Article 4

Member States shall ensure that credit and financial institutions keep the following for use as evidence in any investigation into money laundering: in the case of identification, a copy or the references of the evidence required, for a period of at least five years after the relationship with their customer has ended, in the case of transactions, the supporting evidence and records, consisting of the original documents or copies admissible in court proceedings under the applicable national legislation for a period of at least five years following execution of the transactions.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.