We study the practice of applying Federal Law No. 115

On February 19, 2024, a seminar was held in the conference hall of the Chamber of Advocates of the Samara Region in person as part of the Chamber's implementation of the provisions of the Federal Law of August 7, 2001 N 115-FZ "On Combating the Legalization (Laundering) of Criminally Obtained Incomes and the Financing of Terrorism" (hereinafter - FZ-115).

The seminar was moderated by the vice-presidents of PASO Sukhova N.Yu., Borodin A.V. and the managing partner of the law firm "Yablokov and Partners" Yablokov V.A.

The target audience of the training event were lawyers of the Samara Region, preparing or carrying out on behalf of or on behalf of the client, transactions with cash or other property of the principal, real estate transactions, management of cash, securities, management of bank accounts or securities accounts, raising funds to create organizations, ensure their activities or manage them, create legal entities and foreign structures without forming a legal entity, ensure their activities or manage them, as well as the purchase and sale of legal entities and foreign structures without forming a legal entity. The subject of discussion was the issue of improving and unifying the organization of the internal control system within the framework of the implementation of Federal Law-115.

The seminar was dynamic and informative. Despite the popular online format, a personal meeting of lawyers allows for an active exchange of opinions, discussions, asking questions and analyzing specific cases.

The lawyers discussed the application of the PVK by lawyers, the appointment of the SDL, maintaining a personal account on the ROSFINMONITORING website and other issues of organizing internal control.

PASO draws the attention of its members to the fact that, within the framework of 115-FZ, the Chamber is conducting activities to form a list of lawyers who are subjects of the implementation of the requirements of Federal Law No. 115-FZ of 07.08.2001 to determine the contour of supervised subjects of primary financial monitoring. All lawyers have been re-sent questionnaires using the INTERNET P@SO system. Those lawyers who have not declared their affiliation (or non-affiliation) with the subjects of Art. 7.1 of Federal Law-115 are required to fill out the questionnaires and return them to the Chamber by February 22, 2024.

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