The list of entities subject to AML-CFT regulations notably includes:
- The bodies, institutions and services governed by the provisions of Book V, Title 1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (hereinafter referred to as “CMF”), including the branches of credit institutions mentioned in Article L. 511-22 of the CMF, when these branches carry out operations for their customers in France;
- Payment institutions subject to Book V, Title II, Chapter II of the CMF, including the branches of payment institutions mentioned in Article L II. 522-13 of the CMF;
- Electronic money institutions governed by Title II, Chapter VI of the same Book, including the branches of electronic money institutions referred to in Article L. 526-25 of the CMF;
- Credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions having their head office established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State that is party to the European Economic Area as they carry out their business on national territory by using the services of one or more agents for the provision of payment services in France, or those of one or more persons for the purpose of distributing electronic money in France within the meaning of Article L. 525-8 of the CMF;
- Banking and payment services intermediaries as referred to in Article L. 519-1 of the CMF when they act under a mandate issued by a customer and are entrusted with funds as an agent for the parties;
- Crowdfunding intermediaries mentioned in Article L. 548-2 of the CMF;
- Investment firms other than asset management companies, including the branches of investment firms as referred to in Article L. 532-18-1 of the CMF when they carry out transactions for their customers in France, the persons mentioned in Article L. 440-2, the market operators referred to in Article L. 421-2 of the CMF, central depositories and managers of financial instrument settlement and delivery systems, financial investment advisors, crowdfunding investment advisors and authorised intermediaries referred to in Article L. 211-4 of the CMF, the collective investment undertakings referred to in section I of Article L. 214-1 of the CMF and the collective investment management companies mentioned in Article L. 543-1 of the CMF;
- Investment service providers which have their head office in another Member State of the European Union as they conduct their business within their national territory with the aid of tied agents referred to in Article L. 545-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code when they carry out operations for customers in France;
- Bureaux de change.
The list of entities subject to AML-CFT regulations notably includes:
- The undertakings referred to in Articles L. 310-1 and L. 310-2 of the French Insurance Code;
- Institutions or unions governed by Book IX, Title III of the French Social Security Code;
- Mutual insurance companies and grouping unions carrying out the operations mentioned in point I of Article L. 111-1 of the French Mutual Code;
- The supplementary occupational pension funds mentioned in Article L. 381-1 of the French Insurance Code;
- The supplementary occupational pension unions or supplementary occupational mutual benefit associations referred to in Article L. 214-1 of the French Mutual Insurance Code;
- The supplementary occupational pension institutions referred to in Article L. 942-1 of the French Social Security Code;
- Insurance intermediaries as defined in Article L. 511-1 of the French Insurance Code, excluding those acting under the full responsibility of the insurer or insurance broker.