Financial and Monetary Code

• Chapter X: Digital asset service providers (legislative and regulatory parts) of Title IV of Book V of the Monetary and Financial Code

Ordinances and regulations

Ordinance No. 2020-1544 of 9 December 2020 strengthening the framework for combating money laundering and terrorist financing applicable to digital assets

Decree 2021-387 of 2 April 2021 on the fight against the anonymity of virtual assets and strengthening the national system for combating money laundering and terrorist financing

AMF resources

• Questions and Answers on the regime of Chapters I (legislative and regulatory parts) and II (legislative and regulatory parts) of Title VI of Book V of the Monetary and Financial Code

• White list of Digital Asset Service Providers

• Blacklist of unauthorised companies and sites

• Description of the steps to follow for registration and accreditation

• Joint press release with the ACPR of 27 July 2020 entitled: “The AMF and the ACPR remind operators of crypto-asset ATMs operating in France of their obligations”

• Press release dated 7 June 2021 entitled: “Digital assets: the AMF amends its General Regulation and updates its doctrine on DASPs”

ACPR’s resources

• First assessment of DASP registration

Europe

• European Commission’s AML/CFT package

• Opinion of the European Banking Authority on the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing affecting the European Union’s financial sector

France

Financial and Monetary Code

• Chapters I (legislative and regulatory parts) and II (legislative and regulatory parts) of Title VI of Book V of the Monetary and Financial Code

ACPR’s resources

Policy guidelines

• On identification, identity verification and customer knowledge

• On politically exposed persons (PEPs)

• On reporting and information obligations to Tracfin

• On the implementation of asset freezing measures

First assessment of DASP registration

ACPR’s sectoral analysis of money laundering and terrorist financing risks in France

AMF resources

• Title II of Book VII of the AMF General Regulation: Digital asset service providers

• Instruction DOC-2019-23 “Regime applicable to digital asset service providers

• Position DOC-2020-07 “Questions and Answers on the Regime for Service Providers of Digital Assets

• Summary of the main AML/CFT measures to be implemented by DASPs

Institutional publications

• COLB’s National Risk Analysis (NRA) of money laundering and terrorist financing in France

• Tracfin activity reports and analysis reports

• GAFI – Virtual Assets Red Flag Indicators of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

• Supranational risk assessment (SNRA) of the European Commission