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CSSF Regulation No 12-02 establishes the regulatory framework for the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, as amended by Regulation No 20-05. It applies to professionals supervised by the CSSF, excluding statutory auditors, and mandates a risk-based approach for identifying, assessing, and mitigating ML/TF risks. The regulation requires professionals to implement enhanced due diligence for intermediaries, categorize customers by risk level, and obtain written authorization for new customer acceptance, particularly for high-risk profiles or numbered accounts. It further prohibits anonymous or fictitious accounts and mandates the documentation of customer acceptance policies and refusal reasons.
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 1/52 CSSF Regulation No 12-02 of 14 December 2012 on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing as amended by CSSF Regulation No 20-05 of 14 August 2020 amending CSSF Regulation No 12-02 of 14 December 2012 on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 2/52 CSSF Regulation No 12-02 of 14 December 2012 on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing (Mémorial A – No 5 of 9 January 2013) as amended by:
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 3/52 “customer”: natural or legal person with whom a business relationship exists or for whom an occasional transaction is carried out within the meaning of point (b) of Article 3(1) of the Law, including persons purporting to act on behalf of the customer. As regards investment funds, the notion of customer encompasses the notion of investor registered in the investment fund register;” "FIU": the Financial Intelligence Unit “under the administrative supervision of the Chief Public Prosecutor”4; “CSSF”: the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier; ““Directive (EU) 2015/849”: Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directive 2006/70/EC, as amended, and its implementing acts;” 5 “management”: the persons having a real influence on the overall management of the professional's business; “authorised management”: the persons responsible for the “daily”6 management of the professional, authorised by the CSSF (…)7; “FATF”: the Financial Action Task Force; 4 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 5 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 6 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 7 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 4/52 (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) ““IFM”: the Investment Fund Manager;” “AML/CFT”: Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism “Law”: the Law of 12 November 2004 on the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing“, as amended”8 . “This definition includes the European regulations implementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 which are published on the CSSF website and which are directly applicable in Luxembourg.”9 ““Law implementing restrictive measures in financial matters”: the Law of 27 October 2010 implementing United Nations Security Council resolutions as well as acts adopted by the European Union concerning prohibitions and restrictive measures in financial matters in respect of certain persons, entities and groups in the context of the combat against terrorist financing or any law repealing and replacing this law and which implements restrictive measures in financial matters, including its implementing measures;” 10 “professional obligations”: the obligations for professionals as regards AML/CFT; “professionals”: “the persons referred to in Article 2-1(1) of the Law”; 11 ““Regulation (EU) 2015/847”: Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006;” 12 8 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 9 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 10 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 11 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 12 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 5/52 “Grand-ducal Regulation”: the Grand-ducal Regulation of 1 February 2010 providing details on certain provisions of the Law“, as amended”13; (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) ““compliance officer in charge of the control of compliance with the professional obligations”: the person who shall implement AML/CFT, for example, the compliance officer, where applicable, and designated for the purposes of this regulation as “compliance officer”; “person responsible for compliance with the professional obligations: the member of the authorised management responsible for the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing and designated for the purposes of this regulation as “person responsible for compliance”. For professionals which do not have an authorised management, this person is a member of the Board of Directors or the Board of Directors as a whole;” (2) As for the notions which are not otherwise defined in this article, the definitions given, where appropriate, in the Law or the Grand-ducal Regulation shall apply. Chapter 2 Scope Article 2 (1) The provisions of this regulation shall apply to the professionals referred to in Article 2 of the Law “which are supervised, authorised or registered by the CSSF, including Luxembourg branches of foreign professionals notified to the CSSF, as well as foreign professionals notified to the CSSF which provide services in Luxembourg without establishing a branch” 14 . 13 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 14 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 6/52 (2) The provisions of “Article 4-1(3)”15 of the Law relating to the application of at least equivalent measures in foreign branches and “majority-owned”16 subsidiaries shall also apply for the enforcement of this regulation. (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “(3) The réviseurs d’entreprises (statutory auditors), the réviseurs d'entreprises agréés (approved statutory auditors), the cabinets de révision (audit firms), the cabinets de révision agréés (approved audit firms) and the audit firms within the meaning of point (3) of Article 1 of the Law of 23 July 2016 concerning the audit profession, as amended, are not referred to in this regulation.” (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “Chapter 3 Risk-based approach Section 1 Identification, assessment and understanding of risks Subsection 1 Risk relating to the intermediary” Article 3 “(1)”17 Where the units or shares of an undertaking for collective investment or an investment company in risk capital are subscribed through an intermediary acting on behalf of “others” 18, the undertaking for collective investment, its management company, the investment company in risk capital or, where applicable, the respective proxy of the professionals shall put in place enhanced customer due diligence measures for this intermediary which are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the terms of Article 3-2(3) of the Law, Article 3(3) of the Grand-ducal Regulation and Article 28 of this regulation in order to ensure that all the obligations under the Law, the Grand-ducal Regulation and this regulation or at least equivalent obligations are complied with. 15 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 16 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 17 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 18 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 7/52 (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “(2) In accordance with the preceding paragraph, the due diligence measures which apply to the relationship with the intermediary shall be at two levels: (i) the intermediary, the persons purporting to act on its behalf and its beneficial owners shall be identified and their identity verified, where applicable, according to a risk-based approach and (ii) enhanced due diligence measures shall be implemented for the business relationship qualified as similar to correspondent relationship with the intermediary which invests on behalf of others. These enhanced due diligence measures, referred to in the above paragraph 1, aim notably to analyse the robustness of the AML/CFT control framework of this intermediary.” (…)19 (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “Subsection 2 Overall risk related to the activity” Article 4 “(1) The identification, assessment and understanding of risks by the professional, as provided for in Article 2-2 of the Law, shall allow it to determine which due diligence measures shall be applied to the business relationship based on the materiality of the risk. To this end, the professional shall incorporate different sources in its risk management procedures, including:
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 8/52 (4) The determination by the professional of its “risk-based approach” shall be based on the definition of the ML/TF risk appetite, as approved by the Board of Directors and implemented by the authorised management. The strategy shall be consistent with this approach. Policies, procedures and controls with respect to AML/CFT implemented within the professional shall be consistent with the previously defined risk appetite. This definition and strategy shall be communicated in a precise, clear and comprehensible form to the whole staff.” 20 (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “Subsection 3 Individual risk related to the business relationship” “Article 5 (1) For the purposes of Article 3(2a) of the Law, the professionals shall categorise all their customers according to the different risk levels with regard to money laundering and terrorist financing. These risks shall be subject to an identification and assessment based on the understanding by the professional of the nature and type of its business relationships as well as to a periodic review. Besides the cases where the risk level shall be considered as high pursuant to the Law, the Grand-ducal Regulation or this regulation, this level shall be assessed according to a consistent combination of risk factors defined by each professional according to the activity exercised and inherent to the following risk categories:
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 9/52 In order to determine if it finds itself in a situation which presents a lower risk, the professional shall rely on the non-exhaustive list of factors and types of evidence of risk laid down in Annex III of the Law. The list under Annex III of the Law is a de minimis list. The professional may also take into account other lower risk factors it deems relevant before determining whether the business relationship may be considered for the application of simplified due diligence measures. The application of simplified due diligence measures must be justifiable and demonstrable to the Luxembourg authorities responsible for AML/CFT. (3) The assessment of the risk level shall not allow derogating from the application of enhanced due diligence measures in the cases laid down in the Law, the Grand-ducal Regulation or this regulation.” 21 (4) The assessment of the risk level to be assigned to a customer shall take place before the customer is accepted by the professional. During the monitoring of the business relationship, the professional shall keep account of the development of the risks and adapt its assessment according to any significant change affecting them or any new risk. (5) The professionals shall have appropriate arrangements to communicate the information on their risk assessment to the CSSF. Section 2 Risk management and mitigation Article 6 (1) The professionals shall have policies, controls and procedures that enable them to effectively manage and mitigate their money laundering and terrorist financing risks. “These policies shall be approved by the professional’s Board of Directors. The relevant procedures shall be approved by the authorised management or by the Board of Directors for investment funds subject to the supervision of the CSSF.” 22 21 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 22 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 10/52 (2) In accordance with “Article 3(2a) of the Law” 23, the professionals shall set the extent of the due diligence measures laid down in Article 3(2) of the Law according to the risk level assigned to each customer pursuant to Section 1 of this chapter. Where enhanced due diligence measures are required pursuant to the Law, (…)24 the Grand-ducal Regulation “or this regulation”25, all such measures shall be applied although the extent of such measures may vary according to the specific level of risk set by the professional. (3) The adaptation of the extent of due diligence measures to the risk level shall take place during the identification and identity verification period within the meaning of points (a) to (c) “of the first subparagraph” of Article 3(2)26 of the Law and shall “be adapted afterwards” 27 in the framework of the ongoing monitoring within the meaning of point (d) “of the first subparagraph” 28 of Article 3(2) of the Law. Article 7 (1) For the purposes of applying Articles 3-1 and 3-3“, Annex III”29 of the Law and Articles 4 and 5 of this regulation, it is for each professional to assess if a Member State or a third country imposes obligations which are equivalent to those laid down in the Law or Directive “(EU) 2015/849”30. The reasons for concluding that a Member State or a third country imposes equivalent obligations shall be documented when the decision is taken and shall be based on relevant and up-to-date information. The obligations imposed by a Member State shall be considered equivalent, except where relevant information points to the fact that this assumption cannot be upheld. The conclusion that these obligations are equivalent shall be regularly reviewed, in particular when new relevant information about the country concerned is available. 23 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 24 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 25 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 26 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 27 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 28 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 29 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 30 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 11/52 (2) The conclusion that a Member State or a third country imposes obligations which are equivalent to those laid down in the Law or Directive “(EU) 2015/849”31 does not relieve the professional from carrying out a risk assessment pursuant to this chapter when accepting the customer and from the obligation to apply enhanced due diligence measures in situations which present a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing. Chapter 4 Customer due diligence Section 1 Acceptance of a new customer Article 8 The professionals shall decide on and put in place a customer acceptance policy which is adapted to the activities they carry out, so that the entry into business relationship with customers may be submitted to a prior risk “identification,”32 assessment “and understanding”33 as provided for in Chapter 3, Section 1 of this regulation. Article 9 “(1)”34 Without prejudice to the obligations laid down in Article 3-2 “(2),”35 (3) and (4) of the Law and in Article 3 “(1),”36 (3) and (4) of the Grand-ducal Regulation “and this regulation”37, the acceptance of a new customer shall be submitted to a superior or to a specifically appointed professional body for written authorisation by providing for an adequate hierarchical decision-making level and, where appropriate, “for customers with a high-risk profile, at least the systematic intervention”38 (…)39 of the (…)40 compliance officer (…)41 . 31 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 32 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 33 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 34 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 35 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 36 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 37 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 38 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 39 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 40 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 41 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 12/52 (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “(2) The acceptance of a new customer with a low ML/TF risk profile, according to the risk-based approach as implemented by the professional, may be carried out based on an automated acceptance process which does not require the intervention of a natural person for the professional, so as to constitute an efficient and reliable alternative to the validation by a natural person of the professional. This process shall be configured and tested beforehand and regularly reviewed by the professional so as to analyse the robustness of the process. This process shall be in line with the AML/CFT policies and procedures of the professional and with the instructions to be issued by the CSSF.” Article 10 (1) The (…)42 customer acceptance policy shall include a specific examination “and acceptance procedure”43 for (…)44 the customers likely to represent a high risk level of money laundering or terrorist financing. (2) The acceptance of a customer who seeks to open a numbered account as referred to in Article 5 of the Grand-ducal Regulation is subject to the production of evidence by the customer demonstrating the necessity of such an account. This evidence shall be documented in writing “and the opening of such an account shall be submitted for written authorisation at least to the person responsible for compliance. The opening of an account, passbook or safe-deposit box which is anonymous or under a fictitious name is prohibited.” 45 (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “(3) The opening of a safe-deposit box is considered as a business relationship and as such, the professional shall conduct all the related due diligence measures.” Article 11 (1) The customer acceptance policy shall require the documentation of all contact, no matter in which form, and shall notably envisage a customer questionnaire adapted to the nature of the contact and the business relationship. 42 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 43 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 44 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 45 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 13/52 (2) The customer acceptance policy shall also provide for procedures to be followed when there is suspicion of or “when there are reasonable grounds to suspect” 46 money laundering“, an associated predicate offence” 47 or terrorist financing in case contact with a possible customer fails. The reasons for a customer or professional to refuse to enter into a business relationship or to execute a transaction shall be documented “and retained in accordance with the arrangements provided for in Article 25 of this regulation” 48, even if the professional's refusal does not ensue from the observation of a money laundering or terrorist financing indication. Section 2 Timing of identification and verification of the identity Subsection 1 Opening an account before “or during”49 the completion of the measures for the verification of the identity Article 12 “In accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 3(4) of the Law which derogates from the first subparagraph of Article 3(4) of the Law and without prejudice to the first subparagraph of Article 3(2a) of the Law, the professionals may enter into a business relationship, open a customer account or carry out a transaction for an occasional customer before or during the verification of the identity of the customer and beneficial owner pursuant to points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph and to the second subparagraph of Article 3(2) of the Law, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:” 50
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CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 15/52 Subsection 3 Occasional transactions carried out Article 14 (1) “When”59 an occasional transaction of an amount higher than or equal to EUR 15,000 within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)”(i)”60 of the Law “is carried out, the professional”61 shall apply the measures for the identification and verification of the identity required pursuant to “the first and second subparagraphs of”62 Article 3(2) of the Law before the transaction is carried out and according to the same arrangements as during the establishment of a business relationship. (2) Where a transaction within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)“(i)”63 of the Law is carried out in several operations, the professional shall apply the due diligence measures at the latest when it acknowledges that the total volume of the operations reached the threshold referred to in paragraph 1 above. The professionals shall have procedures or systems allowing them to detect that this threshold was reached, where appropriate. Subsection 4 “Transfers of funds within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2015/847”64 “Article 15 (1) Pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/847, Article 39(2) of the Law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector and Article 3(1)(b)(ii) of the Law, where the professional carries out an occasional transaction in the form of a transfer of funds within the meaning of point (9) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2015/847, it shall apply the identification measures required by point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) of the Law before placing an order for the transfer of funds, according to the same arrangements as for customers in business relationship. It shall make sure that the transfer of funds comes with information on the payer and on the payee pursuant to Articles 4 to 6 of Regulation (EU) 2015/847. In accordance with Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/847, prior to the transfer of funds, the payment service provider of the payer shall verify the accuracy of the information on the payer for the transfers of funds within the European Union exceeding EUR 1,000. 59 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 60 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 61 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 62 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 63 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 64 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 16/52 (2) In the framework of the detection of missing or incomplete information on the payer or the payee as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2015/847, where the transfer of funds within the European Union exceeds EUR 1,000, the payment service provider of the payee shall, before crediting the payee's payment account or making the funds available to the payee, verify the accuracy of the information on the payee. Where the payment service provider of the payee detects missing or incomplete information on the payer or payee, it shall, according to its risk assessment, either reject the transfer of funds or ask the payment service provider of the payer for the missing information. To this end, the payment service provider of the payer shall, within three working days of receiving a request for information from the payment service provider of the payee or from the intermediary payment service provider, make available the information referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/847. In case of transfers of funds where the payment service provider of the payee is established outside the European Union and notwithstanding the paragraph 3 below, the payment service provider of the payer need not verify the information on the payer for transfers of funds which do not exceed EUR 1,000. (3) In accordance with Article 5(3) and the last subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/847, measures to identify and verify the identity of the payer shall apply to the payment service provider of the payer where it has received funds to be transferred in cash or in anonymous electronic money or where it has reasonable grounds for suspecting money laundering or terrorist financing, irrespective of any threshold. (4) In accordance with Article 7(4) of Regulation (EU) 2015/847, the measures to identify and verify the correctness of the information on the payee shall apply to the payment service provider of the payee where it effects the pay-out of the funds in cash or in anonymous electronic money or where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting money laundering or terrorist financing, irrespective of any threshold. (5) The professional which provides services of transfer of funds or values shall comply with all the obligations applicable with respect to wire transfers in countries in which it operates, directly or through agents. In the case this professional controls both the ordering and beneficiary side of a wire transfer, it shall take into account all the information from both the ordering and beneficiary sides in order to decide whether it is confronted with a suspicious transaction requiring a suspicious transaction report.
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 17/52 (6) The professionals shall apply the joint guidelines of the European Supervisory Authorities adopted pursuant to Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2015/847 on the measures that the payment service providers shall take to detect missing or incomplete information on the payer or the payee, as well as the procedures to be put in place to manage a transfer of funds which is not accompanied by the required information as communicated via a CSSF circular.”65 Section 3 “Standard”66 measures for the identification and verification of the identity of customers Subsection 1 Identification Article 16 For the purposes of the identification of customers pursuant to point (a) “of the first subparagraph”67 “and to the second subparagraph”68 of Article 3(2) of the Law, the professionals shall gather and register at least the following information:
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CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 19/52 Subsection 2 Verification of the identity Article 18 (1) The verification of the identity, within the meaning of point (a) “of the first subparagraph”83 of Article 3(2) of the Law, of customers who are natural persons shall be made at least with one valid “authentic”84 official identification document issued by a public authority and which bears the customer’s signature and picture such as (…)85 the customer's passport, his ID, (…)86 his residence permit“, his driving licence or any other similar document” 87 . (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “Electronic identification means, including relevant trust services as set out in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 or any other secure, remote or electronic, identification process regulated, recognised, approved or accepted by the relevant national authorities may be used by the professional to fulfil its due diligence obligation referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) of the Law.” (2) According to their risk assessment “and without prejudice to other enhanced due diligence obligations”88, the professionals shall take additional verification measures such as, for example, the verification of the address indicated by the customer through the proof of address or by contacting the customer, among others, per registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Article 19 (1) In accordance with point (a) “of the first subparagraph”89 of Article 3(2) of the Law (…)90, the verification of the identity of customers who are legal persons or other legal arrangements shall be made at least with the following documents of which a copy shall be kept“, where appropriate, in electronic (digital) form”91:
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CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 21/52 (3) The following are particularly referred to in this article:
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 22/52 (2) Where, despite these measures, the professional has a doubt as to the real identity of the beneficial owner, and, where it cannot remove this doubt, the professional shall refuse to enter into a business relationship or carry out the transaction contemplated by the customer and, (…)105 “where it knows, suspects or has reasonable grounds to suspect that money laundering, an associated predicate offence or terrorist financing is being or has been committed or attempted,” 106 the professional shall make a report “in accordance with”107 Article 5(1) “and (1a)”108 of the Law and Article 8(2) of the Grand-ducal Regulation. (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “(3) Article 21 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 22 above shall also apply to beneficial owners of fiducies, trusts or similar legal arrangements but, in accordance with Article 3(2c) of the Law, the identification and verification may take place at the time of the payout or at the time of the exercise by the beneficiary of its vested rights. Where the professional is not able to identify the beneficiary of a trust, fiducie or similar legal arrangement and where the beneficiary is designated by characteristics or by class, the professional shall obtain sufficient information concerning the beneficiary to ensure that it will be able to establish its identity at the time of the payout or at the time of the exercise by the beneficiary of its vested rights.” Article 23 “The beneficial owner, within the meaning of Article 1(7) of the Law, shall be any natural person who ultimately owns or controls the customer or any natural person on whose behalf a transaction or activity is being conducted. This may be the case even if the threshold of the participation or control as indicated in point (a)(i) of Article 1(7) of the Law is not met.” 109 105 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 106 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 107 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 108 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 109 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 23/52 Section 6. “Assessing, understanding and”110 obtaining information on the purpose and intended nature of the business relationship Article 24 The professionals' obligation to know their customer includes the obligation to gather, (…)111 register, “analyse and understand” 112 at the time of the customer identification, “the”113 information about the origin of the customer's funds and the types of transaction for which the customer requests a business relationship, as well as any adequate information allowing the determination of the customer’s purpose of the business relationship in accordance with point (c) “of the first subparagraph”114 of Article 3(2) of the Law. This information shall allow the professional to carry out an efficient ongoing customer due diligence as referred to in Section 9 of this chapter. “Depending on the risk assessment, this obligation may include the obligation to obtain supporting evidence.”115 Section 7 Obligation to retain documents and information Article 25 (1) The obligation to retain documents“, data”116 and information “regarding business relationships”117 pursuant to point (a) “of the first subparagraph”118 “and to the third subparagraph”119 of Article 3(6) of the Law and Article 1(5) of the Grandducal Regulation, covers all documents“, data”120 and information obtained under the customer due diligence measures as required in points (a) to (d) “of the first subparagraph”121 of Article 3(2) of the Law, including the results of any performed analysis. 110 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 111 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 112 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 113 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 114 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 115 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 116 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 117 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 118 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 119 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 120 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 121 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 24/52 (2) The obligation to retain certain documents“, data”122 and information relating to (…)123 transactions, as defined in point (b) “of the first subparagraph”124 of Article 3(6) of the Law and Article 1(5) of the Grand-ducal Regulation, also includes the obligation to retain the written reports transmitted to the (…)125 compliance officer (…)126 in accordance with Articles 12, 13 and 39(4) of this regulation, as well as the analyses of the transactions and facts included in these reports that the (…)127 compliance officer drew up and the decisions taken accordingly and the results of any other performed analysis. (3) The retention of the documents pursuant to Article 3(6) of the Law and Article 1(5) of the Grand-ducal Regulation may be carried out on any archiving medium, provided that the documents meet the conditions to be used as evidence in (…)128 an investigation“, criminal investigation”129 or analysis of money laundering or terrorist financing by the AML/CFT competent authorities. Section 8 “Enhanced and simplified customer due diligence obligations”130 Subsection 1 Enhanced due diligence measures “and simplified due diligence measures” 131 Article 26 Without prejudice to the cases where enhanced due diligence measures are specifically prescribed by the Law, (…)132 the Grand-ducal Regulation “or this regulation”133, examples of enhanced due diligence measures that could be applied for higher-risk business relationships“, according to the risk assessment carried out by the professional,” 134 include: 122 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 123 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 124 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 125 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 126 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 127 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 128 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 129 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 130 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 131 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 132 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 133 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 134 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
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CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 28/52 (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “(3) The cross-border correspondent services and other similar relationships may present different high risk levels which justify, based on an analysis by the professional, the application of enhanced due diligence measures with variable degree of intensity by the professional. (4) For the purposes of point (c) of Article 3-2(3) of the Law, “senior management”, as defined in Article 1(19) of the Law, shall mean at least the person responsible for compliance.” Article 29 The "relationships similar" to cross-border correspondent (…)145 relationships as referred to in Article 3-2(3) of the Law include notably those established for securities transactions or fund transfers, whether on behalf of the cross-border professional as principal or of its customers. Subsection 4 Politically exposed persons Article 30 “(1) The appropriate risk management systems (including the risk-based procedures) allowing the determination whether a customer or the person purporting to act on behalf of the customer or the beneficial owner is a politically exposed person as defined in Article 1(9) to (12) of the Law and required in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 3-2(4) of the Law shall include at least seeking relevant information from the customer, referring to publicly available information or having access to electronic databases of politically exposed persons. The identification of politically exposed persons during the business relationship shall be carried out at least every six months. (2) For the purposes of point (b) of Article 3-2(4) of the Law, “senior management”, as defined in Article 1(19) of the Law, shall mean at least the person responsible for compliance.” 146 145 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 146 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 29/52 Subsection 5 “High-risk countries” 147 Article 31 (1) “Pursuant to Article 3-2(2) of the Law and Article 3(1) of the Grand-ducal Regulation, the professionals shall give special attention and apply enhanced due diligence measures to business relationships and transactions involving customers, persons purporting to act on behalf of them or beneficial owners from high-risk countries within the meaning of Article 1(30) of the Law.” 148 (2) The professionals shall apply a specific procedure for the acceptance and monitoring of business relationships and transactions, referred to above, which requires enhanced due diligence measures which are efficient and proportionate to the risks as, among others:
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 30/52 Section 9 Ongoing due diligence Subsection 1 (…)154 Complex and unusual transactions Article 32 “(1)”155 With respect to the professionals' ongoing due diligence laid down in point (d) “of the first subparagraph”156 of Article 3(2) of the Law and Article 1(3) of the Grand-ducal Regulation, the professionals shall identify complex or unusual transactions as referred to in Article 3(7) of the Law and Article 1(3) of the Grandducal Regulation by taking into account, notably:
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 31/52 Subsection 2 “States, persons, entities and groups subject to restrictive measures in financial matters” 157 Article 33 (1) Ongoing due diligence referred to in point (d) “of the first subparagraph”158 of Article 3(2) of the Law shall include “at least”159 the obligation to identify “without delay”160:
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 32/52 (2) Where persons, entities or groups referred to in this article are identified, and without prejudice to the obligations laid down in Article 5 of the Law and Article 8 of the Grand-ducal Regulation, the professional shall apply“, without delay”168 the required restrictive measures and inform the authorities competent “for financial sanctions”169 (…)170. A copy of this communication shall be sent to the CSSF at the same time. (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “(3) Following the adoption or update of the official lists as referred to in paragraph 1, the professional shall ensure that the internal system used for this control or made available by an external service provider which it uses for the purposes of this control is adapted without delay in order to be able to comply with the obligations under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article.” Subsection 3 Activities requiring particular attention Article 34 “(1)”171 In the framework of ongoing due diligence, the following activities, among others, require particular attention pursuant to Article 3(7) of the Law:
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 33/52 Subsection 4 “Reviewing and”174 keeping information up to date Article 35 (1) Ongoing due diligence includes the obligation to verify and, where appropriate, to update“, in accordance with the maximum time limit provided for by, and taking into account the appropriate times specified in, Article 1(4) of the Grandducal Regulation”175, within an appropriate timeframe to be set by the professional according to its risk assessment, the documents, data or information gathered while fulfilling the customer due diligence obligations, as specified in Chapter 4 of this regulation. “With respect to high-risk business relationships, the frequency of review shall be at least annual.”176 “(2) Irrespective of the frequency of review of the business relationship, the professional shall verify at least once a year whether the conditions which allowed the application of simplified due diligence measures are still met. If there were no transactions during this period, the professional shall carry out this verification during the following reactivation of the business relationship.” 177 (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “(3) During the review and update of the documents, data and information on the customers referred to above, the professional may take into account different sources of information, among others:
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 34/52 Section 10 Performance of due diligence by third parties Subsection 1 Third-party introducers Article 36 “(1)”178 The intervention of a third-party introducer within the meaning of Article 3-3 “(1) to (4)”179 of the Law is subject to the following conditions:
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 35/52 the third-party delegate “(service provider in case of outsourcing or agent in case of an agency relationship)” 185;
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 36/52 (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “(4) In the framework of the outsourcing of AML/CFT functions, the rights and obligations of the professional and service provider as well as their roles, responsibilities and duties shall be clearly listed, distributed and defined in the outsourcing contract. In particular, where the service provider is a registrar and transfer agent which acts on behalf of the investment fund, the Board of Directors of the fund (or equivalent) and/or the IFM which outsource(s) some tasks to the registrar and transfer agent shall remain liable. Thus, the Board of Directors of the fund (or equivalent) and the IFM shall ensure that the relating contracts include detailed clauses specifying the roles and responsibilities of each party. They shall also ensure that the contract allows them to have access to any information necessary for the performance of their function and to carry out an ongoing and formalised supervision of the service providers. The fact that a registrar and transfer agent is considered, pursuant to the outsourcing contract, as part of the investment fund and/or IFM does not exempt it from its own AML/CFT obligations. (5) The professionals using third-party delegates and third-party subdelegates shall ensure that the legal and regulatory provisions applicable in Luxembourg and relating to professional secrecy and personal data protection are complied with. (6) The CSSF may specify the above conditions via a circular.” Chapter 5 Adequate internal management requirements Section 1 AML/CFT “policies and procedures”189 Article 38 (1) The internal management procedures, policies and measures as referred to in Article 4(1) “and in Article 4-1”190 of the Law and Article 7(1) of the Grand-ducal Regulation shall take into account the specificities of the professional such as, among others, its activity, structure, size, organisation and resources. (2) The professional's AML/CFT “policies and procedures”191 shall cover all the professional obligations and, where appropriate, include the following, among others: 189 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 190 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 191 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 37/52 “1.” 192 the customer acceptance policy as laid down in Chapter 4, Section 1 of this regulation; “2.” the detailed procedures as regards the identification, assessment, supervision, management and mitigation of money laundering or terrorist financing risks as laid down in Chapter 3 of this regulation. These procedures shall allow monitoring the development of the identified risks, reassessing them on a regular basis and identifying any significant change affecting them or any new risk; “3.” the specific risk management mechanisms relating to business relationships or transactions not requiring the physical presence of the parties “and without further guarantees being in place as referred to in Article 27 of this regulation” 193; “4.” the measures designed to prevent the misuse of the products or the execution of transactions that might favour anonymity pursuant to Article 3-2(6) of the Law, in particular, as regards new technologies; “5.” the procedures to be followed in case of a request to enter into a business relationship or to execute an occasional transaction for a person whose normal activity implies the holding of third-party funds with a professional or the opening of a group account; “6.” the procedure for accepting and monitoring business relationships referred to in Chapter 4, Section 8 of this regulation; “7.” the procedures to be followed when using a third-party introducer within the meaning of Article 3-3 of the Law; “8.” the procedures to be followed when using third-party “delegates”194 intervening in the context of an outsourcing “or agency”195 contract as referred to in Article 37 of this regulation; “9.” the procedures to observe in order to monitor the development of business relationships as well as transactions executed for customers, notably to detect suspicious transactions; 192 CSSF Regulation No 20-05, point (2)(b): “Each indent before each item shall be replaced by a number […]” 193 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 194 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 195 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 38/52 “10.” the procedures to be followed in case of suspicion or “reasonable grounds for suspicion”196 of money laundering“, an associated predicate offence”197 or terrorist financing; “11.” the procedures to be followed in case an account is opened “during or”198 before the measures to verify the customer's and, where applicable, the beneficial owner's identity have been completed pursuant to (…)199 Article 3(4) of the Law; “12.” the procedures to be followed for opening numbered accounts under the second subparagraph of Article 5 of the Grand-ducal Regulation. These procedures, applicable to all numbered accounts opened with the professional, including those opened before the entry into force of the Grand-ducal Regulation, shall ensure strict compliance with the professional obligations during the customer acceptance procedure as well as the monitoring of the business relationships. These procedures shall require that the customer's identity is known by all the persons within the professional who must know the identity in order to effectively carry out due diligence; “13.” the procedures to be followed in order to fulfil the obligations of Regulation “(EU) 2015/847”200; “14.” “the policy for the selection of staff which guarantees the hiring of employees according to stringent criteria,”201 a training and awareness-raising programme as laid down in Section 5 of this chapter; “15.” the accurate definition of the respective responsibilities of the various AML/CFT functions of the personnel “as well as the procedure for the appointment of the compliance officer and the person responsible for compliance”202 . (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “16. the procedure allowing the internal report of breaches of the AML/CFT professional obligations through a specific, independent and anonymous channel as referred to in Article 4(4) of the Law; 17. the procedures with respect to financial restrictive measures; 196 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 197 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 198 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 199 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 200 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 201 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 202 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 39/52 18. the procedures to be followed in case of identification of the beneficiary of fiducies, trusts or similar legal arrangements at the time of the payout or at the time of the exercise by the beneficiary of its vested rights pursuant to Article 3(2c) of the Law.” “(3) In order to comply with Article 2(2) of the Law, Article 4-1(1) of the Law and Article 4 of the Grand-ducal Regulation and subject to other applicable laws and regulations, including Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/758 of 31 January 2019 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the minimum action and the type of additional measures credit and financial institutions must take to mitigate money laundering and terrorist financing risk in certain third countries (“Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/758”), the professionals shall coordinate their AML/CFT policy and procedures as well as their group-wide implementation with their branches and majority-owned subsidiaries abroad. Where a foreign country’s law does not permit the implementation of the group-wide policies, the professionals shall take additional measures and ensure that their branches and majority-owned subsidiaries in that country apply additional measures to effectively handle the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing. To this end, the professionals shall take into account the provisions laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/758 and any other regulation issued to this end. In particular, they shall establish procedures for the communication to the CSSF in case the application of certain measures is prohibited or restricted and shall observe the communication deadlines set in this regulation. For the purposes of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/758, “senior management” shall mean at least the person responsible for compliance.”203 (4) “The AML/CFT policy shall be subject to validation by the Board of Directors. The AML/CFT procedures shall be subject to validation by the authorised management or, for investment funds supervised by the CSSF by the Board of Directors, and a regular review by the compliance officer and the internal audit function in order to assess whether the procedures remain adapted to the activities, customers and to the AML/CFT standards and measures.” 204 (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “(5) The professionals shall implement procedures and systems ensuring the application of particular measures relating to:
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CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 41/52 (2) “The implementation of a complete and up-to-date “customer” database shall be an integral part of this supervisory system. Where a natural person of the professional performs the encoding, this work shall be subject to a 4-eyes principle.”207 This supervisory system shall include all the accounts of customers and their transactions and shall apply to customers, “persons purporting to act on behalf of the customer, initiators”208 and beneficial owners as well as, as regards the supervision of transfers of funds, to the payer of an incoming transfer “of funds”209 and the recipient of a transfer “of funds”210 going out of the customer's account. The system shall take into account the risks identified by the professional and which impact it according, in particular, to the characteristics of its activity and customers. The system shall be automated, except when the professional can prove that the volume and nature of the customers and the transactions to be supervised do not require such automation. (3) The identification researches carried out using this supervisory system shall be duly documented, including in cases where there are no positive results. (4) The identified transactions or persons, as well as the criteria which led to the identification, shall be subject to written reports. These reports shall be transmitted to the (…)211 compliance officer for the required purposes, in particular, for compliance with Article 5 of the Law. The professional shall specify in writing the procedure relating to the transmission of written reports to the (…)212 compliance officer and the required transmission deadlines. (5) The supervisory system shall allow the professional to take rapidly and, where appropriate, automatically the required measures where a suspicious activity or transaction is identified. The (…)213 compliance officer shall be solely competent to decide on the application and scope of these measures and their termination, where appropriate, in consultation with the management “and the person responsible for compliance”214 . 207 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 208 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 209 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 210 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 211 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 212 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 213 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 214 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 42/52 (6) The supervisory system shall be subject to initial validation “at least by the person responsible for compliance”215 and regular control by the (…)216 compliance officer in order to adapt this system, where necessary, to the development of the activities, the customers and the AML/CFT standards and measures. (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “(7) The adequate and effective supervisory system shall be part of a sound governance and internal management with respect to AML/CFT as laid down in Article 4 of the Law. This governance and internal management system with respect to AML/CFT shall follow the three lines of defence:
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 43/52 The IFMs and investment funds subject to AML/CFT supervision by the CSSF may appoint a third party. In this context, the professional shall take into account the guidance published by the CSSF, notably via circulars or frequently asked questions.” 218
(2) “The names”219 of the person responsible for compliance and the (…)220 compliance officer appointed in accordance with the above paragraph 1 as well as “any information prior to”221 changes regarding “these functions”222 shall be communicated to the CSSF. (3) “The compliance officer and the person responsible for compliance”223 shall have the professional experience, knowledge of the Luxembourg legal and regulatory framework relating to AML/CFT, the hierarchy and powers within the entity (including the power to access on a timely basis the identification data of customers and other information and documentation required by the due diligence measures), as well as the availability necessary to the effective and autonomous exercise of their functions. Article 41 Without prejudice to his responsibility, the “compliance officer may delegate the exercise of his function to one or more employees connected to”224 the professional, provided that the latter fulfil the criteria of Article 40(3) of this regulation. Article 42 “(1) The compliance officer shall apply the AML/CFT policy and procedures of the professional and shall have the power to propose to the authorised management, on his own initiative, any measure necessary or useful to this end, including the release of required means. (1a) The compliance officer shall ensure the quality of the AML/CFT controls carried out by the first line of defence and, as the second line of defence, he shall verify compliance by the professional with all the AML/CFT professional obligations. 218 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 219 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 220 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 221 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 222 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 223 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 224 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 44/52 (2) He controls compliance with the professional obligations applicable to branches and majority-owned subsidiaries by the professional in Luxembourg and abroad. To this end, he analyses, among others, the summary of all the reports of the audit missions and, where appropriate, of the compliance function of these entities that the professional must obtain. He shall ensure compliance by the professional with the group-wide policies, procedures and measures concerning, in particular, data protection and sharing of information within the group for the purposes of AML/CFT in accordance with the legal provisions in force in Luxembourg. (3) He shall prepare, implement and ensure the realisation of the continuing training and awareness-raising programme of the personnel as referred to in Article 46 of this regulation. (4) The compliance officer shall be the privileged contact person for the Luxembourg authorities in charge of AML/CFT as regards AML/CFT issues and for the competent authorities with respect to the application of restrictive measures in financial matters. He shall also be in charge of the transmission of any information or statement to these authorities. (5) The compliance with the AML/CFT policy shall be subject to regular controls and verifications, at a frequency determined according to the money laundering and terrorist financing risks to which the professional is exposed. The compliance officer shall report in writing on a regular basis and, if necessary, on an ad hoc basis to the person responsible for compliance, to the authorised management and, where appropriate, to the Board of Directors (or specialised committees). These reports concern the follow-up of the recommendations, problems, shortcomings and irregularities identified in the past as well as the new problems, shortcomings and irregularities identified. Each report shall specify the risks related thereto as well as their seriousness (measuring the impact) and propose corrective measures, as well as in general the position of the persons concerned. These reports shall allow assessing the scale of the suspicions or reasonable grounds for suspicion of money laundering, an associated predicate offence or terrorist financing which were identified and expressing a judgement on the adequacy of the AML/CFT policy, procedures and systems and on the collaboration between the professional's departments as regards AML/CFT. In this context, the compliance officer shall take into account, among others, the written reports transmitted pursuant to Articles 12, 13 and 39(4) of this regulation. (6) The compliance officer shall prepare, at least once a year, a summary report on his activities and his operation. This summary report shall be submitted by the compliance officer to the person responsible for compliance, the authorised management and the Board of Directors and, where appropriate, the specialised committees.
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 45/52 (7) The person responsible for compliance shall submit to the CSSF on an annual basis the summary report referred to in the above paragraph 6 which covers the past year within five months following the end of the professional’s financial year. This requirement is not applicable to Luxembourg investment funds which designated a Luxembourg management company submitting this annual report.” 225 Article 43 The accumulation of the function of (…)226 compliance officer and one or more other functions shall not impede the independence, objectivity and decision-making autonomy of the (…)227 compliance officer. His workload shall be adapted so that the efficiency of the AML/CFT framework is not compromised. (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “The accumulation of the function of the person responsible for compliance and one or more other functions shall not impede his independence and objectivity.” Section 4 Internal audit control Article 44 (1) The control of the AML/CFT “policies and procedures”228 shall be an integral part of the mission of the professional's internal audit function. “To this end, the internal audit shall test and assess the risk management and control, the AML/CFT policies and procedures in an independent manner.” 229 (2) (…)230 “It shall”231 report to the authorised management and Board of Directors (or specialised committees) by providing them, at least once a year, with a summary report on the compliance with the AML/CFT “policies and procedures”232 . It shall show due diligence by ensuring that its recommendations or corrective measures are acted upon. (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “(3) The internal audit shall analyse the information on the branches and majority-owned subsidiaries made available pursuant to Article 4-1(1) of the Law.” 225 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 226 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 227 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 228 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 229 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 230 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 231 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 232 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 46/52 Section 5 Recruitment, training and awareness-raising of the personnel Article 45 The professionals shall set up recruitment procedures for all the staff and particularly for the (…)233 compliance officer “and person responsible for compliance”234 in order to ensure that each staff member fulfils the criteria of adequate professional standing and experience according to the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing related to the duties and functions to be carried out. In particular, information as regards the possible judicial record of the persons concerned shall be obtained when hiring members of the management by requiring, among others, an extract of the police record or an equivalent document from the person concerned. Article 46 (1) The “ongoing”235 training and awareness-raising measures for the staff taken by the professional pursuant to Article 4(2) of the Law (…)236 “shall cover all the members of staff, including the members of the management bodies and authorised management. These measures”237 shall be adapted to the participants' needs (…)238 . “As regards”239 , in particular, “the”240 staff members who are in direct contact with customers or whose duties expose them to the risk of being confronted with attempts of money laundering or terrorist financing or whose duties directly or indirectly consist in AML/CFT“, specific training programmes in relation to their function shall be developed” 241 . (2) Every professional shall have a training and awareness-raising programme for the whole personnel which observes highly qualitative criteria and whose content and calendar take into account the specific needs of the professional. This programme, as well as its realisation, shall be documented in writing. The programme shall take into account the development of money laundering and terrorist financing techniques and shall be adapted when relevant legal or regulatory requirements change. 233 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 234 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 235 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 236 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 237 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 238 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 239 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 240 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 241 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 47/52 The training and awareness-raising programme of the personnel shall include, among others:
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 48/52 Chapter 6 Cooperation requirements with the authorities Article 47 In accordance with Articles 4(3) and 5(1) of the Law and Article 8”(3) and”246 (4) of the Grand-ducal Regulation, the professionals shall be able to answer quickly and comprehensively all information requests from the “Luxembourg”247 authorities “in charge of AML/CFT”248, and, in particular, those which tend to determine whether they are or were in business relationships or whether they do or did carry out transactions in relation to specific persons including those referred to in Articles 31 and 33 of this regulation. This cooperation requirement does not end with the business relationship or the transaction. Article 48 (1) The requirement to inform the FIU “without delay”249, as provided for in point (a) of Article 5(1) of the Law, also covers the cases in which the professional came into contact with a natural or legal person, or “a”250 legal arrangement without entering into a business relationship or carrying out a transaction, insofar as there are (…)251 suspicions “or reasonable grounds for suspicion”252 of money laundering“, an associated predicate offence”253 or terrorist financing. 246 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 247 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 248 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 249 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 250 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 251 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 252 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 253 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 49/52 (2) The professional shall equip itself with the means required with respect to procedures and organisation of the (…)254 compliance officer function which allows the analysis of the reports transmitted to him and the determination of the necessity to communicate a fact or transaction to the FIU pursuant to point (a) of Article 5(1) of the Law. “To this end, the professional shall register itself in the tool implemented by the FIU.” 255 The procedures shall include the conditions, deadlines and steps for the customer relationship manager to communicate reports to the (…)256 compliance officer. The analysis and the resulting decision shall be retained in writing and made available to the competent authorities. (3) Without prejudice to the obligations laid down in Article 5(3) of the Law, a business relationship which is subject to a report of suspicion with the FIU, shall be monitored with enhanced due diligence and, where appropriate, in line with the FIU instructions by the professional. In case of new indications, the professionals shall carry out a complementary suspicious transaction report (…)257 . (CSSF Regulation No 20-05) “(4) The professional shall communicate in parallel to the CSSF the information transmitted to the FIU based on Article 5(1) and (1a) of the Law, where this information identifies as suspect a professional subject to the CSSF's supervision, or, according to its knowledge, a member of the personnel or management bodies of such a professional or where this information is likely to have a more material impact on the financial sector.” Chapter 7 Audit by “an external audit function” 258 “Article 49 (1) The audit of the professional's annual accounts by the réviseur d'entreprises agréé (approved statutory auditor) shall also include the compliance with the legal and regulatory AML/CFT obligations and provisions. In that respect, the réviseur d'entreprises agréé (approved statutory auditor) shall, among others, carry out sampling tests, the methodology and the results of which he shall describe and comment. 254 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 255 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 256 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 257 CSSF Regulation No 20-05 258 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 50/52 (2) Without prejudice to the application of paragraph 3 of this article, the long form report of the réviseur d'entreprises agréé (approved statutory auditor) mentioned in the above paragraph 1 shall include, among others:
CSSF REGULATION NO 12-02 OF 14 DECEMBER 2012 ON THE FIGHT AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING 51/52 (4) The CSSF may require the substitution of the AML/CFT section of the long form report referred to in this article, with a report to be submitted to the CSSF and dedicated to AML/CFT. In that case, a CSSF circular will define the arrangements for the completion, content and transmission of this report dedicated to AML/CFT. (5) The professionals which are not legally obliged to have a réviseur d'entreprises agréé (approved statutory auditor) to audit their annual accounts shall mandate the drawing-up of a report dedicated to AML/CFT which will be submitted to the CSSF as soon as the arrangements for the completion, content and transmission have been specified in a specific circular addressed to these professionals.” 259 Luxembourg, 14 December 2012 Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier Claude SIMON Director Andrée BILLON Director Simone DELCOURT Director Jean GUILL Director General 259 CSSF Regulation No 20-05
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