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                    As a supervisory authority in accordance with Article 12 letter bter of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 10 October 19973, in conjunction with Article 42ter of the Precious Metals Control Act of 20 June 19334(PMCA) and Article 36 paragraph 2 letter g of the PMCA, the Central Office for Precious Metals Control does not fall within the scope of the Freedom of Information Act.  | 
                
