Examples of using Fau in English and their translations into Czech
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It's FAU.
The price for any external participants is set at 2000 CZK," mentions Vlastimil Fau.
Therefore, the FAU could benefit from an increase in resources, especially for its supervisory function.
That wasn't my fau.
If enacted, the draft amendment to the AML Act would allow the FAU to cooperate fully with foreign counterparts on a reciprocal basis.
We go live in Tai Fau.
This has a distinct discouraging effect on the reporting entities and the FAU, and risks depriving the AML regime of its effectiveness.
Law enforcement results Make more effective use of the cases andinformation supplied by the FAU.
The draft amendment to the AML Act, if passed,would resolve this and allow the FAU to supply information to relevant supervisors.
The FAU should, however, endeavor to manage the available resources more effectively and to speed up the analytical process whenever it is not dependent on outside factors beyond its control.
Good luck in Tai Fau.
For the meantime the FAU is not authorized to cooperate with FIUs from countries with which the Czech Republic has not entered into a relevant bilateral or multilateral international treaty or agreement.
The amendment to the AML Act that is supposed to come into effect in January 2004 will enable the FAU to co-operate with foreign FIUs either on basis of an agreement or reciprocity.
The FAU inspects banks, securities companies and credit unions on an ad hoc basis for compliance with AML/CFT requirements but leaves the majority of the supervision regarding AML/CFT to the CNB, CSC and CUSA.
Furthermore the AML Act stipulates that the Police of the Czech Republic, intelligence services, andother Governmental bodies shall provide the FAU, in the process of its exercising of powers under this Act, with all data necessary, unless prohibited by a special Act section 10.
The FAU is authorized within the scope determined by an international treaty to co-operate with its foreign counterparts especially in the field of transmitting and acquiring data necessary to reach the objectives determined by the AML Act section 10(5) AML Act.
The Czech National Bank(CNB), the Ministry of Finance, and the Czech Securities Commission(CSC)are the primary financial regulators, and along with the FAU, play the critical role in monitoring of AML/CFT compliance by banks, insurance and securities firms and other intermediaries.
The FAU is technically separated from other divisions of the Ministry of Finance and subject to organizational, personnel and other measures necessary to guarantee confidentiality of the information and data obtained in the course of implementation of its duties section 7(2) of the AML act.
Legal and Institutional Framework for All Financial Institutions I-General framework Supervisors have no restrictions in providing the FAU or law enforcement agencies with information on the entities under their supervision, however, supervisors other than the CNB cannot receive specific information on the reporting entities from the FAU.
The FAU is the sole supervisor for AML issues for legal or natural persons operating gambling houses, casinos, betting shops, auction halls, real estate agencies, entities offering financial leasing or other types of financing, foreign exchange bureaus, facilitators of cash or wire money transfers, insurance companies, insurance and re-insurance agents.
Moreover, as there are several authorities involved in supervising andenforcing compliance of the AML Act, the Czech authorities must ensure that there are no legal impediments for cooperating by allowing the FAU to exchange information on financial institutions' reporting duty with the other relevant supervisors.
IX-Cooperation between supervisors andother competent authorities The FAU, CNB and CSC cooperate in planning onsite inspections of financial institutions, sharing information on money laundering activities and interpretation of the AML Act.
Since there are several authorities involved in supervising and enforcing compliance of the AML Act,the authorities must ensure that there are no legal impediments for cooperating by allowing the FAU to exchange information and statistics on financial institutions' reporting behavior with the other relevant supervisors.
Some financial institutions prefer to monitor an account and consult with FAU on whether to report or not, whereas other financial institutions do not consult with the FAU but report all suspicious transactions within 5 days after the transaction, as legally required.
Compliance officer The AML Act, section 9, requires financial institutions employing three and more persons to appoint a contact person to be in charge of coordination andinformation exchange with the FAU and monitor compliance with reporting requirements, unless these functions are performed by the statutory body of a financial institution.
As required by the AML Act, all financial institutions have drafted and submitted to the FAU internal procedures and control measures to prevent money laundering and have appointed a contact person who is in charge of coordination andinformation exchange with the FAU, as well as compliance with the reporting duty.
Reporting to the FAU Section 4 of the“Act No. 61. Coll. of 15 February 1996 on Selected Measures against Legitimization of Proceeds from Criminal Activities”(hereafter the AML Act) provides that a financial institution which uncovers, in the course of its activities, a suspicious transaction, is required to submit to the FAU a suspicious transaction report(STR) on the transaction including all relevant identification data.
Cooperation with foreign FIUs andsafeguards on privacy and data protection The FAU is authorized to co-operate with its foreign counterparts to share intelligence information and data necessary to reach the objectives determined by the AML Act within the scope determined by an international treaty section 10(5) of the AML Act.
Dissemination to domestic authorities Should the FAU uncover facts which lead it to believe that a criminal offence was committed, it shall file a complaint pursuant to the Code of Criminal Procedure and, at the same time, shall provide to the law enforcement body any data and supporting evidence it has at its disposal relevant to the complaint section 10(2) of the AML Act.