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The only limit to the freedom of investments is the prerogative that the Council of Ministers hasto suspend the investing whenever the activities may affect the exercise of public powers, publicorder, state security, or health.The Directorate-General for Trade and Investments (“DGCI”) can generally or specificallyrequire Spanish companies which have foreign shareholders, and Spanish branches of nonresidentpersons, to file an annual report with it on the status of their foreign investments, justfor statistical purposes.Ministerial Order EHA/1439/2006 on reporting movements of means of payment in the contextof anti-money laundering, in force from February 13, 2007, establishes that export of coins,banknotes and bank checks to bearer, in euros or in foreign currency, although deregulated, issubject to prior administrative disclosure for purely informative purposes if the amount involvedexceeds €10,000 per individual per trip. If the disclosure is not made, Spanish customs officialsmay confiscate these means of payment.In addition, there is an specific regulation against money laundering (Act Number 10 of 28 April2010 on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing), which defines theobligation to declare who is the last beneficial owner that holds and/or controls more than the25% of the share capital of the relevant company (if any transaction is carried out in Spain beforea notary public), this excludes companies listed on a regulated market of the European Union orequivalent third countries..7