# 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 5: Offences related to the fraudulent use of non-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 unlawful obtainment of a non-corporeal non-cash payment instrument, at least when this obtainment has involved the commission of one of the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 6 of Directive 2013/40/EU, or misappropriation of a non-corporeal non-cash payment instrument;
(b) the fraudulent counterfeiting or falsification of a non-corporeal non-cash payment instrument;
(c) the holding of an unlawfully obtained, counterfeit or falsified non-corporeal non-cash payment instrument for fraudulent use, at least if the unlawful origin is known at the time of the holding of the instrument;
(d) the procurement for oneself or another, including the sale, transfer or distribution, or the making available, of an unlawfully obtained, counterfeit or falsified non-corporeal non-cash payment instrument for fraudulent use.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2019/713/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2019-713/article-5
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