Where the customer of one of the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 is a legal person that is neither a company nor a collective investment scheme, “beneficial owner” within the meaning of 1° of Article L. 561-2-2, the natural person or persons who satisfy one of the following conditions:
1° They hold, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the capital of the legal entity;
2° They are entitled, by virtue of a legal instrument appointing them for this purpose, to hold, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the capital of the legal entity;
3° They have the power to appoint or dismiss the majority of the members of the administrative, management, executive or supervisory bodies of the legal person;
4° They exercise, by other means, a power of control over the administrative, management, executive or supervisory bodies of the legal person.
Where it has not been possible to identify a natural person in accordance with the criteria set out in 1° to 4° and the person referred to in Article L. 561-2 has no suspicion of money laundering or terrorist financing in relation to the customer referred to above, the beneficial owner is the natural person or persons who legally represent the legal entity. Thus, when the customer is an association, foundation, endowment fund or economic interest group, the beneficial owner is:
a) The legal representative(s) of the association;
b) The chairman, chief executive officer and, where applicable, the member(s) of the management board of the foundation;
c) The chairman of the endowment fund;
d) The natural person or persons and, where applicable, the permanent representative of legal entities, appointed as directors of the economic interest group.