EU Legislation
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on information accompanying transfers of funds and certaincrypto-assets (recast)
On 20 July the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation to update existing rules on information accompanying transfers of funds. This proposal constitutes the fourth initiative of the AML/CFT legislative package put forward by the European Commission.
The proposed regulation – together with the 6th Anti Money Laundering Directive and the Regulation on the prevention of the use...
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union Law
Whistleblowers are individuals who, after coming across information that presents a threat or harm to the public interest in the course of their work environment, report it either within the...
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating money laundering by criminal law
On 23 October 2018, the European Parliament and the Council adopted a Directive on combating money laundering by criminal law, pursuant to Article 83(1) TFEU. This new directive replaces the...
Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law
The proposal for a Directive on the fight against fraud to the Union’s financial interests by means of criminal law (the "PIF Directive") was submitted by the Commission in July 2012 and finally...
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing and amending Directive 2009/101/EC
On 5 July 2016, the Commission issued a proposal for a Directive (COM(2016) 450 final) amending the so- called fourth anti-money laundering Directive ((EU) 2015/849) . Opinions on this proposal...
Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Par
This Directive is the fourth directive to address the threat of money laundering. Council Directive 91/308/EEC defined money laundering in terms of drugs offences and imposed obligations solely on...
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council – The EU Counter-Terrorism Policy: main achievements and future challenges
The communication presents the main European Union (EU) level legislative and policy developments, as well as some of the future challenges, in the field of counter-terrorism. It forms a...