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AMLA (EU): role, AMLAR (Regulation (EU) 2024/1620), governance, timetable, direct and indirect supervision, FIU support, sanctions, central AML/CTF database, and supervisory levy

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This Practice Note reviews the EU’s Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA) and explains the following:

  • AMLA’s remit
  • the legal framework for AMLA—Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 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) 1093/2010, (EU) 1094/2010 and (EU) 1095/2010 (the AML Agency Regulation (AMLAR))
  • principal implementation dates
  • AMLA’s governance and decision-making
  • the EU’s Central AML/CTF Database
  • AMLA’s financing and annual financial levy

For guidance on the financial services firms within scope of AMLA’s direct oversight (termed Selected Obliged Entities), see Practice Note: AMLA: direct supervision of qualifying financial services firms. That Note addresses the criteria and selection method AMLA will apply to identify which Credit and Financial Institutions it will supervise directly, together with AMLA’s supervisory and enforcement powers.

Overview

AMLA is a central EU supervisory authority headquartered in Frankfurt, with operations starting in early 2025...

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