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Articles tagged France — ACPR, AMF, TRACFIN and the application files, supervisory returns and AML duties for fintechs in France.

Rapport de contrôle interne LCB-FT (ACPR, 30 April)
Rapport de contrôle interne LCB-FT: the ACPR's 30 April AML internal-control report — who files, Annex I content, signature, EEA branches, worked…

SIREN, SIRET and the RNE — French company data
SIREN, SIRET and the RNE: what each French register identifies, the partial-diffusion rule that hides sole traders, and the NAF 2025 code…

QLB: the ACPR annual AML questionnaire for payment firms
QLB, the ACPR annual AML/CFT questionnaire: instruction 2022-I-18, tables B0 to B10, OneGate and XBRL filing, and the 31 March and 30…

CRS/DAC2 filing in France — the XML specification
CRS/DAC2 filing in France: the FR-CRS-DAC2 XML cahier des charges, the 15 July deadline, encrypted deposit and the 100 MB and 32,000-record…

COSI TRACFIN — France’s systematic reporting duties
COSI TRACFIN: the two systematic information communications under Article L. 561-15-1 — €1,000/€2,000 on remittance, €10,000 on cash, thirty days, and ERMES.

FICP — declaring credit incidents to Banque de France
FICP declarations: what counts as a declarable credit incident, the split-payment and mini-credit codes, and the four-business-day clock.

FCC and FNCI — the Banque de France cheque registers
FCC and FNCI: what the Banque de France cheque and card incident registers hold, the business-day declaration deadlines, and how the files…

Registre des bénéficiaires effectifs — France’s UBO register
Registre des bénéficiaires effectifs: how the French UBO register at the INPI is filed, who may access it after décret 2026-310, and…

RPC, CRT and CRC: French balance-of-payments returns
RPC, CRT and CRC — the three Banque de France balance-of-payments collections a payment firm can owe: scope, thresholds, deadlines and the…

ERMES — filing a TRACFIN déclaration de soupçon
ERMES: TRACFIN's declaration platform — registration and designation, the RGS certificate, the télédéclarant number, XML import, and what a soupçon étayé needs.