establishment of the business relationship, under the following conditions: 1° If an account is opened, the identity is verified at the latest before the first transaction is carried out on the account; 2° If a player account is opened, the player’s identity is verified no later…

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