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Version status: Amended | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 16 October 2017 - onwards
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Article 22

1. By way of derogation from the prohibitions in Article 21(1) and (2), the competent authorities of the Member States may authorise:

(a) the transactions mentioned in points (a) to (e) of Article 21(4) with a value above EUR 15 000 or equivalent; and

(b) the transactions mentioned in Article 21(5) with a value above EUR 5 000 or equivalent.

2. The requirement for authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply regardless of whether the transfer of funds is executed in a single operation or in several operations which appear to be linked. For the purpose of this Regulation, "operations which appear to be linked" includes: