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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Feedback received from the Central Office for Financial Transaction Investigations


The Financial Intelligence Unit collects and investigates reports of suspicious financial transactions. The English name of the central office and the corresponding abbreviation are often used: Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Its aim is to prevent, detect and prosecute money laundering and terrorist financing.

As an obliged entity, you must report suspicious money movements to the FIU under certain conditions. If you have submitted such suspicious activity reports, you will receivefeedbackfrom the FI Uon the relevance of your suspicious activity reports within a reasonable period of time.

If you gain knowledge of personal data through this feedback, this data may only be used to improve

  • your own reporting behavior
  • your own risk management:
    • Risk analysis and, based on this, security measures against money laundering and terrorist financing
  • the fulfillment of your own due diligence obligations, including
    • Identification of the contractual partner and, if applicable, the person acting on their behalf
    • Checking whether the person acting on behalf of the contracting partner is authorized to do so
    • Determining and identifying the beneficial owner:
      • the person in whose ownership or under whose control the contracting party is, or
      • the person at whose instigation a transaction is carried out or a business relationship is established
    • Obtaining and assessing information on the purpose and intended nature of the business relationship; determining whether the contracting partner or the beneficial owner is a politically exposed person
      • Persons who hold or have held a high-ranking public office in Switzerland or abroad in the past 12 months
    • Continuous monitoring of the business relationship

You must delete this personal data

  • as soon as it is no longer required for the stated purposes or
  • after one year at the latest

Which documents are required?

You do not need to submit any documents.

Requirements

They have submitted suspicious activity reports to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).

What are the fees?

There are no costs.

Process flow

  • You will receive confirmation of receipt of your suspicious activity reports via goAML, the reporting portal of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).
  • The feedback reports are also sent via goAML.

Processing duration

Feedback reports are generally prepared and sent out in the year following the reporting year.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

There is no deadline.

Appeal

  • Objection
  • Action before the administrative court

Applications / forms

  • Forms: none
  • Online procedure possible: yes
  • Written form required: no
  • Personal appearance required: no

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Contact point

Responsible authorities


Generalzolldirektion (GZD), Zentralstelle für Finanztransaktionsuntersuchungen (FIU)
Postal address: Post Office Box 85 05 55, 51030 Köln, Stadt
Timetable
Telephone: +49 351 44834556
Fax: +49 228303 98539

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)