# Directive (EU) 2019/713 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on combating fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/413/JHA, Article 4: Offences related to the fraudulent use of corporeal non-cash payment instruments

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2019/713/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2019-713/article-4
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