Activities of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2021/0244(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2019/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards access of competent authorities to centralised bank account registries through the single access point
Amendments (2)
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Facilitating access to financial information is necessary to prevent, detect, investigate or prosecute serious crime, including terrorism. In particular, swift access to financial information is essential for carrying out effective criminal investigations and for successfully tracing and subsequently confiscating instrumentalities and proceeds of crime, particularly in organised crime investigations.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Similarly to under Directive (EU) 2019/1153, and as regards access to and the consultation of bank account information via the BAR single access point, Member States should consider the nature, organisational status, role and prerogatives of the authorities and bodies, established under national law, responsible for preventing, detecting, investigating or prosecuting criminal offences, including the existing mechanisms to protect financial systems from money laundering and terrorist financing.