Bekendtgørelse af lov om forebyggende foranstaltninger mod hvidvask og finansiering af terrorisme (hvidvaskloven) | A20200178229 — Denmark law | Esheria

Bekendtgørelse af lov om forebyggende foranstaltninger mod hvidvask og finansiering af terrorisme (hvidvaskloven)

This preamble says the law reproduces parts of EU anti-money-laundering rules for practical reasons and does not change the direct validity of EU regulations in Denmark.

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Jurisdiction
Denmark
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
A20200178229
Status
Not in force
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
da
Updated
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This preamble says the law reproduces parts of EU anti-money-laundering rules for practical reasons and does not change the direct validity of EU regulations in Denmark. This section bans large cash payments for some businesses, requires handling suspected counterfeit notes differently, forbids using 500-euro notes in Denmark, and imposes risk assessment and customer-check duties on covered businesses and persons. Businesses and persons covered by the law must follow special AML customer-due-diligence rules, limit personal-data processing to AML/terrorist-financing purposes, and report certain ownership data mismatches to Erhvervsstyrelsen quickly. Virksomheder og personer skal straks underrette Hvidvasksekretariatet ved mistanke om hvidvask eller terrorfinansiering og i nogle tilfælde standse transaktionen først. Reglerne for denne sektor forbyder repressalier mod ansatte og tidligere ansatte, kræver intern ledelsesrapportering om AML-/terrorfinansieringsadvarsler og pålægger tavshed om underretninger, med visse tilladte videregivelser.