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With the exception of cases of lower risk to which measures under Section 3 apply and irrespective of the application of additional measures in cases of higher risk under Section 4 obliged entities shall obtain at least the following information in order to identify the customer, any person purporting to act on behalf of the customer, and the natural persons on whose behalf or for the benefit of whom a transaction or activity is being conducted: (a) for a natural person: (i) all names and surnames; (ii) place and full date of birth; (iii) nationalities, or statelessness and refugee or subsidiary protection status where applicable, and the national identification number, where applicable; (iv) the usual place of residence or, if there is no fixed residential address with legitimate residence in the Union, the postal address at which the natural person can be reached and, where available the tax identification number; (b) for a legal entity: (i) legal form and name of the legal entity; (ii) address of the registered or official office and, if different, the principal place of business, and the country of creation; (iii) the names of the legal representatives of the legal entity as well as, where available, the registration number, the tax identification number and the Legal Entity Identifier; (iv) the names of persons holding shares or a directorship position in nominee form, including reference to their status as nominee shareholders or directors. (c) for a trustee of an express trust or a person holding an equivalent position in a similar legal arrangement: (i) basic information on the legal arrangement; however, with regard to the assets held in the legal arrangement or managed through it, only the assets that are to be managed in the context of the business relationship or occasional transaction shall be identified; (ii) the address of residence of the trustees or persons holding an equivalent position in a similar legal arrangement and, if different, the place from where the express trust or similar legal arrangement is administered, the powers that regulate and bind the legal arrangement, as well as, where available, the tax identification number and the Legal Entity Identifier; (d) for other organisations that have legal capacity under national law: (i) name, address of the registered office or equivalent; (ii) names of the persons empowered to represent the organisation as well as, where applicable, legal form, tax identification number, registration number, Legal Entity Identifier and deeds of association or equivalent.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-09-04