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955.0 Federal Act of 10 October 1997 on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Financial Sector (Anti-Money Laundering Act, AMLA)

955.0 Bundesgesetz vom 10. Oktober 1997 über die Bekämpfung der Geldwäscherei und der Terrorismusfinanzierung (Geldwäschereigesetz, GwG)

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Art. 27

1 The self-regulatory organisations and FINMA may mutually exchange any information or documents that they require in order to fulfil their duties.

2 The self-regulatory organisations shall notify FINMA of:

a.
terminations of memberships;
b.
decisions on the refusal of affiliation;
c.
decisions to exclude and the reasons therefor;
d.
the opening of sanctions proceedings that may end in exclusion.

3 They shall provide FINMA with a report at least once each year on their activities in terms of this Act together with a list of decisions on sanctions issued during the period covered by the report.

4 They shall immediately submit a report to the Reporting Office if they have reasonable grounds to suspect that:162

a.163
a criminal offence under Article 260ter or 305bis of the Swiss Criminal Code164 has been committed;
b.165
assets are the proceeds of a felony or an aggravated tax misdemeanour under Article 305bis number 1bis SCC;
c.166
assets are subject to the power of disposal of a criminal or terrorist organisation; or
d.167
assets serve the financing of terrorism (Art. 260quinquies para. 1 SCC).

5 The duty under paragraph 4 does not apply if a report has already been filed by a financial intermediary affiliated to a self-regulatory organisation.

160 Amended by Annex No 17 of the Financial Market Supervision Act of 22 June 2007, in force since 1 Jan. 2009 (AS 2008 5207; BBl 2006 2829).

161 Amended by No I of the FA of 19 March 2021, in force since 1 Jan. 2023 (AS 2021 656; 2022 551; BBl 2019 5451).

162 Amended by Annex 2 No 3 of the FA of 19 March 2021, in force since 1 Jan. 2023 (AS 2021 656; 2022 551; BBl 2019 5451).

163 Amended by Annex No II 6 of the FedD of 25 Sept. 2020 on the Approval and Implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism and its Additional Protocol and the Strengthening of Criminal Justice Instruments for combating Terrorism and Organised Crime, in force since 1 July 2021 (AS 2021 360; BBl 2018 6427).

164 SR 311.0

165 Amended by No I 7 of the FA of 12 Dec. 2014 on the Implementation of the 2012 revision of the Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force, in force since 1 Jan. 2016 (AS 2015 1389; BBl 2014 605).

166 Amended by Annex No II 6 of the FedD of 25 Sept. 2020 on the Approval and Implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism and its Additional Protocol and the Strengthening of Criminal Justice Instruments for combating Terrorism and Organised Crime, in force since 1 July 2021 (AS 2021 360; BBl 2018 6427).

167 Inserted by No I 4 of the FA of 3 Oct. 2008 on the Implementation of the revised Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force, in force since 1 Feb. 2009 (AS 2009 361; BBl 2007 6269).

Art. 26a Inländische Gruppengesellschaften

1 Für Finanzintermediäre nach Artikel 2 Absatz 3, die eine inländische Gruppengesellschaft eines Finanzintermediärs nach Artikel 2 Absatz 2 Buchstaben a–dquater sind, kann die FINMA vorsehen, dass die Einhaltung der Pflichten nach dem 2. Kapitel im Prüfbericht der Gruppe nachgewiesen wird.159

2 Die FINMA veröffentlicht eine Liste der Gruppengesellschaften nach Absatz 1.

158 Eingefügt durch Anhang Ziff. II 15 des Finanzinstitutsgesetzes vom 15. Juni 2018, in Kraft seit 1. Jan. 2020 (AS 2018 5247, 2019 4631; BBl 2015 8901).

159 Fassung gemäss Ziff. I 8 des BG vom 25. Sept. 2020 zur Anpassung des Bundesrechts an Entwicklungen der Technik verteilter elektronischer Register, in Kraft seit 1. Aug. 2021 (AS 2021 33, 399; BBl 2020 233).

 

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