Subsection 3: Obligations of the payer's payment service provider

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Article L722-10

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force

Updated 6 Nov 2023

I.- By way of derogation from Article L. 722-9, transfers of funds for which the payment service providers involved in the payment chain are established in mainland France, in local authorities governed by Articles 73 or 74 of the Constitution and in New Caledonia, need only be accompanied by the payment account numbers of the payer and payee or, in the case of a transfer not made from or to a payment account, by a unique transaction identifier.
II.However, at the request of the payee's payment service provider or the intermediary payment service provider, the payer's payment service provider shall make the following information available to the payee's payment service provider or the intermediary payment service provider within three working days of receiving the request for information from the payee's payment service provider or the intermediary payment service provider:
1° For transfers exceeding €1,000 or the equivalent in local currency, whether these transfers are made in a single transaction or in several transactions that appear to be linked, the information on the payer and payee referred to in Article L. 722-9;
2° For transfers of funds not exceeding €1,000 or the equivalent in local currency and which do not appear to be linked to other transfers of funds and whose amount, together with that of the transfer in question, exceeds €1,000 or the equivalent in local currency at least :
a) The name of the originator and beneficiary;
b) The payment account number of the originator and beneficiary or, in the case of a transfer that is not made from or to a payment account, the unique transaction identifier.
III - By way of derogation from III of Article L. 722-9, the originator's payment service provider is not required to check the information on the originator in the case of the transfers of funds referred to in 2° of II of this Article, unless there is a suspicion of money laundering or terrorist financing or the transaction involves the transmission of funds within the meaning of 6° of Article L. 314-1.

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