Commentaries: Art. 29

FINMA, the FGB, the intercantonal authority, the Central Office and the Reporting Office may provide each other with any information they require for the application of this Act.¹
The federal, cantonal and communal authorities shall if requested by the Reporting Office or the central offices of the Federal Criminal Police pass on to the Reporting Office or the said central offices all the data required for the analyses in relation to combating money laundering, its predicate offences, organised crime or the financing of terrorism.²The data include in particular financial information and other sensitive personal data obtained in criminal, administrative criminal and administrative proceedings, including those from pending proceedings.³
The Reporting Office may provide, on a case-by-case basis, the authorities referred to in paragraph 2 with information in individual cases provided the authorities use the information exclusively for combating money laundering, its predicate offences, organised crime or the financing of terrorism. Article 30 paragraphs 2–5 applies by analogy.⁴
The Reporting Office may only pass on information from foreign reporting offices with their express consent to the authorities referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 for the purposes specified in paragraph 2^bis.⁵
The Reporting Office shall inform FINMA, the FGB, the intercantonal authority and the Central Office of the decisions of the cantonal prosecution authorities.⁶

Amended by No I of the FA of 19 March 2021, in force since 1 Jan. 2023 (AS 2021 656; 2022 551;BBl 2019 5451). ↩
Amended by No I 7 of the FA of 12 Dec. 2014 on the Implementation of the 2012 revision of the Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force, in force since 1 Jan. 2016 (AS 2015 1389;BBl 2014 605). ↩
Second sentence amended by Annex 1 No II 95 of the Data Protection Act of 25 Sept. 2020, in force since 1 Sept. 2023 (AS 2022 491;BBl 2017 6941). ↩
Inserted by No I 7 of the FA of 12 Dec. 2014 on the Implementation of the 2012 revision of the Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force, in force since 1 Jan. 2016 (AS 2015 1389;BBl 2014 605). ↩
Inserted by No I 7 of the FA of 12 Dec. 2014 on the Implementation of the 2012 revision of the Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (AS 2015 1389;BBl 2014 605). Amended by No I of the FA of 19 March 2021, in force since 1 Jan. 2023 (AS 2021 656; 2022 551;BBl 2019 5451). ↩
Amended by No I of the FA of 19 March 2021, in force since 1 Jan. 2023 (AS 2021 656; 2022 551;BBl 2019 5451). ↩

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