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Activities of Krišjānis KARIŅŠ related to 2016/0208(COD)

Plenary speeches (2)

Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing (debate) LV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0208(COD)
Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing (debate) LV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0208(COD)

Reports (1)

REPORT on the 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 PDF (1 MB) DOC (200 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: ECONLIBE
Dossiers: 2016/0208(COD)
Documents: PDF(1 MB) DOC(200 KB)

Amendments (9)

Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Criminals move illicit proceeds through numerous financial intermediaries to avoid detection, therefore it is important to allow financial and credit institutions to exchange information not only between group members, but also other financial and credit institutions, provided that data protection is ensured.
2016/12/19
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37 a (new)
(37a) To improve the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, obliged entities should effectively apply risk based approach to better allocate limited resources. The rules should not be too descriptive to avoid the risk of a tick- the-box approach.
2016/12/19
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 3 – point 6 – point a – point i
(a) in point (6)(a)(i), the following subparagraph is added: For the purposes of Article 13(1)(b) and Article 30 of this Directive, the indication of ownership or control set out in the second paragraph is reduced to 10% whenever the legal entity is a Passive Non-Financial Entity as defined in Directive 2011/16/EU.;deleted
2016/12/19
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall take into account, as appropriate, when drawing up the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 2, relevant(2a) In Article 9, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: 4. The Commission, when drawing up the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 2, shall conduct its assessment in relation to the risks posed by individual third countries by taking into account, but not solely relying on, evaluations, assessments or reports drawn up by international organisations and standard setters with competence in the field of preventing money laundering and combating terrorist financing, in relation to the risks posed by individual third countries.
2016/12/19
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) identifying the customer and verifying the customer's identity on the basis of documents, data or information obtained from a reliable and independent source, including, where available, electronic identification means as set out in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014* or any other remote identification processes recognised and approved by the competent authority;
2016/12/19
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that obliged entities to which the customer is referred take adequate steps to ensure that the third party provides immediately, upon request, relevant copies of identification and verification data, including, where available, data obtained through electronic identification means as set out in Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, or any other remote identification processes recognised and approved by the competent authority and other relevant documentation on the identity of the customer or the beneficial owner.;
2016/12/19
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point -a a (new)
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 30 – paragraph 4
(-aa) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. Member States shall require that the information held in the central register referred to in paragraph 3 is adequate, accurate and current. Member States shall put in place mechanisms to ensure the information in the register is verified on a regular basis.
2016/12/19
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point d a (new)
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 31 – paragraph 5
(da) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: 5. Member States shall require that the information held in the central register referred to in paragraph 4 is adequate, accurate and up-to-date. Member States shall put in place mechanisms to ensure the information in the register is verified on a regular basis.
2016/12/19
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive 2015/849/EU
Article 39 – paragraph 3
3. The prohibition laid down in paragraph 1 shall not prevent disclosure between the credit institutions and financial institutions from the Member States provided that they belong to the same groupon risk sensitive basis, or between these entities and their branches and majority owned subsidiaries established in third countries, provided that these branches and majority-owned subsidiaries fully comply with the group- wide policies and procedures, including procedures for sharing information within the group, in accordance with Article 42 and that the group-wide policies and procedures comply with the requirements set out in this Directive.;
2016/12/19
Committee: ECONLIBE