AMLR, Article 33, DE

1. Where, taking into account the risk factors set out in Annexes II and III, the business relationship or transaction present a low degree of risk, obliged entities may apply the following simplified due diligence measures:

(a)

verifying the identity of the customer and the beneficial owner after the establishment of the business relationship, provided that the specific lower risk identified justified such postponement, but in any case no later than 60 days of the relationship being established;

(b)

reducing the frequency of customer identification updates;

(c)

reducing the amount of information collected to identify the purpose and intended nature of the business relationship or occasional transaction or inferring it from the type of transactions or business relationship established;

(d)

reducing the frequency or degree of scrutiny of transactions carried out by the customer;

(e)

applying any other relevant simplified due diligence measure identified by AMLA pursuant to Article 28.

The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall be proportionate to the nature and size of the business and to the specific elements of lower risk identified. However, obliged entities shall carry out sufficient monitoring of the transactions and business relationship to enable the detection of unusual or suspicious transactions.

2. Obliged entities shall ensure that the internal procedures established pursuant to Article 9 contain the specific measures of simplified verification that shall be taken in relation to the different types of customers that present a lower risk. Obliged entities shall document decisions to take into account additional factors of lower risk.

3. For the purpose of applying simplified due diligence measures referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), obliged entities shall adopt risk management procedures with respect to the conditions under which they can provide services or perform transactions for a customer prior to the verification taking place, including by limiting the amount, number or types of transactions that can be performed or by monitoring transactions to ensure that they are in line with the expected norms for the business relationship at hand.

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