Law

Law- European Legislative Texts

 

This section brings all the relevant legislative texts on different energy resources and commodities like electricity, and natural gas, green electricity and energy efficiency. The EU legislative texts include EU and federal level, including acts, orders, ordinances, directives or decisions by the European Commission.

As we know that, the energy and the environment policies are being intricately linked and all the energy production and consumption have environmental impacts, it is really essential to bring an overlook of the environment during the current economic times, the challenges of producing or facing the energy resources sustainably and protecting our natural environment equally.

 

International Organisations:

·         Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering
·         International Anti-Money Laundering Network -United Nations website concerning the prevention of money laundering

 

Swiss authorities:

o    Federal Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
o    Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland (MROS)

 

Sanctions and measures in Switzerland:

o    Sanctions and measures in Switzerland

 

Legal Principles:

o    Federal Act of 10 October 1997 on the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism in the Finance Sector (Anti-Money        Laundering Act, AMLA).
o    Ordinance on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance (GwV).

 

 Important documents: 
pdf Reporting form on suspicion of money laundering pursuant to Art. 9 AMLA

pdf FINMA-Rundschreiben 2011/1

pdf Regulations of the Self-regulatory Organisation pursuant to the Anti-Money Laundering Act 

pdf Privacy Act: Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) of 19 June 1992 (Status as of 1 January 2014)