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Amendments (44)
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 44 a (new)
Recital 44 a (new)
(44a) An electronic system integrating information on beneficial ownership, bank account and crypto-asset wallets, land and real estate, and beneficial ownership data of relevant high value goods or assets should be established through a single interface. For this purpose, technical measures and specifications should be developed.
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 74
Recital 74
(74) There have been a number of cases where employees who have reported their suspicions of money laundering have been subjected to threats or hostile action. It is crucial that this issue be addressed to ensure effectiveness of the AML/CFT system. Member States should be aware of this problem and should do whatever they can to protect individuals, including employees and representatives of the obliged entity, from such threats or hostile action, and to provide, in accordance with national law,the Whistleblower Directive (EU 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 October 2019) appropriate protection to such persons, particularly with regard to their right to the protection of their personal data and their rights to effective judicial protection and representation.
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the set-up and access to beneficial ownership, bank account, high value good and assets and real estate registers;
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 8 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 8 a (new)
(8a) "relevant high value goods or assets” means the following tangible or intangible assets, provided their estimated value is above EUR 250.000 or the equivalent in national currency, at the time of acquisition: (a) watercrafts; (b) aircrafts; (c) motor vehicles; (d) works of art and other cultural goods, including virtual ones; (e) jewellery, precious metals and stones; (f) financial and insurance products and crypto-assets.
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – title
Article 4 – title
Requirements relating to certain service providerobliged entities
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that currency exchange and cheque cashing offices, and trust or company serviin addition to obliged entities referred to in Article 3, points (3) (a), (b), (c) (d), (e), (h), (k), (l), (la), (lb) and (lc) of Regulation [please insert reference – providers are either licensed or registerposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation - COM/2021/420 final], and entities operating free zones and customs warehouses are licensed.
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure that licensing procedures or regulation under paragraphs 1 and 2 require applicants to demonstrate good understanding of risks of money laundering and terrorism financing in their sector of activity. AML/CFT training provided under licensing procedures by supervisors shall be free of charge.
Amendment 367 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may require electronic money issuers as defined in Article 2(3) of Directive 2009/110/EC44 , payment service providers as defined in Article 4(11) of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 and crypto-assets service providers operating through agents or through any other natural person or legal person which act on their behalf located in the host Member State and operating under either the right of establishment or the freedom to provide services, and whose head office is situated in another Member State, to appoint a central contact point in their territory. That central contact point shall ensure, on behalf of the entity operating on a cross-border basis, compliance with AML/CFT rules and shall facilitate supervision by supervisors, including by providing supervisors with documents and information on request. _________________ 44 Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on the taking up, pursuit and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions amending Directives 2005/60/EC and 2006/48/EC and repealing Directive 2000/46/EC (OJ L 267, 10.10.2009, p. 7).
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall require supervisors to verify that the members of the senior management in the obliged entities referred to in Article 4 including obliged entities referred to in Article 3, points (3)(a), (b), (d), (e) and (h) to (l), of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation - COM/2021/420 final] , and the beneficial owners of such entities, act with honesty and integrity. Senior management of such entities should also be of good repute and possess knowledge and expertise necessary to carry out their functions.
Amendment 573 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may choose toshall make beneficial ownership information held in their central registers available to the public on the condition of authentication using electronic identification means and relevant trust services as set out in Regulation (EU) 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council46 and the payment of a fee, which shall not exceed the administrative costs of making the information available, including costs of maintenance and develreferred to in paragraph 1 online, in machine readable and opments of the register. _________________ 46 Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73) format, free of charge.
Amendment 578 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 626 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall provide competent authorities with accesstimely access, via a via a single access point in each Member State, to information which allows the identification in a timely manner of any natural or legal person owning real estate, includingeither through public registers or electronic data retrieval systems where such registers or systems are available, provided that the data is available in machine- readable format and that interoperability can be ensured. Where the real estate is owned by a legal person or arrangement, the information on the beneficial owner shall be available, either directly in the register referred to in paragraph 1, or in the beneficial ownership register under Article 10, including where the legal person is a foreign legal entity or arrangement, as required under Article 48 of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation]. Competent authorities shall also have access to information allowing the identification and analysis of transactions involving real estate, including their economic value and details of the natural or legal persons involved in those transactions including, where available, whether the natural or legal person owns, sells or acquires real estate on behalf of a legal arrangement.
Amendment 645 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 b (new)
Article 16 b (new)
Amendment 648 #
Proposal for a directive
Chapter II – Section 3 a (new)
Chapter II – Section 3 a (new)
Amendment 671 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. AMLA shall periodically conduct peer reviews of all the activities of FIUs the purposes of assessing whether the requirements set out in this Article, including tools and resources, have been fulfilled.
Amendment 679 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) immediate and, with the exception of point (ii), direct access to at least the following financial information:
Amendment 700 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) direct or indirect access to the following law enforcement information:
Amendment 716 #
Amendment 834 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. In addition to Article 5, obliged entities wishing to exercise the freedom to provide services by carrying out activities within the territory of another Member State for the first time shall notify the supervisors of the home Member State of the activities which they intend to carry out. Such notification shall also be required where provision of cross-border services is carried out by agents of the obliged entity or through any other natural person or legal person which act on their behalf.
Amendment 839 #
5. Where the supervisors of the home and host Member State disagree on the measures to be taken in relation to an obliged entity, they mayshall refer the matter to AMLA and request its assistance in accordance with Articles 5 and 10 of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for establishment of an Anti- Money Laundering Authority - COM/2021/421 final]. AMLA shall provide its advice ondecide the matter of disagreement within one month, and issue binding instructions on the necessary measures to be taken by the supervisor of either the home or host Member State.
Amendment 842 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
AMLA may act in accordance with the powers conferred on it under Articles 5 and 10 of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for establishment of an Anti- Money Laundering Authority - COM/2021/421 final]. When doing so, AMLA shall provide its opiniondecide on the subject-matter of the request within one month and issue binding instructions to financial supervisors on the measures to be taken.
Amendment 843 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 6
Article 34 – paragraph 6
Amendment 846 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 34 a (new)
Article 34 a (new)
Amendment 849 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Supervisors, including AMLA and non- AML/CFT authorities, shall inform each other of instances in which the law of a third country does not permit the implementation of the policies, controls and procedures required under Article 13 of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation - COM/2021/420 final]. In such cases, coordinated actions may be taken by supervisors to pursue a solution. In assessing which third countries do not permit the implementation of the policies, controls and procedures required under Article 13 of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation - COM/2021/420 final], supervisors shall take into account any legal constraints that may hinder proper implementation of those policies and procedures, including professional secrecy, an insufficient level of data protection and other constraints limiting the exchange of information that may be relevant for that purpose.
Amendment 851 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 5
Article 36 – paragraph 5
5. AMLA shall attend the meetings of the AML/CFT supervisory colleges and shall facilitate their work in accordance with Article 29 of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for establishment of an Anti-Money Laundering Authority - COM/2021/421 final]. AMLA shall also have the power to intervene where disagreements arise between supervisors participating in the supervisory colleges referred to in paragraph 1, and issue binding decisions to settle any disagreements.
Amendment 855 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States mayshall authorise financial supervisors to conclude cooperation agreements providing for collaboration and exchanges of confidential information with their counterparts in third countries. Such cooperation agreements shall comply with applicable data protection rules for data transfers and be concluded on the basis of reciprocity and only if the information disclosed is subject to a guarantee of professional secrecy requirements at least equivalent to that referred to in Article 50(1). Confidential information exchanged in accordance with those cooperation agreements shall be used for the purpose of performing the supervisory tasks of those authorities only.
Amendment 865 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 3
Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that financial supervisors notify any agreement signed: a) AMLA of any intention to conclude an agreement signed pursuant to this Article in order to perform the assessment pursuant to paragraph 2, if needed; b) any signed agreements pursuant to this Article to AMLA within one month of its signature.
Amendment 867 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 3
Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that financial supervisors notify any agreement signed pursuant to this Article to AMLA within one month of its signature.
Amendment 891 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 39 – paragraph 6
Article 39 – paragraph 6
6. In the exercise of their powers to impose administrative sanctions and measures, supervisors shall cooperate closely, and, where relevant, also coordinate their actions with non- AML/CFT authorities concerned, in order to ensure that those administrative sanctions or measures produce the desired results and coordinate their action when dealing with cross-border cases.
Amendment 917 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) where an obliged entity is subject to an authorisation, withdraw or suspend the authorisation, or propose the imposition of these or similar measures where the corresponding powers rest with another authority;
Amendment 918 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) impose a temporary ban against any person discharging managerial responsibilities in an obliged entity, or any other natural person, held responsible for the breach, from exercising managerial functions in obliged entities, or to propose the imposition of such measure or a removal of the person from a function within the obliged entity where the corresponding powers rest with another authority .
Amendment 941 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 43 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 43 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States shall ensure that individuals, including employees and representatives of the obliged entity who report potential or actual breaches of Regulation [please insert reference – (proposal for Anti-Money- Laundering Regulation - COM/ 2021/420 final] ) internally or to the FIU, are legally protected in accordance with the Whistleblower Directive (EU 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019) from being exposed to threats, retaliatory or hostile action, and in particular from adverse or discriminatory employment actions.
Amendment 952 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 45 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States shall not prohibit or place unreasonable or unduly restrictive conditions on the exchange of information or assistance between competent authorities, supervisors and non- AML/CFT authorities for the purposes of this Directive. Member States shall ensure that competent authorities, supervisors and non-AML/CFT authorities do not refuse a request for assistance on the grounds that:
Amendment 955 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 45 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) the nature or status of the requesting counterpart competent authority, supervisor or non-AML/CFT authority is different from that of requested competent authority, supervisor or and non-AML/CFT authority.
Amendment 966 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 48 – title
Article 48 – title
Cooperation in relation to credit or financial institutions
Amendment 967 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 48 – paragraph 1
Article 48 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that financial supervisors, non-AML/CFT authorities, FIUs and authorities competent for the supervision of credit or financial institutions under other legal acts cooperate closely with each other within their respective competences and provide each other with information relevant for the performance of the ir respective tasks. Such cooperation and information exchange shall not impinge on an ongoing inquiry, investigation or proceedings in accordance with the criminal or administrative law of the Member State where the financial supervisors, non-AML/CFT authorities, FIUs or authority entrusted with competences for the supervision of credit or financial institutions under other legal acts is located and shall not affect obligations of professional secrecy as provided in Article 50(1).
Amendment 970 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that, where financial supervisors, non-AML/CFT authorities or FIUs identify weaknesses in the AML/CFT internal control system and application of the requirements of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation - COM/2021/420 final] of a credit or financial institution which materially increase the risks to which the institution is or might be exposed, the financial supervisor, non-AML/CFT authority, or FIU immediately notifies the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the authority or body that supervises the credit institution affected in accordance with Directive (EU) 2013/36Union law, including the ECB acting in accordance with Council Regulation (EU) 1024/201350 . In the event of potential increased risk, the respective supervisors shall be able to liaise with the authorities supervising the institution in accordance with Union law and draw up a common assessment to be notified to the EBA. AMLA shall be kept informed of any such notifications. _________________ 50 Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions (OJ L 287, 29.10.2013, p. 63).
Amendment 978 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) financial supervisors and FIUcompetent authorities;
Amendment 980 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) financial supervisors and competent authorities in charge of supervising credit and financial institutions in accordance with other legislative acts relating to the supervision of credit and financial institutions, including the ECB acting in accordance with Regulation (EU) 1024/2013, whether within a Member State or in different Member States.
Amendment 985 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) financial supervisors and the national central banks that are members of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), and the ECB.
Amendment 987 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, point (c)is paragraph, the exchange of information shall be subject to the professional secrecy requirements provided for in paragraph 1 or equivalent requirements provided under Union law.
Amendment 993 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) supervisors and the authorities responsible by law for the supervision of credit or financial institutions or financial markets in the discharge of their respective supervisory functions;
Amendment 1000 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 55 a (new)
Article 55 a (new)
Article 55a Continuity of application of adopted instruments 1. All guidelines, opinions and recommendations issued by the European Supervisory Authorities in accordance with Directive (EU) 2015/849 and Regulations (EU) No1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010 and (EU) No 1095/2010 shall continue to apply until amended or repealed by AMLA. 2. All regulatory technical standards adopted by the Commission in accordance with Directive (EU) 2015/849 and Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010and (EU) No 1095/2010 shall continue to apply until amended or repealed by the Commission through Delegated Acts.