General Information France

France

General information

• Surface : 551 500 square kilometers (source: United Nations - 2002)
• Total population : 60 256 800 (source: United Nations - 2004)
• Gross domestic product (source: World Bank - 2004):
  • GDP (purchasing power parity): USD 1.744.352 million
  • GDP (per capita): USD 29,320
• Membership :
  • FATF since 1990
  • APG (Observer), CFATF (Co-operating and Supporting Nations), EAG (Observer), GAFISUD (Observer)
  • Observer organisations (to FATF): AfDB, AsDB, EBRD, Egmont Group, Europol, ECB, IADB, IAIS, IMF, IOSCO, Interpol, OAS (observer), OECD, UN, World Bank, WCO

Useful links

• Lead Ministry/Authority in FATF Delegation
  • Ministry of Economy and Finance (fr)

• Others Ministries/Authorities
  • Traitement du renseignement et action contre les circuits financiers clandestins (TRACFIN) [Financial Intelligence Unit] (fr)
  • French Banking Commission (fr-en)
  • French Authority for Financial Market (fr-en)
  • Insurance Control Commission (fr)
  • Ministry of Interior (fr-en-de-es)
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (fr-en-de-es)
  • Ministry of Justice (fr)
  • Ministry of Defence (fr)

• Other useful links
  • French Central Bank (fr)
  • French Statistical Data (fr-en)
  • Government Portal (fr-en-de-es)
  • Key French legislation (fr)