Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

The information collected and retained pursuant to this chapter shall be used solely for the purposes of combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

Failure to comply with the information requirements set out in Articles L. 722-9 to L. 722-16 may be subject to administrative police measures or penalties under the conditions set out in Article L. 561-36-1.

Failure to comply with the obligations set out in Articles L. 722-6 to L. 722-8 is punishable by a fine equal to 50% of the sum involved in the offence or attempted offence. If the offence referred to in the first paragraph is detected by customs officers, they may temporarily detain all the cash involved in the offence or attempted offence for a period of no more than thirty days,…

Where there are indications that cash worth less than €10,000 or CFP francs 1,193,300, carried by a bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer, coming from or going to a foreign country is linked to one of the activities punishable by the offences referred to in I of Article L. 561-15, customs officers may temporarily detain it in accordance with the procedures set out…

The temporary detention order referred to in Articles L. 722-18 and L. 722-19 may be appealed, by the person to whom the temporary detention order is notified, to the President of the High Court of Appeal of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or to the President of the Investigating Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Basse-Terre for Saint-Barthélemy, of Nouméa for New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands or of Papeete for…

The provisions of Articles L. 722-6 to L. 722-8, L. 722-18 to L. 722-20 do not apply to financial relations between : 1° On the one hand, New Caledonia and, on the other hand, mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Mayotte, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands ; 2° On the one hand, French Polynesia and, on the other hand, mainland France, Guadeloupe, French…