Article 20Customer due diligence measures

1. For the purpose of conducting customer due diligence, obliged entities shall apply all of the following measures:

(a)

identifying the customer and verifying the customer’s identity;

(b)

identifying the beneficial owners and taking reasonable measures to verify their identity so that the obliged entity is satisfied that it knows who the beneficial owner is and that it understands the ownership and control structure of the customer;

(c)

assessing and, as appropriate, obtaining information on and understanding the purpose and intended nature of the business relationship or the occasional transactions;

(d)

verifying whether the customer or the beneficial owners are subject to targeted financial sanctions, and, in the case of a customer or party to a legal arrangement who is a legal entity, whether natural or legal persons subject to targeted financial sanctions control the legal entity or have more than 50 % of the proprietary rights of that legal entity or majority interest in it, whether individually or collectively;

(e)

assessing and, as appropriate, obtaining information on the nature of the customers’ business, including, in the case of undertakings, whether they carry out activities, or of their employment or occupation;

(f)

conducting ongoing monitoring of the business relationship including scrutiny of transactions undertaken throughout the course of the business relationship to ensure that the transactions being conducted are consistent with the obliged entity’s knowledge of the customer, the business and risk profile, including where necessary the source of funds;

(g)

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