{"id":16550,"date":"2015-09-19T10:47:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T09:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fbt-avocats.ch\/switzerland-transposes-the-revised-financial-action-task-force-recommendations-new-transparency-rules-for-shareholders-of-swiss-companies-and-financial-intermediaries\/"},"modified":"2020-11-18T11:05:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T10:05:56","slug":"switzerland-transposes-the-revised-financial-action-task-force-recommendations-new-transparency-rules-for-shareholders-of-swiss-companies-and-financial-intermediaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fbt-avocats.ch\/en\/switzerland-transposes-the-revised-financial-action-task-force-recommendations-new-transparency-rules-for-shareholders-of-swiss-companies-and-financial-intermediaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland transposes the Revised Financial Action Task Force recommendations: new transparency rules for shareholders of Swiss companies and financial intermediaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div style='padding-bottom:10px; font-size:26px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h1  blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first   av-inherit-size '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Switzerland transposes the Revised Financial Action Task Force recommendations: new transparency rules for shareholders of Swiss companies and financial intermediaries<\/h1><div class ='av-subheading av-subheading_below  ' style='font-size:15px;'><p>International Bar Association &#8211; Securities Law Newsletter &#8211; September 2015<br \/>\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Bensahel, Pierre-Olivier Etique<\/p>\n<\/div><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div style='height:20px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><div data-canvas-width=\"431.1431666666666\">\n<div class=\"textLayer\" data-canvas-width=\"399.42666666666673\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>New transparency rules for shareholders of Swiss companies and financial intermediaries<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textLayer\" data-canvas-width=\"399.42666666666673\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>On 12 December 2014, the Swiss Federal Chambers adopted the new Federal Act for implementing the\u00a0Revised Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations.\u00a0This legislative package introduces significant amendments and new rules through several existing Swiss laws in the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the transparency of Swiss corporations and bearer shares;<\/li>\n<li>new identification duties for Swiss financial intermediaries;<\/li>\n<li>extension of the regime applicable to a politically exposed person (PEP);<\/li>\n<li>introduction under Swiss law of the tax crime offence as a predicate for money laundering;<\/li>\n<li>new obligations imposed on \u2018dealers\u2019 accepting cash payments for the purchase of movable and immovable assets in excess of CHF100,000;<\/li>\n<li>improvement of the communication system with the Swiss Money Laundering Reporting Office (MROS); 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