Einholen von Auskünften von Verpflichteten im Rahmen der Geldwäscheaufsicht Entgegennahme

§ Section 52 (1) of the Money Laundering Act (GwG)

At the request of the supervisory authority, you must provide information free of charge on all business matters and transactions and submit documents that are relevant to compliance with the legal requirements.

As an obligated company under the Money Laundering Act, you must, upon request and free of charge, provide the competent supervisory authority with

1. provide information on all business matters and transactions and
2. submit documents that are relevant to compliance with the requirements set out in this Act.

The documents to be submitted must be provided in the original, in the form of copies or in digital form by electronic means or on a digital storage medium.

The information and the submission of documents must be provided free of charge.

Depending on the individual requirements of the supervisory authority. If you have any questions, please contact the supervisory authority responsible for you to find out which specific documents you need to submit and which method is suitable for transmission.

You have received a request to submit documents from the competent supervisory authority.

You are an obligated company, a member of a governing body or an employee of an obligated company under the Money Laundering Act or an anti-money laundering officer.

Free of charge

• You receive a request to provide information on business matters and transactions and/or to submit corresponding documents
• You submit the requested evidence to the competent supervisory authority
• The supervisory authority checks the information and documents
• You receive a notification once the review has been completed

approx. 6 weeks (depending on the size of the company)

individually set deadline by the supervisory authority

Further information on money laundering prevention can be found on the Saarland's topic page

Persons subject to obligations under the Money Laundering Act must, upon request and free of charge, provide the competent supervisory authority with

1. provide information on all business matters and transactions free of charge and
2. submit documents that are relevant to compliance with the requirements laid down in this Act.

State Administration Office
At the market 7
66386 St. Ingbert
Phone: +49 681 501-00
E-mail: gwg@lava.saarland.de

• Forms: no
• Online procedure possible: yes
• Written form required: no
• Personal appearance required: no