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The Prudential Control Authority mandates regulated entities to submit annual BLANCHIMT reports detailing their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing compliance structures. The regulation specifies strict deadlines for submission, electronic signing requirements for authorized executives, and a five-year retention period for all collected data and supporting documents. It further outlines specific reporting obligations for EU investment firm branches, requiring additional financial and organizational disclosures alongside standard compliance forms.
Prudential Control Authority 1 Instruction No. 2000-09 of October 18, 2000 amended by Instructions No. 2001-03 of November 20, 2001, No. 2002-03 of March 28, 2002, No. 2003-04 of November 4, 2003, No. 2006-05 of November 23, 2006, No. 2009-01, No. 2009-02 of June 19, 2009, No. 2009-07 of November 30, 2009, No. 2010-07 of March 8, 2010 and No. 2011-I-15 of November 7, 2011 regarding information on the system for preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorist activities
Article 1 The following are hereinafter referred to as "subject entities": the persons mentioned in paragraph 1 a) of I of Article L 561-36, with the exception of the persons mentioned in Articles L. 524-2 and L. 613-1-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.
Subject entities must submit the BLANCHIMT tables in the annex to this instruction: – B1 - Identity of declarants and Tracfin correspondents; – B2 - Branches in countries where local provisions oppose the implementation of the obligations mentioned in Articles L. 561-34 and R. 561-29 of the Monetary and Financial Code; – B3 - Subsidiaries in countries where local provisions oppose the implementation of the obligations mentioned in Articles L. 561-34 and R. 561-29 of the Monetary and Financial Code; – B4 - Internal procedures; – B5 - Data concerning the last closed fiscal year; – B6 - Status of branches established in the States or territories mentioned in VI of Article L. 561-15 of the Monetary and Financial Code; – B7 - Status of subsidiaries established in the States or territories mentioned in VI of Article L. 561-15 of the Monetary and Financial Code.
Article 2 The information provided on the tables mentioned in Article 1 is finalized on December 31 of each calendar year.
Article 3 The tables are prepared under the responsibility of the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13, in paragraph 4 of Article L. 532-2, or in Article L. 518-11 of the Monetary and Financial Code.
They are sent no later than February 28 of each year to the General Secretariat of the Banking Commission by electronic transmission and electronically signed according to the procedures defined by Instruction No. 2007-01.
However, by exception to the second paragraph of Article 3 of Instruction No. 2007-01, only the executives of the subject entities as defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13, paragraph 4 of Article L. 532-2, or Article L. 518-11 of the Monetary and Financial Code are authorized to sign. For the cases provided for in the third paragraph of Article 3 of Instruction No. 2007-01, only the executives of the delegated entity are authorized to sign. For the cases provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article 3 of Instruction No. 2007-01, only the executives of the central body as defined in Articles L. 511-30 and L. 511-31 of the Monetary and Financial Code are authorized to sign.
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Furthermore, in the event of the designation of one or more declarants or Tracfin correspondents during the year, the updated data regarding the identity of the declarants and Tracfin correspondents included in table B1 mentioned in Article 1 are sent to the General Secretariat of the Banking Commission using the same transmission methods.
Article 4 Subject entities must keep the collected information and all documents used to prepare them available to the Banking Commission for a period of five years from the date of transmission.
Article 5 "By exception to Articles 1 and 3, second paragraph, branches of investment firms having their registered office in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area must submit to the General Secretariat of the Banking Commission, no later than April 30 of each year, only tables B1, B4, and B5, as well as the report on the conditions under which internal control is ensured in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, established in application of Articles 42 and 45 of Regulation No. 97-02.
They must also submit by the same date a description of the branch's activity, including: – an annual balance sheet and income statement of the branch; – full-time equivalent staff, defined as persons actually working for the branch, whether or not they belong to its staff, counted on a pro-rata basis for part-time work during the year in question; – a description of the branch's organization, including an organizational chart, mentioning the different units, their affiliation, their role, and their staff numbers; – the mention of investment services actually exercised during the year in question; – activity indicators for the year in question, namely the number of clients and their distribution by categories, as well as the number and volume of operations, with a breakdown by type of operations. The branch selects the relevant client categories and types of operations with regard to its activity and the risks of money laundering or terrorist financing.
These information are finalized on December 31 of each calendar year."
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Annex No. Line Quality (a) Name First Name Function Date of Designation Telephone Number Fax Number Email Address 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (a) Mr., Mrs., Miss No. Line Quality (a) Name First Name Function Date of Designation Telephone Number Fax Number Email Address 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (a) Mr., Mrs., Miss B1 - Identities of Tracfin Declarants B1 - Identities of Tracfin Correspondents BLANCHIMT Information relating to the system for preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorist activities
Instruction No. 2000-09 of October 18, 2000 (consolidated version as of 07/11/2011) Prudential Control Authority 4 Country ISO Country Responses (Yes/No) 1 00010 00020 00030 Can the head office of your entity have access to information, including personal data, collected by each of the branches located in the country mentioned above, on the operations referred to in Article L. 561-10-2-II of the Monetary and Financial Code? Does the registered office of your entity have access to the information necessary for the organization of vigilance within the group mentioned in Article R. 561-29 of the Monetary and Financial Code, including the exchange of customer information under the conditions provided for by this text? No. Question B2 - Branches - Questions BLANCHIMT Information relating to the system for preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorist activities If your entity has branches in the country mentioned above, in which country do local provisions oppose the implementation of all or part of the obligations mentioned in Article L. 561-34 and Article R. 561-29 of the Monetary and Financial Code? Has your entity ensured that the procedures of point 5 of Article 11-7 of Regulation 97-02 of the CRBF, which provide for the information to be collected and retained for the operations mentioned in Article L. 561-10-2-II of the Monetary and Financial Code, were applied by its branches located in the country mentioned above?
Instruction No. 2000-09 of October 18, 2000 (consolidated version as of 07/11/2011) Prudential Control Authority 5 Country ISO Country Subsidiary Name Responses (Yes/No) 1 00010 00020 00030 Can the head office of your entity have access to information, including personal data, collected by this subsidiary, on the operations referred to in Article L.561-10-2-II of the Monetary and Financial Code? Does the registered office of your entity have access to the information necessary for the organization of vigilance within the group mentioned in Article R. 561-29 of the Monetary and Financial Code, including the exchange of customer information under the conditions provided for by this text? No. Question B3 - Subsidiaries – Questions BLANCHIMT Information relating to the system for preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorist activities If your entity has subsidiaries in the country mentioned above, in which country do local provisions oppose the implementation of all or part of the obligations mentioned in Article L. 561-34 and Article R. 561-29 of the Monetary and Financial Code? Has your entity ensured that the procedures of point 5 of Article 11-7 of Regulation 97-02 of the CRBF, which provide for the information to be collected and retained for the operations mentioned in Article L. 561-10-2-II of the Monetary and Financial Code, were applied by this subsidiary?
Instruction No. 2000-09 of October 18, 2000 (consolidated version as of 07/11/2011) Prudential Control Authority 6 Responses (a): Yes or No (b): Yes or No or Not Applicable 1 I – DESIGNATION OF DECLARANTS AND TRACFIN CORRESPONDENTS
Instruction No. 2000-09 of October 18, 2000 (consolidated version as of 07/11/2011) Prudential Control Authority 7 Responses (a): Yes or No (b): Yes or No or Not Applicable 1 00230 4. Do the procedures implemented by your entity provide for declaring operations for which the identity of the ordering party or the beneficial owner or the settlor of a trust fund or any other asset management instrument remains doubtful despite the diligence carried out in accordance with Article L.561-5 of the Monetary and Financial Code? (L. 561-15 IV) (a) 00240 5. Do the procedures implemented by your entity provide for declaring without delay to Tracfin any information element capable of refuting, confirming, or modifying the elements contained in a previous declaration? (L.561-15 V) (a) 00250 6. Do the procedures provide for deferring, when it is possible to suspend the execution of an operation, the execution of this operation, of which your entity knows, suspects, or has good reason to suspect that it is linked to money laundering or terrorist financing, until a declaration has been made to Tracfin? (L.561-16) (b) 00270 8. Has your entity put in place an adapted device for its activities to verify that the client or the beneficial owner is not subject to an asset freeze measure in application of European or national regulations? (Regulation No. 97-02, art.11-7) (a) 00280 9. Does your entity use electronic declaration to transmit its suspicious transaction reports to Tracfin? (a) III – CLIENT AND BENEFICIAL OWNER IDENTIFICATION 00290
Instruction No. 2000-09 of October 18, 2000 (consolidated version as of 07/11/2011) Prudential Control Authority 8 Responses (a): Yes or No (b): Yes or No or Not Applicable 1 00370
Instruction No. 2000-09 of October 18, 2000 (consolidated version as of 07/11/2011) Prudential Control Authority 9 Responses (a): Yes or No (b): Yes or No or Not Applicable 1 00470 V – RISK-BASED APPROACH