Burundi
5 regulators · 9 laws & regulations
| Law or regulation | Type | Year | Regulator | Summary | Source |
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| Règlement N° 002/2026 du 23 février 2026 portant lutte contre le blanchiment des capitaux et le financement du terrorisme (ARMC Regulation n° 002/2026 on AML/CFT) status not recorded | Regulation | 2026 | ARMC | ARMC regulation on AML/CFT for the capital markets sector. The PDF is a scan with no… | official |
ARMC regulation on AML/CFT for the capital markets sector. The PDF is a scan with no readable text; content not checked. | |||||
| Circulaire N° 001 de 2024 relative aux activités des établissements de paiement émetteurs de monnaie électronique (Circular on the activities of payment institutions issuing electronic money) status not recorded | Circular | 2024 | BRB | BRB circular for e-money issuing payment institutions, listed with the 2024 payment… | official |
BRB circular for e-money issuing payment institutions, listed with the 2024 payment circulars on aggregators, directors, auditors, tariffs and sanctions. The PDF text was not read. | |||||
| Décret n° 100/044 du 16 mars 2020 portant création, missions, organisation et fonctionnement de la Cellule Nationale de Renseignement Financier (Decree n° 100/044 on the creation, missions, organisation and functioning of the CNRF) status not recorded | Regulation | 2020 | CNRF | Creates the CNRF as a public service with legal personality under the finance ministry… | official |
Creates the CNRF as a public service with legal personality under the finance ministry (Arts. 1-2), sets its missions, including receiving suspicion reports and supervising reporting institutions (Art. 6), requires ten-year retention (Arts. 6, 27), provides for referral to the prosecutor or the president of the tribunal de grande instance (Arts. 31-32) and an 11-member board (Art. 8). Amended by Decree n° 100/009 of 9 February 2026. | |||||
| Règlement N° 001/2019 relatif à la protection des consommateurs des produits et services financiers (Regulation on the protection of consumers of financial products and services) status not recorded | Regulation | 2019 | BRB | BRB regulation on consumer protection for financial products and services, with a… | official |
BRB regulation on consumer protection for financial products and services, with a sanctions matrix (Circulaire N° 01/2020) for providers. | |||||
| Loi N° 1/07 du 11 mai 2018 portant système national de paiement (Law on the national payment system) status not recorded | Act | 2018 | BRB | Law on the national payment system, published by the BRB with its payment-institution… | official |
Law on the national payment system, published by the BRB with its payment-institution circulars on e-money issuers, payment aggregators, international money transfer and sanctions. | |||||
| Loi N° 1/17 du 22 août 2017 régissant les activités bancaires au Burundi (Law governing banking activities in Burundi) | Act | 2017 | BRB | Law governing banking activities in Burundi, listed on the BRB site as the primary… | official |
Law governing banking activities in Burundi, listed on the BRB site as the primary banking-sector text. BRB Circular n° 01/2023 of 28 November 2023 on minimum capital cites it as its legal basis. The PDF is a scan with no readable text, so its provisions were not checked. | |||||
| Loi n° 1/02 du 4 février 2008 relative à la lutte contre le blanchiment de capitaux et le financement du terrorisme (Law n° 1/02 of 4 February 2008 on the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing) status not recorded | Act | 2008 | CNRF | Original AML/CFT law. It requires customer identification (Art. 4, including occasional… | official |
Original AML/CFT law. It requires customer identification (Art. 4, including occasional transactions of 20 million BIF or more), ten-year record keeping (Art. 8), designated persons for internal control (Art. 10), reporting of suspicions to the FIU without delay (Art. 16) and supervisory fines of 1 to 50 million BIF (Art. 31). Amended in 2025. | |||||
| Loi n° 1/34 du 02 décembre 2008 portant statuts de la Banque de la République du Burundi (Law on the statutes of the Bank of the Republic of Burundi) status not recorded | Act | 2008 | BRB | Statutes of the central bank, published by the BRB under 'Textes régissant la BRB'. | official |
Statutes of the central bank, published by the BRB under 'Textes régissant la BRB'. | |||||
| Loi n° 1/12 du 18 avril 2006 portant mesures de prévention et de répression de la corruption et des infractions connexes (Act n° 1/12 of 18 April 2006 providing measures for prevention and repression of corruption and related offences) status not recorded | Act | 2006 | — | Defines passive and active corruption, illicit enrichment (Art. 58) and bribery of… | official |
Defines passive and active corruption, illicit enrichment (Art. 58) and bribery of foreign officials (Art. 63), sets up the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Arts. 5-10) and the Anti-Corruption Court (Arts. 15, 22), requires asset declarations by the President, ministers and members of parliament (Art. 29) and protects informants and witnesses (Art. 12). | |||||
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