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D-35-01 R OAR-ASA

Règlement OAR-ASA

  • FR DE
  • Self-Regulatory Organisation of the Swiss Insurance Association
  • Insurance Money laundering
  • Status as of 1 January 2023
  • Original date : 25 October 2022
  • History
  • Self-regulation recognised as minimum standard by FINMA
  • Art. 42 al. 1 OBA-FINMA: "Les obligations de diligence des institutions d'assurance sont régies par les dispositions du Règlement du 22 juin 2018 de l'organisme d'autorégulation de l'Association Suisse d'Assurances pour la lutte contre le blanchiment d'argent."
  • FR DE
  • Self-Regulatory Organisation of the Swiss Insurance Association
  • Insurance Money laundering
  • Status as of 1 January 2023
  • Original date : 25 October 2022
  • History
  • Self-regulation recognised as minimum standard by FINMA
  • Art. 42 al. 1 OBA-FINMA: "Les obligations de diligence des institutions d'assurance sont régies par les dispositions du Règlement du 22 juin 2018 de l'organisme d'autorégulation de l'Association Suisse d'Assurances pour la lutte contre le blanchiment d'argent."
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