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The Luxembourg ‘Central Register Law’ (Law of 25 March 2020 establishing a central data retrieval system for bank, payment accounts and safe-deposit boxes) is implementing certain provisions of EU Directive 2018/8431 (the “5th AML
Directive”) by establishing a central electronic data retrieval system (CEDRS). It enables the identification of any natural or legal person holding or controlling payment accounts, bank accounts identified by an IBAN and safe-deposits boxes in Luxembourg, in a timely manner. The CSSF Circular 20/747 published on 23 July 2020 contains the technical arrangements related to the application of the Law of 25 March 2020.
The system to be set up requires each financial industry professional that is in scope of the Law to create a...
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