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欧洲议会和欧盟理事会 《关于修订理事会关于防止利用金融系统洗钱的指令 的指令》 （2001 ） Council Directive on Prevention of the Use of the Financial System for the Purpose of Money Laundering Article 1 For the purpose of this Directive: (A) Credit institution means a credit institution, as defined in Article 1(1) first subparagraph of Directive 2000/12/EC(9) and includes branches within the meaning of Article 1(3) of that Directive1[1] and located in the Community2[2], of credit institutions having their head offices inside or outside the Community; (B) Financial institution means: 1. an undertaking3[3] other than a credit institution whose principal activity is to carry out one or more of the operations included in numbers 2 to 12 and number 14 of the list set out in Annex I to Directive 2000/12/EC; these include the activities of currency exchange offices (bureaux de change)4[4] and of money transmission/remittance offices5[5]; 2. an insurance company duly authorised in accordance with Directive 79/267/EEC(10), insofar6[6] as it carries out activities covered by that Directive; 3. an investment firm as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 93/22/EEC(11); 4. a collective investment undertaking7[7] marketing its units8[8] or shares. This definition of financial institution includes branches located in the Community of financial institutions, whose head offices are inside or outside the Community, (C) Money laundering means the following conduct when committed intentionally: - the conversion or transfer of property, knowing that such property is derived from criminal activity or from an act of participation in such activity, for the purpose of concealing or disguising the illicit origin of the property or of assisting any person who is involved in the commission of such activity to evade the legal consequences of his action; - the concealment or disguise of the true nature, source, location,