LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS VYRIAUSYBE Official translation the government of the republic of lithuania RESOLUTION No 1331 of 3 December 1997 CONCERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR IDENTIFYING THE CUSTOMER AND SEVERAL RELATED MONETARY OPERATIONS, FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION ON MONETARY OPERATIONS OR TRANSACTIONS, AND FOR CONTROLLING CASH INCOMING TO OR OUTGOING FROM THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA Vilnius (As amended by Resolution No 1478 of 22 December 1998, Resolution No 1410 of 6 September 2002, Resolution 930 of 22 July 2004, and Resolution No 1493 of 25 November 2004) Acting pursuant to paragraph 5, Article 10 and paragraph 1, Article 14 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Prevention of Money Laundering (Valstybės žinios (Official Gazette) No 64-1502, 1997; No 117-5318, 2003, and No 73-2523, 2004), the Government of the Republic of Lithuania h a s r e s o l v e d: To establish that:
- Financial institutions and other entities obliged by the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Prevention of Money Laundering (hereinafter referred to as “the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering”) to identify the customer in certain defined cases shall request the customer to produce valid identification documents containing at least the following information: 1.
- for natural persons: 1.1.
- first names and the family name; 1.1.
- personal code (applicable to citizens of the Republic of Lithuania and to foreigners holding permits for permanent residence in the Republic of Lithuania); 1.1.
- date of birth, the number and the period of validity of the permit for temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania (applicable to persons holding permits for temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania); 1.1.
- date of birth, the number and the place and date of issuance of the passport or an equivalent travel document (applicable to citizens of foreign states); 1.1.
- date of birth, the number and the period of validity of the permit for permanent residence in a foreign state, and the place and date of issuance of such permit (applicable to foreigners who are permanent residents of a foreign state); 1.1.
- a valid visa of the Republic of Lithuania or a stamp certifying the most recent crossing of the border of the Republic of Lithuania (not applicable to foreigners whose passports or other travel documents do not have to be so stamped in accordance with legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania); 1.
- for legal persons of the Republic of Lithuania, subsidiaries and representative offices of foreign companies: name, legal form, address, company code, the number and the date of issuance of the registration certificate; 1.
- for foreign legal persons: name, registered address, details of registration or other form of incorporation of the legal person; 1.
- for agents, if the customer opens an account or performs other operations listed in paragraphs 1 to 3, Article 10 of the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering or carries out transactions through an agent: information specified in paragraphs 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 of this Resolution and details of the authorisation to act as an agent (number, date of approval). In this case, the information specified in paragraphs 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 shall also be communicated about the customer represented by the agent.
- Law enforcement and other state institutions must immediately but no later than within 3 working days report, in writing, to the Financial Crime Investigation Service under the Ministry of the Interior about any indications of suspected money laundering and violations of the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering, in the following manner: 2.
- communicate information specified in paragraph 1 of this Resolution; 2.
- communicate information available to them about the monetary operation or transaction performed by the customer concerned (the date of the operation or transaction, the amount of money involved, the currency of the operation concerned, the type of the transaction, other available data); 2.
- describe the measures taken against the perpetrators.
- Several monetary operations shall be deemed related, where the customer: 3.
- in 7 calendar days performs several cash deposit operations exceeding LTL 50,000 or an equivalent amount in other currencies; 3.
- in 7 calendar days performs several cash withdrawal operations exceeding LTL 50,000 or an equivalent amount in other currencies; 3.
- performs several cash deposit or withdrawal operations that are related by contract or other basis of payment and exceed LTL 50,000 or an equivalent amount in other currencies; 3.
- performs other operations in cash that are related according to the data of the financial institution or other entity concerned and exceed LTL 50,000 or an equivalent amount in other currencies.
- Cash incoming to the Republic of Lithuania from third countries defined in the Law of the Republic of Lithuanian on Customs (Valstybės žinios (Official Gazette) No 73-2517, 2004) or outgoing from the Republic of Lithuania to third countries, if a single amount of the incoming or outgoing cash exceeds the amount specified in paragraph 2, Article 14 of the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering, must be declared in writing to the customs offices of the Republic of Lithuania in the manner prescribed by legal acts. Prime Minister Gediminas Vagnorius Minister of Justice Vytautas Pakalniškis ____________________