# Article 19 — Retention of information accompanying the transfer (intermediary CASPs)

**Source:** [Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 — EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023R1113)

Intermediary crypto-asset service providers shall ensure that all the information received on the originator and the beneficiary that accompanies a transfer of crypto-assets is transmitted with the transfer and that records of such information are retained and made available on request to the competent authorities.

## What this means in practice

Intermediary CASPs are conduits, but with **a slightly stronger duty than intermediary PSPs**: where [Art. 10](/tofr/transfer-of-funds-regulation/chapter-ii-psp-obligations/article-10-retention-of-information.md) for funds simply requires that information is "retained with the transfer", Article 19 additionally requires that the information is **transmitted with the transfer** *and* that records are kept and **made available on competent-authority request**.

In a Travel Rule message-passing architecture, this means the intermediary CASP cannot just forward whatever message it received unchanged — it must positively ensure onward transmission of the originator/beneficiary information set with the transfer it relays. Stripping fields, dropping information, or using a different protocol that lacks the relevant fields are all breaches.

## Compliance checklist

* [ ] **Forward all received originator/beneficiary information** with the onward transfer — no field-stripping for technical convenience.
* [ ] **Retain records** of the information for the [Art. 26](/tofr/transfer-of-funds-regulation/chapter-v-information-data-protection-record-retention/article-26-record-retention.md) five-year period.
* [ ] **Make records available to competent authorities** on request — see [Art. 24 (provision of information)](/tofr/transfer-of-funds-regulation/chapter-v-information-data-protection-record-retention/article-24-provision-of-information.md).


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