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Published date: 31 May 2024

Proposal for a Regulation (EU) 2024/… of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 establishing the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010 and (EU) No 1095/2010 (Text with EEA relevance) (COM(2021) 421 final / 2021/0240 (COD)) (Final act signed 31 May 2024)

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Explanatory Memorandum
1. Context of the proposal
2. Legal basis, subsidiarity and proportionality
3. Results of ex-post evaluations, stakeholder consultations and impact assessments
4. Budgetary implications
5. Other elements
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) 1094/2010, (EU) 1095/2010
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Recitals
Chapter I Establishment, legal status and definitions (arts. 1-4)
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Article 1 Establishment and scope of action
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Article 2 Definitions
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Article 3 Legal status
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Article 4 Seat
Chapter II Tasks and powers of the authority (arts. 5-55)
Section 1 Tasks and powers (arts. 5-6)
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Article 5 Tasks
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Article 6 Powers of the Authority
Section 2 AML/CFT supervisory system (arts. 7-11)
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Article 7 Cooperation within the AML/CFT supervisory system
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Article 8 AML/CFT supervisory methodology
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Article 9 Thematic reviews
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Article 10 Mutual assistance in the AML/CFT supervisory system
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Article 11 Central AML/CFT database
Section 3 Direct supervision of selected obliged entities (arts. 12-29)
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Article 12 Assessment of credit institutions and financial institutions for the purposes of selection for direct supervision
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Article 13 The listing of selected obliged entities
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Article 14 Additional transfer of direct supervision tasks and powers in exceptional circumstances upon the request of a financial supervisor
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Article 15 Cooperation within the AML/CFT supervisory system for the purposes of direct supervision
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Article 16 Joint supervisory teams
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Article 17 Request for information
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Article 18 General investigations
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Article 19 On-site inspections
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Article 20 Authorisation by a judicial authority
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Article 21 Administrative measures
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Article 22 Pecuniary sanctions
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Article 23 Periodic penalty payments
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Article 24 Hearing of persons subject to proceedings
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Article 25 Publication of administrative measures, pecuniary sanctions and periodic penalty payments
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Article 26 Enforcement of pecuniary sanctions and periodic penalty payments and allocation of the amounts of those sanctions and payments
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Article 27 Procedural rules for taking supervisory measures and imposing pecuniary sanctions and periodic penalty payments
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Article 28 Review by the Court of Justice of the European Union
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Article 29 Language arrangements in direct supervision
Section 4 Indirect supervision of non-selected obliged entities (arts. 30-34)
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Article 30 Assessments of the state of supervisory convergence
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Article 31 Coordination and facilitation of the work of the AML/CFT supervisory colleges in the financial sector
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Article 32 Requests to act in exceptional circumstances following indications of serious, repeated or systematic breaches
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Article 33 Settlement of disagreements between financial supervisors in cross-border situations
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Article 34 Action in cases of systematic failures of supervision
Section 5 Oversight of the non-financial sector (arts. 35-38)
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Article 35 Peer reviews
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Article 36 Coordination and facilitation of the work of AML/CFT supervisory colleges in the non-financial sector
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Article 37 Warnings of breaches of Union law by non-financial supervisors and public authorities overseeing self-regulatory bodies
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Article 38 Settlement of disagreements between non-financial supervisors in cross-border situations
Section 6 Support and coordination mechanism for FIUs (arts. 39-48)
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Article 34 Review of the methods, procedures and conduct of the joint analyses
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Article 39 Cooperation between the Authority and Financial Intelligence Units
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Article 40 Conduct of joint analyses
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Article 41 Reporting and transmission of the results of joint analyses
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Article 42 Requests by the Authority for the initiation of a joint analysis
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Article 43 Review of the methods and procedures for, and conduct of, joint analyses
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Article 44 National FIU delegates
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Article 45 Mutual assistance in the area of cooperation between FIUs
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Article 46 Mediation between FIUs
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Article 47 FIU.net
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Article 48 Peer review
Section 7 Common Instruments (arts. 49-55)
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Article 49 Regulatory technical standards
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Article 50 Exercise of the delegation
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Article 51 Objections to regulatory technical standards
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Article 52 Non-endorsement or amendment of draft regulatory technical standards
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Article 53 Implementing technical standards
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Article 54 Guidelines and recommendations
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Article 55 Opinions and technical advice
Chapter III Organisation of the authority (arts. 56-75)
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Article 56 Administrative and management structure
Section 1 General Board (arts. 57-62)
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Article 57 Composition of the General Board
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Article 58 Delegation of tasks and decisions, and internal committees of the General Board
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Article 59 Independence of the General Board
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Article 60 Tasks of the General Board
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Article 61 Voting rules of the General Board
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Article 62 Meetings of the General Board
Section 2 Executive Board (arts. 63-67)
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Article 63 Composition and appointment of the Executive Board
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Article 64 Tasks of the Executive Board
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Article 65 Annual and multiannual programming
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Article 66 Voting rules of the Executive Board
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Article 67 Fundamental Rights Officer
Section 3 The chair of the authority (arts. 68-69)
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Article 68 Appointment of the Chair of the Authority
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Article 69 Responsibilities of the Chair of the Authority
Section 4 The executive director (arts. 70-71)
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Article 70 Appointment of the Executive Director
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Article 71 Tasks of the Executive Director
Section 5 Administrative board of review (arts. 72-75)
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Article 72 Establishment and composition of the Administrative Board of Review
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Article 73 Members of the Administrative Board of Review
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Article 74 Decisions subject to review
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Article 75 Exclusion and objection
Chapter IV Financial Provisions (arts. 76-84)
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Article 76 Budget
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Article 77 Fees levied on selected and non-selected obliged entities
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Article 78 Establishment of the budget
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Article 79 Implementation of the budget
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Article 80 Presentation of accounts and discharge
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Article 81 Financial rules
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Article 82 Anti-fraud measures
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Article 83 IT Security
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Article 84 Accountability and reporting
Chapter V Staff and cooperation (arts. 85-108)
Section 1 STAFF (arts. 85-90)
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Article 85 General provision
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Article 86 Privileges and immunities
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Article 87 Staff of the Authority previously employed by the EBA
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Article 88 Obligation of professional secrecy
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Article 89 Security rules on the protection of classified and sensitive non-classified information
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Article 90 Reporting of breaches and protection of reporting persons
Section 2 Cooperation (arts. 91-95)
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Article 91 Cooperation with the European Supervisory Authorities
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Article 92 Cooperation with non-AML/CFT authorities
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Article 93 Partnerships for information sharing in the field of AML/CFT
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Article 94 Cooperation with OLAF, Europol, Eurojust and the EPPO
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Article 95 Cooperation with third countries and international organisations
Section 3 General and final Provisions (arts. 96-108)
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Article 96 Access to documents
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Article 97 General language arrangements
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Article 98 Data protection
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Article 99 Liability of the Authority
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Article 100 Delegated acts
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Article 101 Headquarters Agreement and operating conditions
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Article 102 Evaluation and review
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Article 103 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010
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Article 104 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010
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Article 105 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010
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Article 106 Transitional arrangements
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Article 107 Commencement of the Authority’s activities
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Article 108 Entry into force and application
Legislative financial statement
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Annex I List of the coefficients linked to aggravating and mitigating factors for the application of Article 22
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Annex II List of directly applicable requirements referred to in Article 22(3)
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