The entities should identify their customers and verify their identities by means of
identification documents:
a) Before establishing a business relationship;
b) when the customer carries out or, is willing to carry out in cases other than those referred to in
letter ‘a’ of this paragraph, the following:
- A direct transfer inside or outside the country in an amount equal to or greater than
100,000 (a hundred thousand) Lek or its equivalent in foreign currencies;
- A transaction in an amount equal to:
(i) not less than 200,000 (two hundred thousand) Lek or its equivalent in foreign currencies
to the entities specified in the letters ‘c’ and ‘g’ of the Article 3 of this law.
(ii) Not less that 1,500,000 (one million five hundred thousand) Lek or its equivalent in
foreign currency in the case of a sole transaction or several transactions linked to each
other. If the amount of the transaction is unknown at the time it is executed, the
identification shall be made as soon as the amount is made known and the aforementioned
limit is reached.