Regulations amending Finansinspektionen’s regulations on measures against money laundering and financing of terrorism

Finansinspektionen’s Regulatory Code
Publisher: Finansinspektionen, Sweden, www.fi.se ISSN 1102-7460 This translation is furnished for information purposes only and is not itself a legal document. FFFS 2010:5 Published on 15 July 2010 Regulations amending Finansinspektionen’s regulations and general guidelines (FFFS 2009:1) governing measures against money laundering and financing of terrorism; decided on 8 July 2010. Finansinspektionen prescribes pursuant to the Measures Against Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Ordinance (2009:92) that Chapter 1, sections 2 and 3 of Finansinspektionen's regulations and general guidelines (FFFS 2009:1) governing measures against money laundering and financing of terrorism shall have the following wording.
Chapter 1
Section 2 The regulations shall be applied by
1. natural and legal persons conducting such operations as those referred to in
Chapter 1, section 2, items 1–7, 17 and 18 of the Measures Against Money
Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Act (2009:62), and
2. branch offices in Sweden of foreign legal persons with head offices abroad
which conduct such operations as referred to in point 1.
Provisions applicable to the board of directors or managing director of legal persons shall apply similarly in respect of authorised representatives in types of association in which a board of directors or managing director does not occur.
Section 3 The definitions in these regulations are the same as those in Chapter 1,
section 5 of the Measures Against Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism
Act.
In addition thereto, the following definitions are used:
1. firm: a body that conducts business as set out in Chapter 1, section 2, items 1–7,
17 and 18 of the Measures Against Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Act.
2. internal rules: policy documents, guidelines, instructions or other
written documents through which the issuer (board of directors or managing director) manages the business.
3. internal control: a process through which the firm's board of directors, managing
director, senior management or other personnel procure a reasonable certainty that the firm’s goals are achieved in the following areas:
– that the firm has an appropriate and efficient organisation and management of operations, – that information submitted to the Swedish National Police Board is reliable, and – that the firm complies with applicable laws, ordinances and other regulations. 1

FFFS 2010:5
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These regulations shall enter into force on 1 August 2010.
MARTIN ANDERSSON
Johan Terfelt