Identification of clients
The Act for the prevention of money laundering and the financing of terrorism (Wet ter voorkoming van witwassen en financieren van terrorisme) obliges lawyers and civil law notaries to identify the client prior to establishing a business relationship. If the client is a legal person, the natural person ultimately in control must also be identified.
The identity of natural persons is determined on the basis of a valid passport or other form of ID. Dutch legal entities and foreign legal entities that have their registered offices in the Netherlands, and are registered as such with the Chamber of Commerce, must be identified on the basis of a certified excerpt from the Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce or on the basis of a deed drawn up by a Dutch civil-law notary. The representative of such a legal entity must furthermore identify themselves on the basis of a copy of a passport or other form of ID. Foreign legal entities that do not have registered offices in the Netherlands can also have their identities established. For example, a certified excerpt can be used from the official Trade Register of the state in which that legal entity has its registered office.
However, an exploratory meeting may be held without any identification, before services are provided, in order to first confidentially establish what services are required.
We ask you to present the necessary identification the first time you make a request for services to Boekel De Nerée N.V. If you have any questions concerning the compulsory identification and disclosure requirement, please contact our Communications Department.
