France’s Ordinance No. 2024-937 of October 15, 2024 strengthens AML/CFT obligations for crypto-asset transfers by amending the Code monétaire et financier and aligning French law with the EU Transfer of Funds Regulation framework for crypto-assets. The ordinance is in force: most provisions applied from December 30, 2024, and the remaining transition-related provisions applied from July 1, 2026.
The measure sits alongside France’s wider MiCA implementation work. Its focus is narrower than market authorization: it targets anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing obligations for crypto-asset service providers, including controls for transfers involving self-hosted addresses, supervision by French authorities, and overseas adaptations.
Key provisions of France Ordinance No. 2024-937
Expanded AML/CFT perimeter for crypto-asset service providers
The ordinance updates French AML/CFT terminology from digital asset service provider concepts toward MiCA-aligned crypto-asset service provider categories. It amends Article L. 561-2 of the Code monétaire et financier to cover CASPs authorized under Article 59 of MiCA, including certain branches established in France, and to bring additional provider categories into France’s AML/CFT perimeter.
The official explanatory report states that Article 2 adapts provider terminology to MiCA and subjects CASPs that provide only crypto-asset advice to AML/CFT obligations. It also allows specific application provisions for the Caisse des dépôts et consignations when providing crypto-asset services.
Self-hosted address risk assessment
A central change is the creation of Article L. 561-10-4. This provision requires covered CASPs to identify and assess money laundering and terrorist-financing risk linked to crypto-asset transfers made to or from a self-hosted address, as that term is used in Regulation (EU) 2023/1113. CASPs must put in place internal organization, policies, procedures, and controls for complementary due-diligence measures, with further conditions to be set by decree of the Conseil d’État.
Crypto correspondence and enhanced due diligence
The ordinance extends enhanced due-diligence concepts used for financial institutions to crypto-asset services. Article 5 amends Article L. 561-10-3 so that rules for relationships with non-EU financial institutions can also address crypto-asset operations and transfers. The explanatory report describes this as requiring complementary due-diligence measures when CASPs provide crypto-asset correspondence services to client financial institutions established outside the European Union.
Regulators and affected entities
Ordinance No. 2024-937 preserves the division of AML/CFT supervision between the Autorité des marchés financiers and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. The official report says Articles 8 and 9 maintain this allocation during the transitional period ending July 1, 2026, covering both MiCA-authorized CASPs and French-registered or authorized digital asset service providers operating under transitional arrangements.
The AMF later published Position DOC-2024-08 to incorporate the European Banking Authority’s Travel Rule Guidelines for certain crypto-asset transfers. The AMF said the guidelines apply from December 30, 2024, and that it applies them in supervising CASPs under its jurisdiction, including transitional DASPs covered by MiCA’s French transition period.
Status and timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| October 15, 2024 | Ordinance adopted and signed. |
| October 17, 2024 | Published in the Journal officiel de la République française. |
| December 30, 2024 | Main provisions entered into force. |
| January 8, 2025 | Ratification bill for Ordinances 2024-936 and 2024-937 deposited in the Senate. |
| July 1, 2026 | Remaining article 2 and article 9 provisions entered into force. |
As of July 6, 2026, the ordinance should be treated as an in-force French legal instrument for CryptoSlate reference purposes. Editors should continue to track the separate ratification bill and any Conseil d’État decree implementing Article L. 561-10-4.
Relationship to EU Travel Rule implementation
The French measure is designed to operate with Regulation (EU) 2023/1113, often referred to as the EU Transfer of Funds Regulation or Travel Rule framework. The EBA’s related guidelines specify steps for payment service providers, intermediary payment service providers, CASPs, and intermediary CASPs to detect missing or incomplete information accompanying transfers and to manage deficient transfers consistently across the EU.