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Directive (EU) 2019/713 Article 4

Directive (EU) 2019/713 Article 4

Offences related to the fraudulent use of corporeal non-cash payment instruments

Article 4

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, when committed intentionally, the following conduct is punishable as a criminal offence: (a) the theft or other unlawful appropriation of a corporeal non-cash payment instrument; (b) the fraudulent counterfeiting or falsification of a corporeal non-cash payment instrument; (c) the possession of a stolen or otherwise unlawfully appropriated, or of a counterfeit or falsified corporeal non-cash payment instrument for fraudulent use; (d) the procurement for oneself or another, including the receipt, appropriation, purchase, transfer, import, export, sale, transport or distribution of a stolen, counterfeit or falsified corporeal non-cash payment instrument for fraudulent use.

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