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AI Summary of Article 17 Transfers of crypto-assets with missing or incomplete information on the originator or the beneficiary

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Version date: 30 December 2024 - onwards
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Article 17 Transfers of crypto-assets with missing or incomplete information on the originator or the beneficiary

1. The crypto-asset service provider of the beneficiary shall implement effective risk-based procedures, including procedures based on the risk-sensitive basis referred to in Article 13 of Directive (EU) 2015/849, for determining whether to execute, reject, return or suspend a transfer of crypto-assets lacking the required complete information on the originator and the beneficiary and for taking the appropriate follow-up action.

Where the crypto-asset service provider of the beneficiary becomes aware that the information referred to in Article 14(1) or (2), or in Article 15, is missing or incomplete, that crypto-asset service provider shall, on a risk-sensitive basis and without undue delay:

(a) reject the transfer or return the transferred crypto-assets to the originator's crypto-asset account; or

(b) request the required information on the originator and the beneficiary before making the crypto-assets available to the beneficiary.