Official translation Official translation GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA RESOLUTION No. 1331 CONCERNING THE PROCEDURE OF CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION AND PROVISION OF INFORMATION ABOUT MONETARY OPERATIONS 3 December 1997 Vilnius Guided by the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Prevention of Money Laundering, the Government of the Republic of Lithuania has r e s o l v e d: To establish that:
- Credit and financial institutions, notaries and persons having the right to carry out notarial acts, who, in the cases provided for by the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Prevention of Money Laundering (hereinafter - the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering), are obliged to identify the customer, shall request the customer to produce his personal identification documents, which must contain the following personal details: 1.
- in case of natural persons - the name and surname, personal number, the number of the permit for permanent residence in Republic of Lithuania and the period of its validity (applied with respect to stateless persons), the name of the county the person comes from (applied with respect to aliens); 1.
- in case of enterprises without the rights of the legal person as well as for legal persons - the name, address of the registered office, the code, registration certificate number and the date of issue; 1.3.where the transactions are concluded through an agent - the agents’ personal details specified in subparagraphs 1.
- and 1.
- as well as the requisites of the authorisation (number, date of issuance). In such case appropriate data concerning the persons represented shall also be submitted.
- Credit and financial institutions, notaries and persons having the right to carry out notarial acts in the cases provided for by the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering shall communicate to the tax police the data specified in paragraph 1 of this Resolution and shall also register the data in the manner prescribed by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Bank of Lithuania.
- Having noticed the signs of possible money laundering also violations of the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering, the law enforcement and other state institutions must forthwith, but not later than within 3 working days, notify the tax police according to the following procedure: 3.
- present the data specified in paragraph 1 of this Resolution; 3.
- inform of the monetary operation carried out by the customer (the date of the transaction, the sum of monetary operation, the name of foreign currency used in the transaction, the type of the transaction); 3.
- the reason why the customer’s monetary operation is considered as arousing suspicion (this requirement shall apply only to credit and financial institutions); 3.
- indicate the measures that have been taken with respect to the infringers.
- Where a natural or legal person or enterprise without the rights of the legal person brings into or takes out from the Republic of Lithuania a single sum in cash in excess of LTL 50,000 or its equivalent in foreign currency, the customs offices shall forthwith but not later than within 7 working days after the day of bringing of cash into or taking it out of the Republic of Lithuania notify thereof the tax police in the manner laid down by the Customs Department under the Ministry of Finance.
- The Resolution shall become effective as of 1 January
- Prime Minister Gediminas Vagnorius Minister of Justice Vytautas Pakalniðkis