Geldwäscheprävention - Entpflichtung eines (Gruppen-) Geldwäschebeauftragten anzeigen am Standort Department of Economic Policy and Economic Order

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  • Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe
  • Department of Economic Policy and Economic Order
  • Martin-Luther-Str. 105 10825 Berlin
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  • Geldwäscheprävention
  • Tel.: (030) 9013-0
  • Fax: (030) 9028-5305

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Dienstleistungsbeschreibung

Geldwäscheprävention - Entpflichtung eines (Gruppen-) Geldwäschebeauftragten anzeigen

As an obligated party under the Money Laundering Act (GwG), you may be required to appoint a money laundering officer at management level and a deputy. The competent authority must be notified in advance of the dismissal or removal of the previously appointed Money Laundering Officer and his deputy.
The same also applies to mother companies of groups of companies who wish to remove or discharge their previously appointed group money laundering officers and their deputies.
If you do not completely cease business operations, you must immediately appoint a new (group) money laundering officer/deputy for your company or group of companies upon the dismissal of the previous (group) money laundering officer/deputy (see under "More information").

Procedure:
1. As the obliged party, you notify the competent authority in advance of the dismissal of the previous (group) money laundering officer and his deputy for your (parent) company.
2. Your notification will be examined by the competent authority.
3. You will receive a final notification.

Sie können diese Dienstleistung auch online in Anspruch nehmen

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Prerequisites

  • Obliged parties according to the Money Laundering Act
    Natural or legal entities are legally obliged to notify a Money Laundering Reporting Officer if they act as
    • 1. financial enterprises
    • 2. bookmakers
    • 3. casinos
    • 4. operator of a betting agency
    are active.
    Only legal entities that act as a group or group mother company as a
    • 1. financial enterprises
    • 2. insurance intermediaries domiciled abroad, insofar as they maintain branches in Germany
    • 3. service providers for companies and for trust assets or trustees, if they provide the services specified in § 2 section 1 no. 13 GwG to third parties
    • 4. real estate agents
    • 5. bookmakers
    • 6. casinos
    • 7. operator of a betting agency
    • 8. commodity dealers, art brokers and art warehouse keepers, insofar as the warehousing takes place in duty-free zones
    are active.
  • Power of representation
    The person making the notification must be a member of the management or an internal/external (group) money laundering officer of the company.
    The legal counsel of the obliged person may also make the report upon presentation of the original power of attorney and designation of the subject matter.

Documents required

  • Notification of the dismissal of a (group) money laundering officer and his deputy
    The notification is possible in text form, please use the offered online procedure as a preferred option.
  • Evidence of authorisation to notify
    • Proof of appointment as (group) money laundering officer or
    • Contract on the outsourcing of internal security measures or
    • Evidence that the person making the report is a member of the management level of the company (e.g. extract from the commercial register or shareholders' agreement) or
    • If applicable, an original mandate of the representing legal counsel related to the individual case.
  • Document proving the discharge
    E.g. contract of termination, certificate of discharge or similar.
  • Up to date excerpt from the Trade Register, if applicable
    Registered companies please submit a current excerpt from the commercial register. Legal entities in the process of formation (GmbH, AG) please submit the company agreement or articles of association.
  • If applicable, notice of cancellation, trade deregistration confirmation
    Only in the case of termination of the trade or business

Fees

none

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