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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
31 CFR Parts 1010 and 1024
[Docket No. Fincen–2014–0001]
RIN 1506–AB25
Customer Due Diligence Requirements
for Financial Institutions; Correction
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I. Background
On May 11, 2016, FinCEN published
a final rule (81 FR 29398) entitled
‘‘Customer Due Diligence Requirements
for Financial Institutions.’’ The final
rule amends the Bank Secrecy Act
regulations to include a new
requirement for covered financial
institutions to identify and verify the
identity of beneficial owners of legal
entity customers, subject to certain
exclusions and exemptions. The final
rule also amends the anti-money
laundering (AML) program
requirements for all covered
institutions. This document makes
technical corrections to the Certification
Form located in appendix A to 31 CFR
1010.230 and adds a paragraph to 31
CFR 1024.210(b) that was inadvertently
omitted in the final rule published in
the Federal Register with an effective
date of July 11, 2016, and an
applicability date of May 11, 2018.
II. Description of the Technical
Corrections
§ 1610.11 Appeals to the legal counsel
from initial denials.
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(c) Decisions on appeals. The
Commission must provide its decision
on an appeal in writing. A decision that
FinCEN is making technical
corrections to a final rule published in
the Federal Register on Wednesday,
May 11, 2016. The final rule relates to
certain customer due diligence
standards applicable to covered
financial institutions, defined as banks,
brokers or dealers in securities, mutual
funds, and futures commission
merchants and introducing brokers in
commodities. As published, the final
rule contains technical errors that could
cause confusion if not corrected.
DATES: Effective Date: These corrections
are effective September 28, 2017.
Applicability date: Covered financial
institutions must comply with these
rules and the rules published in the
Federal Register on May 11, 2016 (81
FR 29398) by May 11, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
FinCEN Resource Center at 1–800–767–
2825. E-mail inquiries can be sent to
frc@fincen.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network (FinCEN), Treasury.
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
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A. Correction to Appendix A to
§ 1010.230
This document makes technical
corrections to Appendix A (Certification
Form) to 31 CFR 1010.230. Appendix A
inadvertently omitted the words ‘‘,
Type,’’ after ‘‘Name’’ in the heading of
Section II.b.1 Appendix A also included
the term ‘‘foreign persons’’ in lieu of the
term ‘‘non-U.S. persons’’ in several
places and omitted the term ‘‘Social
Security number’’ as described below.
Because appendix A was originally
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printed in the Federal Register from
camera-ready copy rather than from
typed text, the entire Appendix A, with
the corrections, must be reprinted in the
Federal Register from new cameraready copy. As revised, appendix A
(Certification Form) is identical to the
original version except for the
following: In the first sentence in Part I
under the heading ‘‘What information
do I have to provide?’’, the term ‘‘foreign
persons’’ is changed to ‘‘non-U.S.
persons’’; and in Part II: The heading of
Section II b. is changed to ‘‘b. Name,
Type, and Address of Legal Entity for
Which the Account is Being Opened:’’;
and in the headings of the last column
in the Tables in Section II c and Section
II d, the term ‘‘Foreign Persons’’ is
changed to ‘‘Non-U.S. Persons’’ and the
term ‘‘Social Security Number’’ is added
after the term ‘‘persons’’; and in footnote
1, the term ‘‘Foreign Persons’’ is
changed to ‘‘Non-U.S. Persons’’ and ‘‘a
Social Security Number,’’ is inserted
after the word ‘‘provide’’.
B. Correction to § 1024.210
This document also makes a technical
correction in 31 CFR 1024.210 by
reinserting the training element of the
AML program requirements for mutual
funds, which was inadvertently omitted
from the final rule. Consistent with 31
U.S.C. 5318(h)(1)(C) and the AML
program requirements for mutual funds
adopted in 2002,2 the training element
appeared in the proposal amending the
AML program requirements for mutual
funds to add a new requirement relating
to customer due diligence.3 In the final
rule, however, the training element was
inadvertently omitted from 31 CFR
1024.210(b). The training element is
being reinserted by this correction
document.
III. Administrative Procedure Act and
Effective Date
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B) of the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA), an
agency may, for good cause, find (and
incorporate the finding and a brief
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FR 21117, 21121 (April 29, 2002).
31 CFR 1024.210(b)(4) and (5) in the
proposed rule published August 4, 2014 (79 FR
45151, 45173).
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statement of reasons therefore in the
rules issued) that notice and public
comment procedure thereon are
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest. This correcting
document reinserts language
inadvertently omitted from the
‘‘Customer Due Diligence Requirements
for Financial Institutions’’ final rule,
specifically the training element in the
AML program rule for mutual funds,
and deletes a term and adds language
that was inadvertently omitted from the
Certification Form which accompanied
the final rule. The agency has
determined that publishing a notice of
proposed rulemaking and providing
opportunity for public comment is
unnecessary.
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) of the APA,
the required publication or service of a
substantive rule shall be made not less
than 30 days before its effective date,
except, among other things, as provided
by the agency for good cause found and
published with the rule. FinCEN finds
that there is good cause for shortened
notice since the revisions made by this
final rule are minor, non-substantive,
and technical. This final rule takes
effect September 28, 2017 with an
applicability date of May 11, 2018.
IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
does not apply to a rulemaking where a
general notice of proposed rulemaking
is not required.4 As noted previously,
FinCEN has determined that it is
unnecessary to publish a notice of
proposed rulemaking for this final rule.
Accordingly, the RFA’s requirements
relating to an initial and final regulatory
flexibility analysis do not apply.
V. Executive Order 13563 and 12866
FinCEN has determined that
Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 do
not apply in this final rulemaking.
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VII. Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995
Statement
Section 202 of the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C.
1532 (Unfunded Mandates Act),
requires that an agency must prepare a
budgetary impact statement before
promulgating any rule likely to result in
a Federal mandate that may result in the
expenditure by State, local, and tribal
governments, in the aggregate, or by the
private sector of $100 million or more
in any one year. If a budgetary impact
statement is required, section 205 of the
Unfunded Mandates Act also requires
an agency to identify and consider a
reasonable number of regulatory
alternatives before promulgating a rule.
FinCEN has determined that no portion
of this final rule will result in
expenditures by State, local, and tribal
governments, or by the private sector, of
$100 million or more in any one year.
Accordingly, this final rule is not
subject to section 202 of the Unfunded
Mandates Act.
List of Subjects in 31 CFR Parts 1010
and 1024
Administrative practice and
procedure, Banks, Banking, Brokers,
Counter money laundering, Counterterrorism, Currency, Foreign banking,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirement, Securities, Terrorism.
Authority and Issuance
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, chapter X of title 31 of the
Code of Federal Regulations is amended
as follows:
PART 1010—GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. The authority citation for part 1010
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1829b and 1951–
1959; 31 U.S.C. 5311–5314 and 5316–5332;
title III, sec. 314 Pub. L. 107–56, 115 Stat.
307; sec. 701, Pub. L. 114–74, 129 Stat. 599.
VI. Paperwork Reduction Act Notices
2. In § 1010.230, revise appendix A to
read as follows:
There are no collection of information
requirements in this final rule.
§ 1010.230 Beneficial ownership
requirements for legal entity customers.
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APPENDIX A to§ 1010.230-- CERTIFICATION REGARDING BENEFICIAL
OWNERS OF LEGAL ENTITY CUSTOMERS
I.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
What is this form?
To help the government fight financial crime, Federal regulation requires certain financial
institutions to obtain, verify, and record information about the beneficial owners of legal
entity customers. Legal entities can be abused to disguise involvement in terrorist
financing, money laundering, tax evasion, corruption, fraud, and other financial crimes.
Requiring the disclosure of key individuals who own or control a legal entity (i.e., the
beneficial owners) helps law enforcement investigate and prosecute these crimes.
Who has to complete this form?
This form must be completed by the person opening a new account on behalf of a legal
entity with any of the following U.S. financial institutions: (i) a bank or credit union; (ii)
a broker or dealer in securities; (iii) a mutual fund; (iv) a futures commission merchant;
or (v) an introducing broker in commodities.
For the purposes of this form, a legal entity includes a corporation, limited liability
company, or other entity that is created by a filing of a public document with a Secretary
of State or similar office, a general partnership, and any similar business entity formed in
the United States or a foreign country. Legal entity does not include sole
proprietorships, unincorporated associations, or natural persons opening accounts on their
own behalf.
What information do I have to provide?
This form requires you to provide the name, address, date of birth and Social Security
number (or passport number or other similar information, in the case ofNon-U.S.
Persons) for the following individuals (i.e., the beneficial owners):
An individual with significant responsibility for managing the legal entity
customer (e.g., a Chief Executive Officer, ChiefFinancial Officer, Chief
Operating Officer, Managing Member, General Partner, President, Vice President,
or Treasurer).
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Each individual, if any, who owns, directly or indirectly, 25 percent or more of
the equity interests ofthe legal entity customer (e.g., each natural person that
owns 25 percent or more of the shares of a corporation); and
(ii)
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The number of individuals that satisfy this definition of"beneficial owner" may vary.
Under section (i), depending on the factual circumstances, up to four individuals (but as
few as zero) may need to be identified. Regardless of the number of individuals
identified under section (i), you must provide the identifying information of one
individual under section (ii). It is possible that in some circumstances the same
individual might be identified under both sections (e.g., the President of Acme, Inc. who
also holds a 30% equity interest). Thus, a completed form will contain the identifying
information of at least one individual (under section (ii)), and up to five individuals (i.e.,
one individual under section (ii) and four 25 percent equity holders under section (i)).
The financial institution may also ask to see a copy of a driver's license or other
identifying document for each beneficial owner listed on this form.
II.
CERTIFICATION OF BENEFICIAL OWNER(S)
Persons opening an account on behalf of a legal entity must provide the following
information:
a. Name and Title ofNatural Person Opening Account:
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c.
Name
The following information for each individual, if any, who, directly or indirectly,
through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, owns
25 percent or more of the equity interests of the legal entity listed above:
Date of Birth
Address (Residential
or Business Street
Address)
For US. Persons:
Social Security
Number
For Non-US.
Persons: Social
Security Number,
Passport Number
and Country of
Issuance, or other
similar identification
number 1
(If no individual meets this definition, please write "Not Applicable.")
d. The following information for one individual with significant responsibility for
managing the legal entity listed above, such as:
D An executive officer or senior manager (e.g., Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Managing Member, General
Partner, President, Vice President, Treasurer); or
D Any other individual who regularly performs similar functions.
(If appropriate, an individual listed under section (c) above may also be listed
in this section (d)).
In lieu of a passport number, Non-U.S. Persons may also provide a Social Security Number, an alien
identification card number, or number and country of issuance of any other government-issued document
evidencing nationality or residence and bearing a photograph or similar safeguard.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
3. The authority citation for part 1024
continues to read as follows:
40 CFR Part 52
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Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1829b and 1951–1959;
31 U.S.C. 5311–5314 and 5316–5332; title III,
sec. 314 Pub. L. 107–56, 115 Stat. 307; sec.
701, Pub. L. 114–74, 129 Stat. 599.
4. In § 1024.210:
a. Redesignate paragraph (b)(4) as
paragraph (b)(5);
■ b. In newly redesignated paragraph
(b)(5)(ii), remove the words ‘‘paragraph
(b)(4)(ii)’’ and add in their place the
words ‘‘paragraph (b)(5)(ii)’’; and
■ c. Add a new paragraph (b)(4).
The addition reads as follows:
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§ 1024.210 Anti-money laundering
program requirements for mutual funds.
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(4) Provide ongoing training for
appropriate persons; and
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Dated: September 14, 2017.
Jamal El-Hindi,
Deputy Director, Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network.
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upon the implementation of the CrossState Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR),
which was promulgated by EPA to
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federal implementation plans (FIPs) for
23 states, including Virginia. The SIP
submittal seeks removal from the
Virginia SIP of Virginia regulations that
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ozone season NOX, and sulfur dioxide
(SO2) trading programs (as CSAPR has
replaced CAIR). EPA is approving the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
31 CFR Parts 1010 and 1024
[Docket No. Fincen-2014-0001]
RIN 1506-AB25
Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions;
Correction
AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Treasury.
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
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SUMMARY: FinCEN is making technical corrections to a final rule
published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. The final
rule relates to certain customer due diligence standards applicable to
covered financial institutions, defined as banks, brokers or dealers in
securities, mutual funds, and futures commission merchants and
introducing brokers in commodities. As published, the final rule
contains technical errors that could cause confusion if not corrected.
DATES: Effective Date: These corrections are effective September 28,
2017.
Applicability date: Covered financial institutions must comply with
these rules and the rules published in the Federal Register on May 11,
2016 (81 FR 29398) by May 11, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FinCEN Resource Center at 1-800-767-
2825. E-mail inquiries can be sent to frc@fincen.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On May 11, 2016, FinCEN published a final rule (81 FR 29398)
entitled ``Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial
Institutions.'' The final rule amends the Bank Secrecy Act regulations
to include a new requirement for covered financial institutions to
identify and verify the identity of beneficial owners of legal entity
customers, subject to certain exclusions and exemptions. The final rule
also amends the anti-money laundering (AML) program requirements for
all covered institutions. This document makes technical corrections to
the Certification Form located in appendix A to 31 CFR 1010.230 and
adds a paragraph to 31 CFR 1024.210(b) that was inadvertently omitted
in the final rule published in the Federal Register with an effective
date of July 11, 2016, and an applicability date of May 11, 2018.
II. Description of the Technical Corrections
A. Correction to Appendix A to Sec. 1010.230
This document makes technical corrections to Appendix A
(Certification Form) to 31 CFR 1010.230. Appendix A inadvertently
omitted the words ``, Type,'' after ``Name'' in the heading of Section
II.b.\1\ Appendix A also included the term ``foreign persons'' in lieu
of the term ``non-U.S. persons'' in several places and omitted the term
``Social Security number'' as described below. Because appendix A was
originally
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printed in the Federal Register from camera-ready copy rather than from
typed text, the entire Appendix A, with the corrections, must be
reprinted in the Federal Register from new camera-ready copy. As
revised, appendix A (Certification Form) is identical to the original
version except for the following: In the first sentence in Part I under
the heading ``What information do I have to provide?'', the term
``foreign persons'' is changed to ``non-U.S. persons''; and in Part II:
The heading of Section II b. is changed to ``b. Name, Type, and Address
of Legal Entity for Which the Account is Being Opened:''; and in the
headings of the last column in the Tables in Section II c and Section
II d, the term ``Foreign Persons'' is changed to ``Non-U.S. Persons''
and the term ``Social Security Number'' is added after the term
``persons''; and in footnote 1, the term ``Foreign Persons'' is changed
to ``Non-U.S. Persons'' and ``a Social Security Number,'' is inserted
after the word ``provide''.
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B. Correction to Sec. 1024.210
This document also makes a technical correction in 31 CFR 1024.210
by reinserting the training element of the AML program requirements for
mutual funds, which was inadvertently omitted from the final rule.
Consistent with 31 U.S.C. 5318(h)(1)(C) and the AML program
requirements for mutual funds adopted in 2002,\2\ the training element
appeared in the proposal amending the AML program requirements for
mutual funds to add a new requirement relating to customer due
diligence.\3\ In the final rule, however, the training element was
inadvertently omitted from 31 CFR 1024.210(b). The training element is
being reinserted by this correction document.
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\2\ 67 FR 21117, 21121 (April 29, 2002).
\3\ See 31 CFR 1024.210(b)(4) and (5) in the proposed rule
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III. Administrative Procedure Act and Effective Date
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B) of the Administrative Procedure Act
(APA), an agency may, for good cause, find (and incorporate the finding
and a brief statement of reasons therefore in the rules issued) that
notice and public comment procedure thereon are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest. This correcting
document reinserts language inadvertently omitted from the ``Customer
Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions'' final rule,
specifically the training element in the AML program rule for mutual
funds, and deletes a term and adds language that was inadvertently
omitted from the Certification Form which accompanied the final rule.
The agency has determined that publishing a notice of proposed
rulemaking and providing opportunity for public comment is unnecessary.
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) of the APA, the required publication or
service of a substantive rule shall be made not less than 30 days
before its effective date, except, among other things, as provided by
the agency for good cause found and published with the rule. FinCEN
finds that there is good cause for shortened notice since the revisions
made by this final rule are minor, non-substantive, and technical. This
final rule takes effect September 28, 2017 with an applicability date
of May 11, 2018.
IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) does not apply to a rulemaking
where a general notice of proposed rulemaking is not required.\4\ As
noted previously, FinCEN has determined that it is unnecessary to
publish a notice of proposed rulemaking for this final rule.
Accordingly, the RFA's requirements relating to an initial and final
regulatory flexibility analysis do not apply.
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V. Executive Order 13563 and 12866
FinCEN has determined that Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 do not
apply in this final rulemaking.
VI. Paperwork Reduction Act Notices
There are no collection of information requirements in this final
rule.
VII. Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995 Statement
Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C.
1532 (Unfunded Mandates Act), requires that an agency must prepare a
budgetary impact statement before promulgating any rule likely to
result in a Federal mandate that may result in the expenditure by
State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the
private sector of $100 million or more in any one year. If a budgetary
impact statement is required, section 205 of the Unfunded Mandates Act
also requires an agency to identify and consider a reasonable number of
regulatory alternatives before promulgating a rule. FinCEN has
determined that no portion of this final rule will result in
expenditures by State, local, and tribal governments, or by the private
sector, of $100 million or more in any one year. Accordingly, this
final rule is not subject to section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Act.
List of Subjects in 31 CFR Parts 1010 and 1024
Administrative practice and procedure, Banks, Banking, Brokers,
Counter money laundering, Counter-terrorism, Currency, Foreign banking,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirement, Securities, Terrorism.
Authority and Issuance
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, chapter X of title 31 of
the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:
PART 1010--GENERAL PROVISIONS
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1. The authority citation for part 1010 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1829b and 1951-1959; 31 U.S.C. 5311-5314
and 5316-5332; title III, sec. 314 Pub. L. 107-56, 115 Stat. 307;
sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599.
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2. In Sec. 1010.230, revise appendix A to read as follows:
Sec. 1010.230 Beneficial ownership requirements for legal entity
customers.
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PART 1024--RULES FOR MUTUAL FUNDS
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3. The authority citation for part 1024 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1829b and 1951-1959; 31 U.S.C. 5311-5314
and 5316-5332; title III, sec. 314 Pub. L. 107-56, 115 Stat. 307;
sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599.
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4. In Sec. 1024.210:
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a. Redesignate paragraph (b)(4) as paragraph (b)(5);
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b. In newly redesignated paragraph (b)(5)(ii), remove the words
``paragraph (b)(4)(ii)'' and add in their place the words ``paragraph
(b)(5)(ii)''; and
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c. Add a new paragraph (b)(4).
The addition reads as follows:
Sec. 1024.210 Anti-money laundering program requirements for mutual
funds.
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(4) Provide ongoing training for appropriate persons; and
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Dated: September 14, 2017.
Jamal El-Hindi,
Deputy Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
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